Her mother's distressed voice grew louder. Lily could easily understand her mother's pent-up anger. Her father basically lived at the police station, and whenever he did come home, he would bring some kind of big accident with him.
"It sounds like things like this happen often. Your mother married the wrong man and must have suffered a lot."
"Don't say such ominous things, alright?"
Ultimately, Lily couldn't endure it anymore and opened her mouth. Even though she knew what kind of situation Ethan was in, this was a matter of principle. But Ethan's response was quite dumbfounding all the same.
"I wasn't saying something ominous. I was only telling the truth."
"What…?"
"It's not like you guys have the luxury of bringing someone else into your home. You're already struggling to feed three people as it is. But if the husband suddenly brings home someone else's son to raise, it can't be called a successful marriage, can it?"
