That would be really helpful.” As I reached out my hand, asking Greg to return the keys, he reluctantly handed them over. After confirming it was returned, Ryan quietly started talking. “Hey, why did you abandon your family and choose to play around with this woman?” Caught off guard by his son’s unexpected question, Greg was flustered and awkwardly scratched his head.
Seeing this, Greg’s mistress chuckled smugly and started talking. “It’s because I’m more attractive than your mother. Look at me, you can see it, right?
He fell head over heels for me and decided to leave his family.”
“Quiet. I didn’t ask you, old lady. Dad, answer.” Mandy was silenced by Ryan’s stern tone, but Greg remained quiet.
“If you can’t explain, that’s fine. I’ll just have the police come back and arrest you.” “Wait, hold on. Okay, okay.
I’ll talk.”
Mandy, it turned out, joined Greg’s company three months ago. They were attracted to each other and became involved at the welcome party for new employees. Later, it was discovered that Mandy was pregnant, and Greg decided to start a new life with her, leaving us behind.
“Why did you take the camper van?” “I quit my job and thought about selling the car for money.” “But it seems like you were using it quite a bit, weren’t you?” “I thought it was a waste to sell it right away, so we decided to go on a trip.” “Wait, how do you know all this?”
“Remember when Ryan got lost? After that, as a precaution, we bought him a kid’s cell phone and installed a GPS app. Did you forget?
We installed it on your phone, too, so I knew where you were all this time.” By the way, I later found out from Ryan that he had pretended to get lost during our family hike because he wanted a cell phone. I was amazed at Ryan’s ability to think and act so strategically. “I suspected something was off with Dad, so I came up with this plan to monitor his actions.” “You really are a terrifying child.” “I will never become an adult like you, Dad, who betrays important people without a second thought.”
Greg, faced with the hard truth Ryan told, was a pitiful adult unable to offer any rebuttal.
In contrast, seeing Ryan, only 10 but able to think and speak his mind firmly, gave me a sense of strength as a mother. I felt I couldn’t lose, especially in settling things properly. “Also, return the $20,000 you withdrew from my account right now.” “That was our joint property as a couple.
I don’t have to return it.” “No, it’s not that. The money was what I saved little by little since I was single, after all. You always quit your jobs midway, so we hardly ever saved money together, did we?” I was appalled to hear that the $20,000 had been squandered by Greg and his mistress.
It was the moment I felt relieved about divorcing him. “So, that’s how it is. But if you stole and used the car and my money, that’s going to be a serious crime.” “What?
I just sent the police away, so it’s not their business anymore, right?” “I only said we would talk. I have no intention of withdrawing the complaint. I must add the theft of my money to the report.”
“Mom, should I call the police now?
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