Chapter 86
\nThree Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 86<\/p>\n
The car rolled away from the hospital and the silence stretched until Shirley finally broke it. \u201cBonnie.\u201d<\/p>\n
The way she said her full name made it clear. This wasn\u2019t going to be a pleasant talk.<\/p>\n
Bonnie made a quiet sound to show she was listening, her fingers gripping the crinkly plastic bag with her medicine.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou lied to me,\u201d her mom said, matter-of-fact. \u201cYou\u2019ve met Lawrence before this, haven\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bonnie\u2019s breath stuttered. She tried to steady her voice. \u201cNot many times, I swear. It was just work stuff. He\u2019s the client for one of our projects at the office.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shirley didn\u2019t look convinced, but she didn\u2019t press it, either. She eased off the gas and took a breath, her voice calm but cool. \u201cYou\u2019re squishing that bag, Bonnie. Relax, or the pills will be powder before we get home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bonnie let go, bit by bit, without thinking. Years of lessons made her instinctively listen to her mom, especially when things got tense. Talking back would only make it worse.<\/p>\n
Shirley glanced over. \u201cDid Lawrence say anything to you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot really,\u201d Bonnie muttered, keeping her eyes down. \u201cHe just feels guilty about what happened, wants to make it up to me. I told him not to bother. I said to stay away. We don\u2019t talk anymore, Mom. I promise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shirley seemed to believe her, but she still looked uneasy, like she couldn\u2019t quite trust Bonnie to know what was best for herself.<\/p>\n
Years ago, Bonnie had always been so proud, so stubborn. She\u2019d rather break than bend, and when that relationship ended, she just couldn\u2019t accept it. Instead, she took off for America, refusing to give up. Then she\u2019d come home, all the fight knocked out of her, nothing like the daughter Shirley used to know.<\/p>\n
Why did everyone think she was just sitting around, waiting for Lawrence to come back?<\/p>\n
She\u2019d been stupid once, let herself get hurt once. There was no way she\u2019d let it happen again.<\/p>\n
Shirley pressed on. \u201cYou better mean that. Or else you really haven\u2019t learned a thing from all this. Think about your ear, Bonnie. The damage is still there, all because of him. And all those people gossiping, even now. Some people still say you were his mistress. Even if it\u2019s not true, can you silence everyone?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bonnie clamped her mouth shut, digging her nails into her palm.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd look at these last three years. You\u2019ve been living like you\u2019re underground, hiding from everything. Even a rat will claw its way out of a pit, but you just let yourself waste all that time. For him. You barely came home, you let your studies slide. I used to brag to my friends that Bonnie would get a master\u2019s degree, maybe a PhD. I said you\u2019d go abroad, see the world. But you haven\u2019t done any of it. Do you know what people say behind my back?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-754","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}