Chapter 32: Unexpected Grandmother.

I woke up to a light tapping at my door. It's already morning, my eyes feel so heavy due to the intensed crying I did last night. And yet, I still don't feel any better.

"Tessy, are you awake?" my mother asked.

Her soothing tone—an unnatural one for her—made me feel even worse.

"Yeah. Come in," I said. I felt a wave of morning sickness.

She opened the door, crossed my room, and sat on the foot of my bed. "Sweetie. Don't be so upset," she said, patting my legs through the covers.

"I can't help it. I know you hate him."

"I like Jon," she said unconvincingly.

"No, you don't. After last night? He barely said anything—except to announce that he plans to leave me someday."

She gave me a puzzled look. "Leave you?"

"The 'second wife' joke," I said, adjusting my pillow.

"Well, you don't have plans to marry *that boy* anyway, do you?" She whispered.

I shrugged. "Maybe," I whimpered. The way she said *that boy* told the full story.

My mother looked anxious. "Jon is probably just your rebound