The Bound Between Us

Chapter 38

Anastasia’s business tonight was quite good, she managed to sell several pieces of jewelry in a short amount of time.

Seeing her designs being so popular, she was pumped for her interview tomorrow.

Anastasia took a break to video chat with her mom, Salma. In the middle of their chit–chat, Salma dropped a bomb, “Ana, it seems like your cousin’s husband has another woman.”

“Gianna’s husband?” Anastasia was gobsmacked, it was totally out of the blue. “Mom, who told you this?”

1 saw it with my own two eyes, Salma added from the other side of the video call, I can’t be 100% sure though. A man and a woman walked into the hotel today. The guy looked a lot like your cousin’s husband. I went over to say hi. He was arm in arm with this woman. They looked awkward when they

saw me.”

Seeing a man and woman walk into a hotel together could get tongues wagging.

Anastasia quickly asked, ‘Mom, did you let Auntie know?”

“I haven’t yet. I mean, if I got the wrong guy, it could mess up Gianna’s marriage, and that’d be a total chaos, Salma said, worried, “Gianna’s been married for eight years without a kid and I’m worried he’s getting cold feet. Your auntie always brags about her son–in–law. If anything happens, she’d be devastated”

“Mom, don’t spill the beans unless you’re sure, Anastasia suggested, “Whether it’s true or not, it will not end well if you tell her.”

every guy has a side chick and the wife is usually the

know, it’s not their

things are made public, they can become awkward. The person giving the reminder might

has been bragging about how her daughter married into a good family. If Salma told her about this, she could be seen as she was jealous

“I get your drift. I hope I’m just overthinking. Ana, don’t stay out too late. The weather forecast says it might

and said, “Mom, it doesn’t look like it’s gonna rain. My

husband to pick you up. It’s not safe

Whenever Anastasia was out selling, Salma would tag along if she was free. Even if she couldn’t,

scared the past would repeat itself, with Anastasia

“Alright, he said he’d come pick me up later. Mom, you need

the video call. The house was empty and she felt

she heard

echoed in the neighborhood. Salma couldn’t help

from the building across giving their kid a hard time again.

this, Salma felt a pang in her heart and was reminded

her daughter to walk down the same path she did, because she knew

At Night Market.