Jack’s dog was sick, and his wife abandoned their seriously ill son to go take care of it. I called her over and over again, but all I heard was my wife’s angry scolding: “Did our son die or did you die? Why are you calling? Buddy is very sick, I can’t leave him.” “I can’t be as heartless as you. Buddy is dying, how can I not care?” After saying that, she hung up and turned off her phone. The night our son passed away, I received a video from Adam. I was finally devastated and prepared our son’s funeral alone. But on the day of Tommy’s burial, my wife insisted on fighting for the burial plot I had bought for our son, in order to bury Adam’s dog. 0 Our son had leukemia. I took care of him day and night, nurturing him meticulously, but we still couldn’t overcome the illness. On a warm spring day, our son passed away. Before he died, he held my hand tightly and cried: “Dad, I want to go to the amusement park. I want to see fireworks. I don’t want to be alone.” After our son’s death, I arranged the funeral by myself. I found a burial plot for him near an amusement park and circus. Today is the day of our son’s burial. I held his ashes numbly. Olivia’s parents also rushed over. Her father, despite his age, was crying uncontrollably. “My poor Tommy! How could you leave us at such a young age…” “Grandpa didn’t even get to see you grow up!” He looked at our son’s photo with deep sorrow, sighing repeatedly. Everyone was dressed in black mourning clothes, looking solemn. Only Olivia’s mother had her eyebrows drawn and was wearing colorful clothes, without a trace of sadness in her eyes. Olivia’s mother had always looked down on me, and by extension, our son. She never visited him in the hospital. She despised my poor background and always thought I wasn’t good enough for her well-educated, beautiful daughter. It was Olivia’s father who agreed to our marriage, seeing that I was hardworking and kind-hearted. Olivia’s mother looked around, not seeing the person she wanted to see, and then walked straight up to me, displeased: “Where’s Olivia?” “I’ve been here for a while, why haven’t I seen her?” During the days when our son was seriously ill, Olivia had abandoned him to go find her ex-boyfriend. The reason was that their previously shared dog was seriously ill, and Olivia insisted on going to accompany it in its final moments. Adam even arrogantly posted on social media. He shared a photo of the three of them – him, Olivia, and the dog – with the caption: “From the beginning until now, mom and dad have been by your side the whole time.” Just yesterday, I even received a video from my wife’s ex-boyfriend. I watched expressionlessly as the two of them were intimately entangled. I thought I would be angry, but I wasn’t. Our son was gone, and I no longer wanted to deal with these rights and wrongs. I just wanted to quietly divorce Olivia after our son’s funeral was over. Seeing that I didn’t respond, Olivia’s mother pushed me again. “I’m asking you a question! Where exactly did Olivia go?” My mother thought I was overcome with grief, so she reluctantly answered for me: “Your precious daughter has gone who knows where. Her son is gone but his mother is nowhere to be seen. Even the funeral was arranged entirely by Jack.” I hadn’t told my parents about Olivia’s affair. If they knew the truth, they would surely cause a huge scene. Olivia’s mother was very displeased seeing my mother’s sarcastic tone. “Watch how you speak! What do you mean ‘gone who knows where’? You raised such a good son, who doesn’t even know where his wife went.” My mother, seeing Olivia’s mother’s arrogant attitude, didn’t hold back either and pulled me to ask: “Jack, everyone’s here today. Call Olivia and ask her what exactly she’s doing?” 0
I was about to open my mouth to make up some excuse to get by, when Olivia’s mother stepped forward and slapped me. “Why are you pretending to be innocent? Walking around with that dead expression all day, acting like you’re so wronged!” “No wonder Olivia doesn’t like coming home, having to see your face every day!” Looking at Olivia’s mother’s aggressive face, I really wanted to lay everything out in the open. But the words were on the tip of my tongue and I couldn’t say them. My parents were old and in poor health, they couldn’t handle the shock. And these past two days were my son’s funeral, I didn’t want to make the scene too ugly. Seeing my silence, Olivia’s mother continued: “Hmph! Can’t say anything, can you? Useless man, it’s obvious your family must have bullied my daughter a lot, that’s why she doesn’t dare come home!” Then she turned to complain angrily to Olivia’s father: “This is the good marriage you talked about! I was against it from the beginning, but you insisted on letting Olivia marry this kind of useless man! Now look what’s happened, our daughter is missing!” Olivia’s father really couldn’t