"It is your duty to give birth to a son. Besides, if you can give the house and car from your dowry to Devin's younger brother, I will consider it."
Hearing that, I gritted my teeth and agreed.
After she was discharged from the hospital and at her urging, I completed the transfer of the house and car in one week. After Devin knew that, he didn't say anything. But I could feel that he was incredulous.
I was very dissatisfied about his inaction. His mother was so blatant, yet he could still go to work as normal.
After that, I had to give birth to a son first, and then Sophia would tell me where Kelly was.
But she never demanded that her other son John Smith have to have a son.
She only explained,
"Because Devin is the eldest, he should take the responsibility of having a son. John is too young to be in hurry to have a son."
Too young? John was almost thirty years old.
Because of Kelly, I was absent-minded. But I still had to try for a son.
In order to make me give birth to a son, Sophia was always giving me something to drink.
But it was stimy and smelled bad.
"Don't hesitate. Just drink it quickly. This is a folk remedy I asked for. You don't know that it is very difficult to catch toads nowadays. Thanks to John that he went back to the countryside to bring it to you."
Toad?
Suddenly, my stomach churned. I felt so sick as to run to the bathroom and vomited.
She thought I was pregnant and came to give me a pregnancy test stick. But seeing that I wasn't pregnant, she immediately walked away unhappily.
"You're so useless. John's wife had three abortions in the past year. Try harder. There's some medicine left on the table. Don't waste it."
I held onto the toilet and wiped away my tears.
My nails dug into my skin.
It seemed that only pain could keep me going.
The desire to see Kelly gave me the courage to swallow the rest of the medicine with the broken bones.
In the days after that, it didn't really work, but instead caused me to have diarrhea for several days.
So Sophia gave another folk remedy to me. So mysterious.
During that period, I was really worried about Kelly, so I bought a hairpin, then asked Sophia to give it to Kelly and take a photo of Kelly wearing it. At least I could confirm she was safe. Otherwise, I would call the police.