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After that,I often saw the four members of the Johnson family in the hospital.
The boy who was pushed downstairs by Tom lost his legs and was disabled for life.
My sister-in-law visited the tattooed man's son every day.The tattooed man's whole family was not very polite and ordered my sister-in-law to do tiring and dirty work.
My sister-in-law endured it silently and secretly cried.She couldn't be angry or resist.Whether Tom would go to the detention center was up to their whim.
After the last quarrel,the relationship between my sister-in-law and mother-in-law became delicate.They didn't talk when they met.The tattooed man demanded that my sister-in-law compensate for the medical expenses.My sister-in-law couldn't afford it.In the end,Aaron advanced 100,000 dollars,and the remaining money was to be paid off in installments with an IOU.
Under the huge compensation,my sister-in-law could no longer live a comfortable life at home.She found several part-time jobs at once.
During the day,she stood in the sun,handing out flyers and selling popsicles.At night,she came to the hospital to take care of the tattooed man's son.
The burden of life made my sister-in-law lose several pounds in just one week!
Moreover,not only my sister-in-law,but my mother-in-law also fell ill due to one thing after another.She was diagnosed with early-stage myocardial infarction and had to be hospitalized for observation.
With my mother-in-law sick and my sister-in-law tied up with trivial matters,Aaron suddenly became the busiest person in the family.
He had to pick up and drop off Tom at school,go to work,visit his mother every day,and occasionally send money to his sister.
I knew his financial situation very well.Aaron's monthly salary was not low,but he couldn't withstand the triple blow of divorce,his sister's compensation,and his mother's medical expenses.
He had long run out of savings,and the money at hand was not enough to cover his expenses.I often saw Aaron sitting in the hospital corridor,sighing,his figure hunched like an old man.
During this period,Aaron called me,implying that he wanted to remarry me.I was evasive and didn't let Aaron find out that I was working in the hospital.
The reason he wanted to remarry me was simple.The Johnson family now urgently needed a sensible and virtuous mistress who could not only take care of his mother but also,preferably,give his sister some money.
Not getting through to me,a few days later,when I was cleaning,I saw a woman beside Aaron.
The woman looked twenty-five or twenty-six years old,obviously younger than Aaron.She was talkative and always laughing.
I heard from my hospital colleagues chatting that the old lady in the Johnson family who was hospitalized had forced her son to go on a blind date and find a new wife quickly.
A new wife...
I rubbed the broom in my hand and thought carefully.
At night,when I was cleaning and passing by Mary Johnson's ward,there was suddenly a quarrel coming from inside!
"Mom!I also went on a blind date as you asked.Why are you still not satisfied!"
"Shut up!Son,you deserve better!"
The main reason for the quarrel between Mary Johnson and Aaron was that at first,Mary Johnson thought this candidate for a new wife was good.
But after getting along,she found that the woman couldn't do housework and couldn't take care of people.She was not as good as the previous one in any way!
But Aaron didn't want to look for another woman anymore.If it weren't for Mary Johnson's insistence,he would have wanted to be alone for the rest of his life.
"Mom,I don't want to look for another woman anymore..."
The mother-son pair had an argument,sighed,and each took a step back.
The next day,Aaron proposed to the woman in the hospital's back garden.It was a very simple proposal without even a ceremony,just a simple and plain ring.
The woman frowned,seemingly very dissatisfied,and didn't agree immediately.She just said she would think about it.
And when Mary Johnson heard about this,she was furious!
In her heart,her son had a stable job,was smart,and no woman was worthy of him!How dare that woman say she would think about it when her son proposed to her?
After careful consideration,Mary Johnson chose to swallow her anger for the time being.She planned to teach the woman a lesson after her son married her!
This month,Mrs.Brown came to collect the rent.She accidentally mentioned that she wanted to open a small restaurant and asked if I wanted to partner with her.I readily agreed and resigned from my job as a hospital cleaner.
For the small restaurant project,Mrs.Brown mainly invested in the venue of the restaurant and half of the start-up capital.
I invested 50,000 dollars.Compared with Mrs.Brown,it was a drop in the bucket,but since I had no money,I contributed my labor.
I ran around to decoration companies,was in charge of recruitment and interviews,and made all the preparations.
Two months later,Mrs.Brown's small restaurant started a trial operation.On the first day of opening,I worked as a receptionist,a waiter,and even helped in the kitchen.
Every day,I went to the restaurant at around eight o'clock in the morning and went home at around ten o'clock at night.Mrs.Brown told me not to be too tired and to pay attention to rest,but I felt that this kind of life was tiring yet fulfilling.
From Mrs.Brown,I learned that Tom had finally gone to a juvenile detention center.My sister-in-law was as busy as a spinning top every day.
Although her son had gone in,the medical expenses and mental damage compensation that should be paid couldn't be shortchanged at all.
Mary Johnson was still hospitalized,and Aaron was about to get engaged to his new girlfriend.
I raised my eyebrows.
