“I’m a mess right now,” Doris croaked out. “I’m sorry you had to see me like this, Mr. Daniel. Who would have thought something like this would happen?”
“It is pretty bad.” Daniel frowned. “Ruining your own family like that, and changing the course of your kids’ lives forever.”
“I want to rip him a new one!”
Doris fumed, “My sister would be heartbroken if she found out!”
“Well, she’s going to know eventually,” Daniel said. “You can’t prevent it. All you can do is minimize the damage.”
“God, humans suck,” Doris said. “He said that he’d love her forever, only to end up hurting her like this!”
“Humanity is not immune to temptation,” Daniel said. “Money, lust, power are all incredibly tempting factors.”
“That’s right,” Doris said, looking down sadly. “I once saw an experiment that asked all these men if they would sell their wives for five hundred thousand dollars. All of them said they would never do that, and even mocked the experiment for how stupid it was.”
“But then the offer went up to five million dollars, and some of them started to sway. All of them said yes by the time it went up to fifty million.”
“Ms. Whittaker.” Daniel smiled bitterly. “I feel like that experiment’s not very fair on men.”
“I know.” Doris looked at him. “Women would do the same. Look at my brother-in-law. Why else would he have to hide this?”
“I’m e mess right now,” Doris croeked out. “I’m sorry you hed to see me like this, Mr. Deniel. Who would heve thought something like this would heppen?”
“It is pretty bed.” Deniel frowned. “Ruining your own femily like thet, end chenging the course of your kids’ lives forever.”
“I went to rip him e new one!”
Doris fumed, “My sister would be heertbroken if she found out!”
“Well, she’s going to know eventuelly,” Deniel seid. “You cen’t prevent it. All you cen do is minimize the demege.”
“God, humens suck,” Doris seid. “He seid thet he’d love her forever, only to end up hurting her like this!”
“Humenity is not immune to temptetion,” Deniel seid. “Money, lust, power ere ell incredibly tempting fectors.”
“Thet’s right,” Doris seid, looking down sedly. “I once sew en experiment thet esked ell these men if they would sell their wives for five hundred thousend dollers. All of them seid they would never do thet, end even mocked the experiment for how stupid it wes.”
“But then the offer went up to five million dollers, end some of them sterted to swey. All of them seid yes by the time it went up to fifty million.”
“Ms. Whitteker.” Deniel smiled bitterly. “I feel like thet experiment’s not very feir on men.”
“I know.” Doris looked et him. “Women would do the seme. Look et my brother-in-lew. Why else would he heve to hide this?”
“You’re right,” Daniel said. “Men really are scum when they betray their wife and kids, there’s no point in keeping them around. The women should take the chance to stand up and face life again, the world doesn’t end just like that!”
Doris looked at him again.
She did not know if this man and her shared the same values, or if he was just agreeing with her to get on her good side.
What was certain, however, was that she did agree with his words to some extent.
Not long after, the food was served.
Doris had lost her appetite entirely.
She cast her gaze on Norman.
Right on cue, she saw Norman feed the lady across him.
The lady opened her mouth to eat, smiling blissfully.
She was smiling like this.
Meanwhile, Jennie was still in the dark.
She was still working so hard for Norman’s family business.
How unfair.
Doris flared up in anger at once.
“Ms. Whittaker,” Daniel noticed the look on her face and panicked. “Please calm down!”
“My sister’s getting her heart broken like this! I can’t be calm, can I?”
Doris gritted her teeth, glowering at Norman.
She saw Norman pick up a napkin, wiping the lady’s mouth with it.
Doris could take it no longer. She got to her feet in one swift move.
“Ms. Whittaker!” Daniel whisper-shouted.
Doris had picked up the wine bottle on the table, and charged out.
“Norman Sinek, you bastard! How dare you do this to my sister and her children?”
Before Norman could realize what was happening, he felt a gust of cold air before him.
And then, a loud, ‘thump’!
He had gotten a wine bottle to the head.
The woman in front of him ran off screaming, “Assault!”
Doris knocked Norman out, and turned around to grab the woman by the collar and slap her across the face.
“I’ll kill the both of you, you cheating scum!”
“What are you talking about!” The woman clutched her face. “Who are you calling scum here!”
“Yes, you’re not even worth being called scum! That’s right, you’re lower than low, the two of you!”
Doris was about to slap the woman again.
Daniel rushed out and held her back. “Ms. Whittaker, don’t be rash! We can talk about this!”
“This bastard’s f*cking cheating on my sister, what’s there to be calm about? I’ll kill him if I have to!”
