One part of herself said, "Perseverance is victory. Didn't Alisha tell you? You need to fight a protracted battle, using your marriage against their youth. Are you afraid that your marriage won't outlast youth?"
But another part of herself replied: Yes, perseverance is victory, but the key is what do you want to do with such a victory? If you stubbornly refuse to divorce and ultimately obtain an empty shell of a marriage but are despised by a man for a lifetime, what's the point of such a marriage?
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Jaylene didn't know how long her inner selves had been fighting before she finally couldn't hold on and fell asleep. When she woke up, it was already nine o'clock the next morning, and the doctor and nurses had already come to make their rounds.
