But then, I overheard her friend saying, "You're too impulsive. Just because Nick got married and had a child, you gave up and married a man you don't love. Does Santos deserve to be your husband?"
I stood there, waiting for Lindsay to deny it. But after a long wait, all I heard was her impatient voice.
"We're already married. Why bring this up now?"
Inside, they laughed heartily. They lamented Nick Baldwin's married state and mocked me for being a lapdog, sacrificing my dignity to chase after someone.
At that moment, I thought, maybe it was because I wasn't persistent enough and I met Lindsay too late. As long as we stick to each other, I could surely move her and make her love me.
But later, I realized that some people's hearts are as hard as stone, impossible to warm.
I took out my phone and stared at the chat with Lindsay.
[Why didn't you answer the phone?]
[Santos? Can't you speak? Didn't I ask you to bring something over today?]
I stared at the chat, unable to stop myself from thinking. If Lindsay had listened to me last night and brought the car back home, my mother would have survived.
But she hadn't come back. She had been with her childhood friend.