The Returning Ex

Sophia was starving, since she only had some tea to drink back there, and the snacks were left untouched. Now, she didn’t care about Mrs. Constance or Isabelle, for what she wanted to do was fill herself up. John was serious about his acting, so he took some food for her and even whispered, “Take it slow, or your stomach’s going to complain.”

Old Mrs. Constance looked up. “Sophia, I made an appointment for you. When John has his off day, ask him to take you to the doctor. You have to treat that condition as soon as possible.”

Sophia looked at Old Mrs. Constance, thinking that the old lady only mentioned it in passing, so she was surprised Old Mrs. Constance acted so quickly. John chimed in, “Got it.”

Isabelle looked at Sophia and John, then she looked down. Seemingly thinking about something, Sophia slowed down for a bit. A moment later, she took a piece of pork belly and bit off the meat, leaving only the skin on. Then, she fed it to John. “Aw, this is too oily for me. Here you go.”

Mrs. Constance was stunned. “Just throw it away if you don’t like it. You chew a part of it off and give John the leftover? It’s not right.”

away from John. “Why? It’s not the first time he did this. We’re

skin, then he looked at Sophia. Even though she was looking at him innocently, behind that innocent gaze, she was gloating. John ate the skin, much to Sophia’s satisfaction. Then, she wiped his mouth,

handing the rest to her. “Sure. Here, have some.”

ate a bit more and looked up at John. Most of the time, John

went back to the sofa. It was dark outside now, so Isabelle said goodbye. Mrs. Constance quickly stood up.

oblivious to this. She only had her eyes on her son. Since his mother had said so, John could only say yes. Isabelle smiled at

bit too much to eat, so I’ll be going up now.” Then, she went up, but

Constance said, “You dumb woman.” Old Mrs. Constance was a soft-spoken, conservative person who led her life carefully, so she would normally never speak ill of