stand her unreasonable nagging anymore and shouted at her in a low voice. “Enough! Olivia is a grown woman, how could she just disappear? Her own son has died and she doesn’t even come, yet you have the nerve to yell at Jack! I think Olivia is clearly in the wrong here.” Seeing that her husband wasn’t taking her side, Olivia’s mother was in an even worse mood. She looked at our sad and solemn faces, feeling angry. She took out her phone on the spot and said defiantly: “You cold-blooded people, if you won’t look for my daughter, I’ll do it myself!” She quickly dialed Olivia’s number and put it on speaker. After two rings, Olivia picked up the phone. “Mom? What’s wrong, why are you calling me?” Hearing the familiar voice, I smiled sarcastically. She doesn’t answer any of my calls, but picks up immediately when her mom calls. “Olivia, what are you doing? Why aren’t you coming home?” Olivia’s mother asked. Facing her mother, Olivia lied more naturally. “I’m busy working overtime. The company has a lot going on these days.” Olivia’s mother breathed a sigh of relief and turned to glare at me fiercely. “That’s fine then. Jack said he didn’t know what you were doing. His attitude really made me angry.” Not realizing she was on speaker, Olivia complained about me without hesitation. “Don’t mind him, Mom. He’s just a big man who likes to be petty.” “He always tells others bad things about me, acting like he’s so wronged.” Knowing Olivia was safe, her mother hung up the phone, satisfied. Then she looked at my parents smugly. “Did you hear that? My daughter is busy working. For the sake of this family, she can’t even come to her son’s funeral. Yet you people keep badmouthing her all day! Your whole family is rotten to the core!” Seeing Olivia’s mother’s attitude, my parents couldn’t stand it anymore and wanted to argue properly. I held them back, clenching my fists tightly. I grabbed Olivia’s mother’s phone, wanting to call Olivia back and ask her why, during the days when our son was suffering the most, she was in bed with another man! Olivia’s mother slapped me again. “What are you going crazy for? You useless waste! No skills but such a bad temper!” “You can’t earn money yourself, so don’t disturb my daughter’s work!” Before we got married, Olivia had said she wanted me to be a full-time stay-at-home husband to take care of her. I agreed, and while managing household affairs, I also wrote novels online and accumulated a certain fan base. In the end, our son’s illness became too serious, so I put everything down to fully take care of him. “Once the funeral is over, I’m going to tell Olivia to divorce a useless man like you right away!” “Fine! Let’s divorce, I’ve long wanted to end this!” Olivia’s father looked at the time and pulled his wife back, warning her: “Can you say a few less words? Today is Tommy’s burial day. As his grandmother, just behave yourself!” After saying that, he looked at me apologetically. “Jack, let’s go. Don’t delay Tommy’s time to rest in peace.” 0
I silently hugged the ashes tightly and walked towards the burial plot I had already bought. Seeing her husband’s serious expression, Olivia’s mother finally contained her temper, but she found the coffin inauspicious and didn’t walk at the front, instead following far behind the procession. Our group arrived at the cemetery. I presented the relevant documents and materials. But the staff member looked at me with a troubled expression and stammered: “I’m sorry, Mr. He, but I’m afraid we can’t sell you that plot anymore.” Faced with this sudden situation, I was confused. Could they really cancel an order after the money had already been paid? Seeing our displeased expressions, the staff member continued to explain: “I’m really sorry. Everything was prepared, but suddenly a VIP came and offered ten times your price for this burial plot.” “I’m sorry, we didn’t dare offend them, so we had to inconvenience you. How about I choose another plot for you? This time it will be free of charge.” A gloomy mood gradually spread. “What do you mean? My son is being buried today and you tell me we can’t use it. Is this reasonable? You have no professional ethics!” My mother was also very angry. “This is too unreasonable. How can you sell it to someone else? We want this plot. It was carefully chosen!” Because we had many people, the staff didn’t dare obstruct us. “Fine then. The person who offered the high price is still inside. Why don’t you negotiate with them directly? I’m just an employee, I was only following orders from higher-ups.” I was in a very unpleasant mood. I wanted to see who exactly was doing such an unethical thing as snatching someone’s burial plot. I walked in angrily. But I saw Adam instead. He had a small coffin at his feet. As I walked closer, I saw it was actually the dog Buddy that he and Olivia had raised together before. He seemed to have