Regrets After the Split: Does It Matter

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“You’re talking nonsense!” Aaron rarely confronts Doris directly. He knows I care deeply for Doris and doesn’t want to provoke my displeasure, so he usually avoids interacting with her.

But now, he stands up fiercely, shouting, “Mom’s birthday is today! We share the same birthday! I wouldn’t forget!”

Charles notices me and stands up as well. He doesn’t say anything, but

his face bears a hint of expectation.

“Evelyn,” he calls out, awkwardly fumbling over my name, “Happy

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I walk over, calmly pulling out my keys to unlock the gate while

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keeping my eyes on him. “I forgot to mention that I’ve changed my

birthday.”

After a moment, I add, “But such a trivial thing shouldn’t be your

concern, should it?”

I used to love celebrating my birthday.

Samantha was an elderly lady with a special sense of ritual. Every year on my birthday, she prepared a huge spread of dishes, a beautiful cake, and a meticulously wrapped gift.

It was just the two of us at home, but it never felt lonely.

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She was in poor health and couldn’t travel far. But after I went to

college and couldn’t celebrate my birthday at home, she would fly out to my city and celebrate with me, bringing cake to blow out the

candles.

When Grandma was alive, I was never lonely.

That year on my birthday, Samantha came to my city as usual.

At that time, I was pregnant with Aaron and already in my third.

trimester. I didn’t want Samantha to worry, so I hid all my discomfort during the pregnancy from her and even lied, saying Charles was very

caring.

Though in reality, Charles barely looked at me. We lived under the

same roof, yet he treated me like I was invisible.

I could understand him, though.

That night between us had been a mistake from the start. I thought to myself that considering Charles was drunk, I could slip away quietly from him after finishing. As long as I didn’t say anything, no one would ever know what happened.

But the actual situation was that Charles spent the entire night torturing me. Just as I regained enough strength to get up, the door swung open. Lily’s face came into view.

She knew how hard I had been working, so she brought me chicken

soup.

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And so, everything spiraled out of control, like a runaway horse, with

no turning back.

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