William rolled his eyes. “Everyone in the circle knows that Joey is his woman. Who dares to marry her?”
“Not a person in the circle, but an ordinary clerk.”
William was surprised. “Is she deliberately stimulating Ronnie?”
“I just called Joey to ask about the situation. She is serious and has already taken wedding photos with that man.” Jerry handed the mobile phone to William.
“The man is neither handsome nor rich, and he doesn’t know what Joey is doing. I have been with Ronnie for ten years. If she persists for another year or two, Ronnie’s family will force Ronnie to get married. Isn’t she the first choice? If she marries now, she has been wasting many years. Didn’t she wait for nothing? This woman’s mind is flooded.”
William turned over a few photos on his mobile phone, and the wedding photos looked very ordinary, which could be taken for hundreds of dollars on the street.
The man is also very ordinary, but he looked at Joey with gentle eyes.
William returned the mobile phone to Jerry. “I’ll wait and talk to Joey.”
“Are you so free today? Who is looking after Bruce?”
“Bruce went home with his mommy.”
Jerry and Andrew looked at each other. “Bruce called Elisa mommy?”
“Well, he likes Elisa very much.”
Ronnie, who had been sleeping all the time, suddenly burst into a drink. “Unless she dies, I don’t want to marry anyone!”
The three men looked at each other for a while, and William said, “I’ll find Joey first, and you will watch him. Andrew, let me know before you leave, and let’s get together.”
“Definitely. You should solve Ronnie’s problem first.”
**
Suburbs.
William parked his car in front of an ordinary residential building.
It was a small building for some years, and there was still a small garden in front of it. Most of the flowers planted in it could be seen everywhere in the flower and bird market.
William stood in front of the mottled iron gate and did not reach out to push.
He took out his mobile phone and called Joey.
Moments later, a familiar bell rang inside. A soft, pleasant female voice sounded.
“Hey, Joey… I’m in front of your house.” Said William.
Joey’s voice paused. “Jerry told me a lot, and I have already explained it. William, I don’t want to see people related to him, especially if you are still his friends.”
“Do you think I’ll get here and go after a word or two?”
Joey’s voice paused and then said, “You wait.”
William sat back in the car and looked at the woman who walked out slowly from the small building.
She was not a beautiful woman, but she was lovely, quiet, and outstanding.
William saw Joey many times, and Joey wore luxury brands before.
But that time she was wearing low-end clothes, and there was no makeup on her face. It was clear and faint and had a different kind of beauty.
Joey went to the driver’s seat and knocked on the window. William rolled down the window. “Get in the car.”
“I’ll show you around.” Joey insinted.
William, who was noncommittal, got off and followed Joey.
Joey took William along a path and sat down in a pavilion randomly built by the roadside.
William looked at the bar in the eye pavilion and didn’t move.
Joey smiled. “William, do you also think my decision is too hasty?”
“You have little chance of happiness when you get married in such a hurry.”
“What about you? You are also suddenly married to a woman you have not known for a short time.”
“We are different.”
“It’s really different. Women always suffer compared with you men, especially powerful men.” Joey smiled reluctantly.
“Are you looking for a man to stimulate Ronnie because he refused to marry you?”
“I’m not that bored yet. After waiting for ten years, what am I afraid of? I just suddenly got tired of living like that. You will ask, does Ronnie love me? If he loves me, will he throw money at me every time and let me have an abortion myself? Has he ever thought about me? What do you think when I face the questioning eyes of doctors and nurses? How do I feel every time I face the demonstrations of his girlfriends playing outside? As his friends, you will think that he will play for a few more years at most, and nothing will happen. When Ronnie’s family urged him to get married, I will marry him very naturally.” Joey wiped the tears on her face, and her voice began to tremble. “This is just a possibility. My family won’t ignore my efforts over the years, but why didn’t anyone mention my marriage with Ronnie? I’m 29, and I’ll be 30 next year. ”
Joey took a deep breath and continued, “My body is already feeble because of too many abortions. Most likely, I will not be pregnant in the future. Will Ronnie’s family want such a daughter-in-law? I don’t think they want it. Moreover, after marrying Ronnie, I don’t have to think about what kind of life I will live, which is probably the same as my life in the past ten years. I don’t expect this kind of life at all. The man I meet now is far less rich than you. But he will take care of me and he is considerate. Even if the material life is not good, so what? It’s not that he and I don’t work hard. It’s not a problem to live a not so well-off life. ”
“You don’t think he cares about your past?”
“I told him all that. He said he didn’t mind.” Joey looked to William, “Do you feel incredible? But I can’t feel his deception and lying.”
“I still think your behavior is too risky. Ronnie is not a person without feelings. If you have been with him for ten years, he owes you.”
“But I want love, not debt and money.” Joey looked leisurely at the distant mountain forest. “Go back and tell him that I don’t hate him. I have come to this in the past ten years, and now I have some reasons. I can’t talk about who blames who. His future marriage partner will be better than me. There is no need to be sad for me for too long.” Joey said, didn’t look at William, got up, and walked along the way.
William stood there motionless and didn’t make any comments on Ronnie and Joey.
What Ronnie did was expected in their powerful circle. As long as it is agreed before marriage, both husband and wife would turn a blind eye or play their games. But he had to admit. That way was very hurtful. Even if men of their class played until they were forty years old and wanted to get married eventually, a group of young women in their teens and twenties would still jump on them.
Women are different.
Even if they were rich, powerful, and beautiful, they had fewer people to choose to marry after they were thirty years old. William couldn’t deny Joey’s choice at that time. She spent her best youth and time on Ronnie. When she was almost 30 years old, she still didn’t get the marriage she wanted.
Even according to the way she and Ronnie broke up, there would be no minimum break-up fee.
After all, she was the one who suffered the most.