Ida! Yes! Jeff always listens to her.
Grasping at my last hope, I grabbed her arm. "Please, please talk to Jeff."
"I'll agree to anything. I'll divorce him, right now!"
Ida, her face full of concern, bent down to help me. "Diana, what are you saying?"
In the next moment, when Jeff couldn't see, she shot me a victorious smile, whispering in a voice only the two of us could hear, "Want me to convince him? Fine."
"Kneel and beg me."
"Fine!" I couldn't afford to think if she was telling the truth or not. All I wanted was to save my mother-in-law's ashes.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I knocked my head on the ground several times, leaving red marks on my forehead.
"Diana!" Ida suddenly cried out, collapsing to the ground.
I looked up, bewildered. Just moments ago, Ida had been standing tall, but now she sat on the floor, crying like a delicate flower in the rain. "I was just trying to help you up. Why did you push me?"
"And you even warned me to stay away from Jeff."
