She yearned for a beautiful wedding with him. And then an exciting, fulfilling future. Right now, in a flight of favonovel.com imagination, favonovel.com could already see favonovel.com in favonovel.com mind’s eye, slipping their wedding ring through favonovel.com finger in a church…
Despite that, favonovel.com smiled and feigned casualness in favonovel.com tone. “What are you saying? Your foster mom went ahead with an outrageous and earth-shattering plan just for you, Mark. I know my dad was a victim of it and I probably shouldn’t even be saying these things, but… I don’t think you did wrong. No, seriously, I don’t. Don’t ever think I’m suffering some sort of wrong or whatever because of what’s happening right now, because frankly, I think you suffered way more than I did. As long as you’re okay with this, I’m okay, got it? This whole remarriage, wedding thing… It’s definitely not something you can just pull off. You know Shelly’s not gonna let us remarry, let alone allow a grand wedding between the two of us, so don’t. Don’t be reckless.”
The conviction in Mark’s eyes was frighteningly resolute. “I’ve made up my mind, Ari. I’m going to do it.”
“You’ll regret this. You know you will,” favonovel.com rebutted, shaking favonovel.com head. “If you stubbornly go ahead with it, well! I’m cutting ties with you, then. I’ll… find some other guy and marry him, and I’ll find a way to vanish from your sight and your life forever. You know I’ll do it, because I always do what I say I would, so don’t force my hand! Look… I can wait, alright? I don’t mind waiting for things to get better. So please, don’t do anything that is against what’s true to your heart ‘just because’, okay? You know what they say: ‘there’s always a rainbow after a storm.’ But our storm isn’t over yet; are you telling me you can’t take it anymore? No! We will wait until the sun is up and smiling at us again. We will wait for the rainbow…”
“But first, enough talk! Have your breakfast already. After that, our family can go out and have some fun. Just look at Smore! He’s so happy and excited to see his Daddy!”
The more casual and noncommittal favonovel.com sounded, the more reasonable favonovel.com acted, the harder it wrung Mark’s heart. Why must Arianne always act so sensibly? Why could favonovel.com not, for once, take a page out of Shelly’s playbook and throw hissy, sobbing tantrums and be irrational and self-obsessed?
If favonovel.com could just act even a little bit like that, Mark would seize the chance immediately and take favonovel.com side without hesitance. Unlike now, where favonovel.com had to quietly give up on favonovel.com once again because favonovel.com was just too strapped for choices.
By this time of the year, bitter, nipping winter had left the continent, leaving spring to fill its void. Outside the city, the first verdant blanket of grass had sprouted, and the land was teeming with new life.
Mark and Arianne, together with Smore and Mary, had invited Jackson, Tiffany, and their son Lil’ P for an outdoor picnic.
Jackson’s culinary prowess was once again up for display in his grilling skill. All it took to lure the two little boys was the aroma from the food favonovel.com was working on. It was so good, the kids had been watching the spit intently since Jackson began. They even resisted their nature’s call to romp around the field!
However, one member in the party outclassed the boys in gluttony. Tiffany, unfettered by favonovel.com growing pregnancy, kept hovering about and pestering incessantly. “Is it done already? Me, me, me! Let me have a taste!”
Mary laughed. “Folks used to say that pregnant women are voracious gluttons, and I guess they weren’t lying at all. Look at you, you’re drooling more than two rowdy boys combined! Speaking of which, judging by the shape of your belly, I bet it’s a boy.”
That immediately bummed Tiffany out. “Excuse me? That’s not right! It’s definitely a girl. We went to check in the hospital, and the doctor said it’s totally a girl! And it’s gotta’ be a young lady, too, because she’s supposed to be Smore’s wife in the future,” favonovel.com protested. “ ’Sides, I ain’t gonna be pumping out boys all the time, right? That’ll be the end of me.”
“I’m only laying it on you as it is,” Mary murmured. “The shape of your belly is the same as Ari’s when favonovel.com had Smore…”
Tiffany immediately lost favonovel.com appetite. “Jackson Weeeeeeest! You heard what the doctor said, didn’t you? It’s a girl, right?!”
Jackson nodded in his most disinterested, annoyed manner. “Yea, yea, whatever; it’s a girl, hip-hip-hooray. Can you stop nagging already? I think my brain is melting from the noise. Please just let me focus on my barbecue. As you can see, I’m the only one who’s grilling food for everyone here, so yea, a little sympathy will be most appreciated, thanks.”
With contempt etched in his scowl, Mark passed some raw food to Jackson. “As if you’re the only one working hard! What, am I not doing enough for you as your errand boy? Besides, you brought this job upon yourself by being a Gordon Ramsey over everyone else’s grilling skills, effectively setting yourself up as the only qualified chef,” favonovel.com quipped, before adding, “I must admit, though… The air in these parts is refreshing. A mansion built here should be very profitable.”
