Albina suddenly turned off her phone, stood up, looked at her and sneered:
-Madam, you have repeated the same question for three years, don’t you get bored of that?
Mrs. Santangel frowned:
-You’ve been messing with Umberto for so long, don’t you realize what a scoundrel you are?
She spoke rudely, her expression and her voice, everything showed that she didn’t like Albina at all, she treated her as if she was her enemy.
Because Mrs. Santangel was well dressed and had a special person attending her, it attracted a lot of attention from the others. Everyone around Albina looked at her from time to time.
From the beginning, they had been listening to the conversation between the two and could guess the relationship between them.
Everyone sighed in their hearts, “It’s really a pity for this beautiful girl who is going to become this mother-in-law’s daughter-in-law to despise her, but her attitude is also uncompromising.”
The people next to her were focused on the development of their discussions.
Albina was not angry at all after being scolded in front of so many people, because she was already used to their even nastier insults during the three years of marriage.
-First of all, it was your son who was chasing me so much to recover after many efforts, if you spoil our relationship, you know better than anyone what Umberto is capable of.
Albina approached her and said in a sweet voice:
-Would Umberto break his bond with you?
Those words gave the lady chills, she tried to push Albina, but she was dodged and left unbalanced by that movement.
Then he looked at her fiercely:
-Who do you think you are, how dare you threaten me! I am Umberto’s mother, whatever happens, he will never ignore me for someone like you, don’t be so confident or you will regret what you said.
-Are you serious? Then let me ask you, how many times had Umberto come home this year and how many times did he talk to you as your son? How many times did he call you mom?
All those words stabbed hard at Mrs. Santangel’s heart.
She had a rigid posture and trembling, through the sunglasses, he could see that her eyes were wild.
If she didn’t know the truth or they didn’t have so many conflicts with her, Albina would feel a little pitiful to see her like this.
But when she thought about the bad treatments and insults she threw at her during the 3 years, she didn’t feel sorry for her at all.
-Umberto was raised by his grandfather since he was a child. You didn’t care about his life and now you want to control him, he is already an adult. As for Umberto’s character, do you think you can manage to do it?
Seeing that Albina was rude, Mrs. Santangel pointed at her with trembling fingers:
-You wretch, I will never forgive you for what you said, I will teach you a lesson, we shall see!
Albina looked at her coldly:
-Do you think I’m still the poor blind woman I was before? Now Umberto loves me more than ever and left his own pride to get me back, if you dare to harm me, your son will never forgive you, if you don’t believe me, prove it!
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Santangel was about to fall down because she was dizzy, at this moment, the manager behind who was afraid to speak from the beginning, finally dared to step forward to support her.
-Mrs. Santangel, we’d better do the paperwork first.
Those words saved her embarrassing situation, she looked coldly at Albina and walked away arrogantly.
Albina leaned back in her seat, she had a calm expression as if nothing had happened.
As she looked at the phone, a plainly dressed woman next to her patted her arm.
Albina looked back.
The woman was stunned for a moment, before she only saw the profile of Albina’s face and now she realized up close that she was talking to a gorgeous girl who took her breath away for a moment.
-How can I help you? -Albina asked in a soft voice.
Then the woman reacted and unconsciously touched her hair, her sallow face showing that she was leading a difficult life.
-That woman was your boyfriend’s mother, wasn’t she?
Albina was surprised that an unfamiliar woman spoke to her, but she answered anyway:
-That’s right.
The woman was surprised:
-My God, how dare you talk to her like that, aren’t you afraid that she will interfere and disturb the relationship between you and your boyfriend, and then the marriage will be spoiled?
-If so, I’d rather not get married,” Albina interrupted her directly. If my boyfriend can’t solve this problem, then why should I marry him, should I sacrifice myself without limit and humiliate myself to the utmost to carefully maintain the marriage?
Speaking in that, Albina remembered her miserable life in the past, she was in love with Umberto, and so that he would not be in dilemma, she chose to endure for three years the scoldings, accusations and abuses of her mother.
She had done everything possible to take care of this delicate relationship, but in the end, she still got a divorce.
-But for a marriage to last, isn’t it normal to go through all the abuse? -asked the woman cautiously.
That was what her husband always persuaded her.
Albina frowned and looked at her seriously:
-I don’t agree with this criterion, in my opinion, being myself is the most important thing than being a wife and daughter-in-law, first of all, the first thing I must keep is my dignity.
She had understood this reason after the divorce.
Before her life was only based on Umberto, it seemed that her mind only kept spaces for love and marriage.
The woman next to her was looking at her attentively, waiting for her to continue her comments.
Seeing her attitude, Albina put her phone away and said to him:
-Why did we choose to get married? I think the main reason must be that it will bring more happiness, if one marries the other and loses that happiness and lives in depression every day, the only thing he/she does is to please others, then why don’t I choose to live alone?
-And what if they have a child? -asked the woman cautiously.
Albina paused for a moment, as she did not yet have a child with Umberto, it was a bit difficult to answer this question.
But at least now, she believed that she should be herself in any role.
-That depends if the father is responsible or not, if he is not able to take good care of his child, even causing him physical and psychological harm, then the mother must carry her child at all costs, then she must work hard and bestow all her love to her child. On the other hand, if the father is very good to his son, he could let him take care of his son, then the mother can come back frequently to see her son and tell him that although the parents are separated, they love him just the same.
Albina spoke to him out of sincerity and the woman was stunned after hearing his words.
After a long time, she touched Albina’s number, she got up to leave and the woman next to her suddenly grabbed her with her hand.
Albina looked down and met the woman’s grateful gaze, she smiled at her and said sincerely:
-Thank you very much for your advice.
Albina found her thanks somewhat odd, she looked at her tilting her head, due to the shifting of the sleeve, she suddenly discovered that there were several scars crisscrossed over the rough skin of her arm.
It looked like it had been whipped by something hard. Albina’s expression became rigid.
The call was repeated twice and the woman reminded her:
-She’s already calling you.
Spoke the woman with a gentle gesture, as if she didn’t notice Albina’s gaze.
Albina reacted quickly, nodded her head with a slight smile and went to the operating window.
A while later, she took the money and put it in the bag she brought, when she looked back, the woman was already gone.
“Domestic violence is absolutely unforgivable, good thing she finally understood that.”
Just as he was about to leave the bank, he again ran into Mrs. Santangel who was also about to leave along with the manager.
-What a disgrace!
Mrs. Santangel said and those words were the same thing Albina thought.
She looked arrogantly at Albina, pushed her back and went out to the bank before Albina.
Albina shook her head, she laughed at her immature behavior. “What are you going to gain from being the first to leave the bench?”
Just at this moment, she heard Mrs. Santangel’s shout from the front:
-What are you doing!