In the Martin's house, Barbara Martin is found sitting elegantly with a cup of coffee in her hands, gathered with her daughter-in-law.
"Saturday is Peter's birthday, do you have his gift yet?" Barbara asked Marian.
"I've already prepared something for him, and I'm sure he'll like it." Marian's expression revealed none of the feelings she had at that moment.
"I recommend you take advantage of this opportunity, maybe you'll finally manage to get pregnant after the birthday party." Barbara gave her a soft smile and took a sip of coffee.
"It's possible." Her voice sounded calm, although she had a lot of doubts in her mind.
The day of Peter's birthday celebration arrived, and the long-awaited Mrs. Martin did not arrive at the family home for the party, so the guests began to talk in hushed tones, all wondering if the recent marriage was coming to an end.
All night, Peter's expression was terrible, he was serious the whole time, and as soon as the guests left, he went straight back to his house. Upon arrival, he was greeted by the house butler.
"Where's Marian?" was the only thing he replied.
"The lady has had a headache and is resting in her room." The man was as serious as his boss.
As he climbed the stairs to the second floor, he was taking off his tie, wondering what new deception that terrible woman would come up with. So when he arrived at her room, they almost collided, Marian was coming out and stopped abruptly.
"May I know what you've been doing? Why didn't you go to the celebration at my parents' house?" The man was quite upset, he hated having her close.
"Happy birthday, Peter." She took her wedding ring from a black box and handed it to him.
She had a soft smile, as if she was really happy to see him, leaving him totally bewildered. He took the small box and knew what it contained.
"I was waiting for you to give you your birthday gift, here are our divorce papers, I've already signed them, all that's left is for you to sign them and give them to the lawyer, you're completely free." Those words left Peter in total silence.
He didn't understand anything, she was supposed to have married him for his money, and now she was giving him the divorce without even fighting, she must have something up her sleeve.
"I'm not going to give you a single cent of my family's money." She turned to look at him for the first time all night.
"That issue has already been discussed with your father, I don't want anything from your family, not even you." She let out a soft laugh.
Now he understood even less what was happening, for him she had wrapped his father around her finger so that he would force him to marry her, if he didn't, all the family wealth would be donated to charity, so it was impossible for such a selfish woman to give up and renounce her marriage voluntarily.
"Are you serious?" He still didn't believe her words.
She didn't look at him, hearing his voice a lot of images passed through her mind and among those was the moment when he threw the pills on the bed, his actions had led her to make that decision.
Three years of disappointments had passed and she had lost all hope that he would look at her with affection, while she had loved him from the moment she had first seen him, but he never felt the same for her.
She felt that her love had been only on her part and that maybe she had made the wrong decision, somewhere was the man who was going to love her so much that she would forget all these years of sadness and despair.
Marian continued on her way without looking back, she would seek her happiness no matter what, she felt that she had lost ten years of her life behind an unrequited love and it was time to start over.
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Four years have passed, the plane flies over the city while Marian observes the landscape through the window, she can notice that there have been changes, now there are some skyscrapers, but for her it is just the place that saw her born and grow up.
When the plane landed, it took her out of her reverie and she turned to see the little girl next to her, she was a beautiful girl with jet black hair and soft curls at the ends, her eyes were blue and big, which showed curiosity about the world.
"We're home, Abi, when we get to Aunt Alexa's house we'll eat something." She was unfastening her seatbelt.
Upon leaving the airport, they took a taxi to her best friend's house, when they arrived, Alexa was waiting for them at the door of the building where she lived, upon seeing them, she took little Abigail and hugged her to give her a lot of kisses on her cheeks.
"I finally get to meet this little one in person! You're prettier in person than in the videos and you look a lot like you." Abigail was a small version of Marian.
She felt that having Abigail was the best decision she had made in her life, when they went up to the apartment, the food was already ready and the three of them ate together, that reunion filled the two women with happiness.
The little girl was a little tired from the flight, so she fell asleep on the sofa while Marian and Alexa talked.
"Does Abigail really have three years?, she seems smaller." Alexa saw her with concern.
It was true, Abigail had always been smaller than the other children, which had been Marian's biggest concern since the girl was born, the pregnancy had been difficult and she was born before the expected date, at the same time she spoke little and did not relate well with other children.
"Maybe it's not so bad, so when they see her they'll think she's younger." She looked thoughtful.
Two days passed and Marian found a kindergarten for little Abigail and began working in a law firm, while she had been out of the country she had finished her law degree and could work to give her daughter everything she needed.
While she had been away, she had dedicated herself to her studies while taking as many courses as she could, so her resume was excellent.
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