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Teresa felt awful . She bought a bouquet and went to the hospital to visit the old woman . Seeing her lying in bed , frail and hooked up to a ventilator Teresa couldn’t stop her tears from falling .
Sanford stood by her side , completely baffled as to why Teresa was crying so hard over someone she didn’t even know .
It was the first time Sanford had ever seen Teresa cry for an old lady who had nothing to do with her .
Suddenly , a sharp – looking middle – aged woman burst in , her emotions out of control as she pointed at Teresa , whose eyes were red from crying . “ What are you doing here ? My mom ended up like this because of you ! ”
Sanford stepped in front of Teresa protectively . “ This has nothing to do with her . The real driver was someone else . ”
The woman let out a cold laugh . “ Don’t think I don’t know . It was her and she was chasing after the driver who hit my mom .
“ He was speeding to get away from her , and that’s why he hit my mom . At the end of the day , it’s all her fault . She’s the reason my mom got hurt . ”
“ You’re out of your mind . Forget it . Let’s go , ” Sanford said , trying to lead Teresa away , but the woman wouldn’t let them leave .
Her family members came over and pulled her back , scolding her for losing it and reminding her that Teresa wasn’t the one who caused the accident .
With nowhere else to vent her anger , the woman treated Teresa and Sanford like enemies . In a fit of rage , she grabbed a cup of hot water from the table and threw it at Teresa’s face .
Sanford quickly raised his arm to shield Teresa . The hot water splashed onto his arm , burning him .
“ Lady , that’s assault and you know it , ” Teresa said .
“ Who are you calling ‘ lady ‘ ? I didn’t even touch him ! ” the woman shot back .
Teresa was worried about Sanford . He just sighed and said , “ Let’s go . Don’t waste your time on this nutcase . ”
Teresa went with Sanford to get his injury checked out , and then took him out for a meal . After all , he got hurt protecting her .
Sanford tried to joke . “ Good thing your face is still perfect . The world would be missing great beauty otherwise . ”
But Teresa couldn’t even smile . “ Maybe I’m the one to blame for all this , ” she murmured .
Sanford said , “ Don’t let that crazy woman mess with your head . Her mom’s accident has nothing to do with you . By the way , why were you crying today ? It’s not like she’s your family . ”
“ Isn’t that old lady pitiful ? She didn’t do anything wrong . She should be enjoying her retirement , but something like this happened . Just like my grandparents , ” Teresa said softly .
Sanford looked confused . “ What about your grandparents ? ”
Teresa shook her head and whispered , “ They’re gone .
“ You wanted to know why Jonathan and I got divorced , right ? ”
“ Yeah , so why ? ” Sanford asked , suddenly interested .
“ There was this one time when we were still married . Jonathan was away on a business trip , and his mom came over just to pick a fight .
“ I talked back , and she pointed at me and said , ‘ This is the house my son paid for . If you don’t like it , go back to your own family , ” Teresa spoke , and the tears she’d been holding back finally slipped down her face .
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“ She told me to go back to my family . But where was I supposed to go ? ” Teresa let out a bitter laugh . “ She knew perfectly well had no family i to . She knew exactly how to hurt me , and she went straight for it . ”
“ At that time , you hadn’t reconnected with Jennifer yet , right ? But what about your parents ? I thought you got along with your mom ? ” Sanford asked .
Teresa shook her head . “ Both my parents had already remarried by then . I grew up with my grandparents and they were really good to me . But they died
in a fire .
“ I had no family to go back to , and Irene knew it . I didn’t dare stand up to her , because I had nowhere else to go !”
“ So what about Jonathan ? How did he react when he found out Irene told you to go back to your family ? ” Sanford asked .