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After that incident,Aaron went on a business trip out of town.My sister-in-law"tormented"me several more times in different ways.
We all lived under the same roof,and the bullying in the details was impossible to prevent.
For example,after that day,I bought a new chair,and the next day,it was"accidentally"broken by Tom.
For example,Tom poured a whole bag of salt into the spare rib soup I painstakingly cooked.For example,there was strong glue on the handle of the spoon...
I went to the hospital to finally separate my palm from the glue.Because it was stuck so tightly,it peeled off a layer of my skin!
The doctor bandaged me up.By the time I got home,it was already past ten o'clock at night.Rarely,Tom went to bed early,and the house was quiet.
The dining table was in a mess.The used dishes were blatantly placed there,as if everyone except me didn't have the ability to clean up.
I opened the rice cooker wearily,and it was empty,with only a few pitiful grains of rice left.
I went back to the bedroom and couldn't fall asleep.I tossed and turned.Finally,I decided to call Aaron.
Even though Aaron had said not to call him during his business trip,on such a physically and mentally exhausted night,I desperately wanted to hear my husband's voice to soothe my emotions that were about to burst out.
The phone rang for a while.Just as I was wondering whether to hang up and worried that it might affect his rest,the other side answered.
"Hello?Who's this?"
My fingers trembled!
In the middle of the night,I called my husband's phone,but the voice that came from the other end was not my husband's!
"Hello?Who are you?"
"I'm Aaron's wife.Who are you?"
I directly stated my identity,and there was a hint of hostility in the phone receiver.
"......Oh,it's you..."
On the other end of the phone,the woman's voice was a bit casual.If you listened carefully,you could even hear a trace of mockery?
"Aaron!Your family is calling you!”The voice on the other side of the phone was a bit noisy,and there were faint voices saying,“Ugh!Don't touch me!You stink of sweat!I'm not going to have a baby for you!Go and soothe that woman quickly!”
I held the phone awkwardly and at a loss.
After waiting for half a minute,Aaron's voice came through:“Hello?”
I was stunned.My husband's voice was a bit hoarse,like after some intimacy...
In an instant,my heart was in turmoil!
“Who...was that person just now...”
“Oh,it was my female colleague answering the phone.She was just joking with you.”
“Really?”I asked suspiciously.
“Otherwise,who do you think it was?”Aaron's tone became more forceful,and I immediately didn't dare to say anything more.
Then I poured out to Aaron all the things my sister-in-law and Tom had done these days.As I spoke,tears welled up in my eyes.
“Honey,I can hardly survive in this family anymore.Now,even having a meal every day has become a problem.Honey,can you come back quickly...”
“Don't talk nonsense.”
“I miss you.We are husband and wife,aren't we?In the future,we will have our own baby,and we will be a happy family of three.Now I miss you.Can you come back and accompany me...”
“......”
There was a long silence,quietness,and dead stillness...
Until the man who had answered the phone earlier let out an ambiguous laugh,and then Aaron seemed to come to his senses and said,“The project in another place is busy.It needs more time for inspection...”
“Then when will you come back?”
Normally,asking him so directly like this would definitely make Aaron angry,but today the man seemed a bit strange.Maybe out of sympathy,he had a bit more patience with me.
Aaron sighed,“I can't come back for the time being.Well,I'll transfer some money to you.You solve it yourself...”
“Honey...”
“Okay,that's it.”
Late at night,I looked at Aaron's transfer record and sat alone until dawn.