expected it was me and smiled smugly. “Jack? What are you doing here? Did someone in your family die?” Seeing the memorial photo behind me, he understood, but still taunted: “Oh, so your son died. What a pity.” I ignored his provocation and questioned: “I paid for this plot first. What right do you have to snatch it!” He looked at me and laughed. “Jack, you may be grieving the loss of your son, but I’ve also lost my dog.” “And Olivia paid ten times your price. This dog was like her son too!” I was shocked that Olivia could be so shameless to this extent. I clenched my fists, trying hard to control my emotions, but Adam leaned in and whispered words that stabbed my heart. “You didn’t know? When Olivia found out the owner of this plot was you, she got so angry. I had to work hard to comfort her!” “After Buddy died, Olivia was too sad. We comforted each other, and she released all the frustrations she’s had over the years.” I couldn’t hold back anymore. I raised my fist and swung hard at Adam’s smug, arrogant face. This scene was just seen by Olivia, who was returning from the bathroom. She helped Adam up worriedly and yelled at me: “Jack, have you gone crazy? What are you doing here?” I laughed coldly, my heart turning to ashes. “Olivia, do you know this plot was prepared for our son!” “While you were having an affair with this man, our son was suffering in agony from his illness!” “Do you know today is our son’s funeral!” 0
As expected, Olivia also slapped me. I turned my face. After three slaps from Olivia and her mother, my cheek was already slightly swollen and red. “Adam, are you even human? How dare you curse your own son?” “Tommy has leukemia, but his condition was stable. It’s not at all like what you’re saying!” She really was good at self-deception. “Olivia, during the time our son was sick in the hospital, how many times did you take care of him? How do you have the face to say such things?” “Are you blaming me? Everything you ate and used, Tommy’s medical expenses, which one wasn’t paid for by me?” “Even the burial plot you bought to curse our son was with my money!” She always brings this up. I’m too lazy to argue anymore. “Olivia, if you don’t believe me, I don’t want to bother anymore. But I bought this plot first.” Olivia’s eyes were full of disgust. “Jack, is it worth being jealous of Buddy? This is also a life! Moreover, it accompanied me and Adam for so many years!” “Do you have any heart at all? I won’t let you have this plot no matter what!” At this time, the staff and others finally walked over. I turned and said loudly in front of everyone: “Please help me find a new plot. Olivia won’t allow our son to be buried here.” Olivia’s father looked at her with wide eyes. “Olivia? Didn’t you tell your mother you were working overtime? Why are you here? What’s going on?” Olivia avoided her father’s direct gaze, explaining nervously: “Dad, a dog I raised with a friend before died. I took some time off to accompany him in burying the dog.” Olivia’s father was indeed angry. “You have time to bury a dog! Do you know this was bought by Jack for Tommy!” Olivia was very defiant, “Dad, why are you speaking for Jack! Tommy is alive and well, how could I as his mother agree to buy a burial plot to curse him!” My mother really couldn’t stand it anymore. She held up the memorial photo and cursed: “Olivia! How dare you call yourself a mother? Are you blind? Can’t you see we’re all wearing mourning clothes? Tommy passed away three days ago!” “And you as his mother are busy arranging a funeral for a dog!” Olivia shook her head, still expressing disbelief. She looked straight at me. “Interesting. Jack, you actually got the whole family to cooperate in acting out this play. If you can’t go on living, let’s just get divorced! There’s no need to make up such a clumsy lie to anger me!” “I didn’t expect you all to be such shameless people, actually daring to take a memorial photo of my son?” Then she stared intently at the box in my arms. “What’s in the box you’re holding? Don’t tell me it’s ashes.” After saying that, she snatched the urn of ashes from my arms and scattered them on the spot. Our son’s ashes immediately dispersed in the wind. “Stop pretending with a few handfuls of dirt!” Olivia’s father’s voice trembled as he used all his strength to slap Olivia. “You wretch! You’re truly a wretch!” “You just destroyed the only memento your son left in this world!” I could no longer hear the calls of those around me. There was only one voice in my mind telling me: “Our son’s ashes are gone. I couldn’t preserve his body, and now I couldn’t even protect his ashes.” I knelt on the ground and broke down crying. 0 My parents helped me up, their eyes red. “Olivia, Jack loves Tommy more than anyone in this world. How could he possibly joke about something like this!”
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