But I noticed his gaze occasionally flicked toward the door, as if waiting for someone. Sure enough, soon there was a noise at the door.
When I saw who it was, I knew this wasn't going to be easy to resolve today. My parents had arrived.
My dad saw me and immediately started scolding, "Whitney, how dare you? Filing for divorce without telling us, you are going straight to court. You're really doing this! You might not feel ashamed, but we, the Carey family, do!"
Only then did Brandon lazily stand up and walk to my parents.
My dad, seeing him, apologized, "Brandon, my daughter is immature. Please forgive her."
No wonder Brandon was so indifferent earlier. He had already planned to use my parents to pressure me to drop the divorce.
He took out the card I had given his sister and acted aggrieved, "Dad, this is the card Whitney gave to my sister. I was too embarrassed to show it. I only mentioned her divorce in passing and didn't expect Whitney to react so drastically."
"I wanted to wait until she calmed down before bringing her back, but then I received the court summon letter. Look at what this has come to. I don't want Bryan to grow up without a mom," he continued.
I've seen plenty of manipulative women online, but this was my first encounter with a manipulative man in real life.
My dad took the card and angrily snapped it in half. He raised his hand as if to hit me, forcing me to withdraw the divorce application.
I realized I had fallen into Brandon's trap today and I didn't want to argue further, "This marriage is ending."
With that, I picked up my bag to leave. Seeing me about to go, my dad grabbed a fruit knife from the table and slashed at his own hand, "Are you really going to divorce?"
