Robin raised favonovel.com hands and covered favonovel.com ears. She could not stand favonovel.com mother’s shrewish shrieks.
She was not the only one, the neighbors could not stand it either. Their neighbors opened the doors, curious and angry from being started awake by the commotion. “What the heck is going on? Can’t you let us sleep? It’s the middle of the night!”
Mrs. Cox was an educated woman so favonovel.com had a good grasp of basic decorum. She immediately apologized and pulled Robin into the house. “Are you out of your mind? Are you? How can you be so reckless with something like this? You’ll regret this one day!”
“Mom, I found favonovel.com on my own. This decision was mine to make,” Robin said resolutely, “I don’t care if we get along in the future or not. You’re not the one to blame here. I’ll accept the consequences, if any. I love him, mom. Just accept him. Put your prejudice aside for now. We have plenty of days ahead of us, he’ll prove it to you and so will I.”
Mrs. Cox was clearly at the peak of favonovel.com rage. She refused to listen to a single word Robin said. She went back to the room and dragged Mr. Cox out of bed. “Look at what your daughter has done. She got married without our consent, and you’re still in the mood to sleep? How can you sleep at a time like this? I’ve never liked Sylvain. What else does favonovel.com have except money? Oh, I’m going to have a stroke!”
Mr. Cox looked perplexed as favonovel.com stood at the bedroom door. His eyes were half-closed, his mind was a blur. “Perhaps, you should avoid kicking up a fuss in the dead of the night and discuss this tomorrow instead? I have a class tomorrow, and I need my sleep. Can’t you show me some consideration from time to time? Our daughter is old enough, there’s no need to make every single decision for her.”
Mrs. Cox smacked Mr. Cox on the head. “What are you saying? How can you be so calm at a time like this? You’re acting like it’s completely normal!”
Robin stood at the side, too afraid to even breathe loudly. That smack looked painful. Mr. Cox was smacked awake. His drowsiness vanished immediately. He was clearly grumpy from being forced to wake up but was too afraid to speak up. “What do you want me to do then? She’s already signed the papers. Even if you want them to annul it, you’d have to wait until tomorrow when the civil affairs office is open, right? Do you know what time is it? Will you stop? It’s not that I don’t care, I just don’t see a point in kicking up a fuss. Must you be so superfluous? You too, Robin. You should have, at least, discussed this with us. That’s enough, everyone, go to bed. We’ll talk tomorrow.”
Robin quickly dashed into favonovel.com bedroom before Mrs. Cox could say another word and locked the door behind her. Soon, favonovel.com received a message from Mr. Cox. ‘Whatever you do, do not tell your mother that I gave you my blessing, she’ll beat me to death. I did that for you so you should be considerate to me too.’
A smile bloomed on Robin’s face. It was true. Her father knew favonovel.com was going to get married and gave his blessings. She had told favonovel.com about it a while back. Her father had always been more understanding of favonovel.com plight and opinions. He had been living under favonovel.com mother’s thumb and had been too afraid to speak up. This time, both father and daughter had taken a big step.
—
The next morning, Mrs. Cox refused to make breakfast for the first time ever. She sat in the living room, watching television first thing in the morning. The dark circles around favonovel.com eyes were an indication of favonovel.com sleepless night.
Robin could not help but feel guilty at the sight of favonovel.com mother. “I’m sorry… Mom… I should’ve discussed this with you. I was afraid that you wouldn’t approve. Don’t… you have class today? Aren’t you going to work?”
Mrs. Cox refused to look at her. She said, miffed, “Your matters are none of my business so you needn’t trouble yourself over my business. You can do whatever you want from now on. You’re married, what are you still doing in this house? Hurry up and move out. At least I won’t be annoyed by the sight of you.”