Sweet Sorrow

"Being a mistress is not the most pathetic. What is the most pathetic is being a mistress who is abandoned." Nicole raised her head and looked at the straight road with a bitter smile.

It was almost noon when Nicole returned home.

As soon as she entered home, Jim, who had been squinting at her, whispered to her, "sister, don't worry. Mother didn't know you went out."

Nicole was suffering a lot. Seeing her brother defending her like this, she felt even more bitter.

"Come on, go to mom's room and show up." Jim put the apron on her quickly and pushed her into mom's bedroom.

Mrs. Judy was reading a pile of leaflets on the bed, with a pen in her hand, and drawing.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Nicole took a deep breath and went to her mother.

Mrs. Judy smiled, pointed at the leaflets and said to Nicole, "the supermarket on the West Street is doing a sales promotion. I'll pick out the things we need. Go with Jim when you are free and buy all the things we need back."

Nicole cast a glance at the leaflets. The products chosen by her mother were all cheap tissues and vegetables.

"Mom, don't worry about that. It won't save you much money. You have only recovered a little. Don't read too much. It may do harm to your eyes."

"You don't know it, it can be much cheaper, I have remembered the discount time of the supermarket around. Take it seriously and it will help us save a lot of money a year."

Seeing the serious look on her mother's face, Nicole was a little sorrowful.

Her mother had been leading such a hard life all the time. Even if she married to Austin, her family was not getting better.

She had sworn not to let her mother suffer, but in the end, she failed.

"You don't need to buy this mop. I'll ask Jim to find some old clothes tomorrow. After cutting these clothes, I'll make some mops for us. It's not different from what we bought in the supermarket." Mrs. Judy was still reading the leaflets.

want to see that. She took the leaflets from Mrs. Judy's hand and looked at her seriously, "Mom, don't worry about these trifles.

mind. She sighed and put her hand on Nicole's. "Nicole, don't take it as an insult. We've been leading a poor life for so many years. Now we owe someone money, not to mention waste any money. I don't want you to be

"No, I..."

friend is, if we borrow money from him, we should return the

Nicole couldn't refute

college for the surgery.

Jim was listening to their conversation and lost

time, Mrs. Judy put these leaflets in front of

wishes, Nicole finished the meal, went out with Jim, and bought four big bags of things which were listed

for a few months.

happy to see them carrying the bags

bags are enough for several months." She said proudly.

mother asked Nicole not to cook soup for her every day, saying that the meat was too expensive and she ate too much every day. On the other hand, she worked hard to recover as the doctor told her, fearing that she

a contradiction made Nicole speechless.

better

disappear and had never been in touch with her.

did

to have so much free time to take care of her mother. She would only stare blankly at the ceiling at night

with others, she couldn't think about it any more.

another event happened

didn't go to school after the new semester began.

Nicole didn't notice this. Every morning, when Jim had breakfast, he would leave home on time; when the night came, he

her brother was too tired after school, so she doubled the food she cooked for him.

head teacher of Jim

to let him enter a key high school.