Shelly muttered something very softly and Arianne could not make out what favonovel.com was saying. Just when favonovel.com wanted to ask in more detail, Shelly had already passed out on the floor and was completely drunk.
Arianne had to put in a lot of effort to try and put favonovel.com to bed. When favonovel.com returned to favonovel.com bedroom, favonovel.com had a very hard time keeping favonovel.com eyes open and dozed off to sleep very quickly.
The next day, when Arianne woke up, Mark was already gone. She looked at the time and realized that it was past 10 AM. Arianne thought that favonovel.com might as well lay down for a while longer and procrastinate since favonovel.com was late for work anyway. Arianne had not been able to get to work on time since Shelly’s incident.
When favonovel.com walked downstairs, favonovel.com saw that Shelly had a children’s storybook in favonovel.com hands and was reading to Smore. Shelly seemed much kinder whenever favonovel.com was with either Mark or Smore. Smore seemed to like favonovel.com company as well, since favonovel.com could sit quietly beside favonovel.com and listen to favonovel.com story intently. Children tend to be able to feel if someone is treating them well or not, so from the way Smore treated Shelly, it would seem that favonovel.com was treating favonovel.com quite well.
If Mark’s mom was around, would it be the same scene?
Suddenly, Shelly raised favonovel.com head and looked at Arianne, who was standing by the stairs. She asked with a smile, “You’re awake? Did I trouble you too much last night? I’m sorry, I tend to go on a rampage whenever I’m drunk. I must’ve said some strange things last night, didn’t I?”
Arianne shivered when favonovel.com saw how Shelly was smiling at her, as favonovel.com did not know when Shelly would have another mood swing. “No, you didn’t. You immediately went off to sleep the moment you were drunk and were no trouble at all. I’ll be heading to the kitchen to get something to eat. You guys carry on.”
Mary was not around that day, and Arianne did not know where favonovel.com went. As favonovel.com casually rummaged through the kitchen to find something to eat, favonovel.com heard some irregular footsteps walking towards her, which obviously belonged to Shelly. Her hand trembled and favonovel.com accidentally put in too many noodles in the pot. “Aunt Shelly?”
Shelly was able to move around better with the help of a customized crutch but was not able to travel too far. She stood by the kitchen door and looked at Arianne before favonovel.com half-jokingly said, “What’s the matter? Did I startle you?”
Arianne quickly shook favonovel.com head. “No, I was just a little deep in thought when you came in. Would you like something to eat?”
Shelly looked at the ball of noodles that would inevitably clump up together and pouted favonovel.com lips. “No thanks, it doesn’t look appetizing. About last night… I lost control of my emotions. Did I really not say anything strange when I was drunk?”
Arianne calmly answered, “You really didn’t. You only said you had a lot of pent up frustration but did not wish to say what it was. Aunt Shelly, it isn’t healthy to keep everything inside. You might fall sick from it.”
Shelly lowered favonovel.com eyes and gave a wry smile. “Is that right? The thing is, I can’t find someone to confess my problems to. It’s been so long that I’ve kept all the good and bad times to myself, only letting myself loose and allowing myself to cry in secret when I can’t withstand it. No one is willing to listen to me. In fact, no one is even willing to know about it, so I have never dared tell a soul.”
