María was a little restless for the next few days, and a few days after Iris's visit, Carmen brought a woman of about 25 years old to José's house.
"Long story short, my little cousin's husband just passed away and came to my house to relax, and Jose took advantage of her. My sister is not someone who can be bullied regardless. You should give her an explanation today!"
What she had said surprised both Joseph and Mary. The room was so quiet that you could hear a fly flying. José looked at her for a long time without remembering who that person was, so he could only say: "I don't know what you mean by this. I have never seen this woman before..."
Before she could finish the sentence, the woman began to cry, Carmen's face immediately darkened: "Don't you dare to admit what you have done? Okay, I'll make it clear to you. The day you came to give us the pension money, were you standing at the door?
José recalled that when he went to deliver money that day, Carmen and Pablo asked him to enter the house, but he left without giving the money, so he said: "I stood at the door, but I did not enter the house."
Carmen ignored him and continued: "My little cousin is the youngest daughter of the family. Who knows that she was widowed a few years after getting married? She came to my house for a few days to relax. When she returned from shopping, she bumped into you. After hugging her with all your arms, you also pinched her breast, which was seen by many people in the village. You ruined my cousin's reputation."
After Carmen said this, Maria, who didn't believe it, immediately looked at Jose, so she quickly explained to him: "Nothing happened. I gave her the money and turned around and left..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and said, "Could it be…"
Seeing the anger in Maria's eyes, he hurriedly said, "I didn't take two steps before someone bumped into me and I didn't see who was it? I apologized and then left."
"Hmph, did you say that you accidentally hit her? What the villagers saw was that you were hugging my cousin and carrying her breasts in your hand. You have ruined my cousin's reputation!"
Mary has been married to Joseph for over ten years, so she naturally knows his temperament. Her life has been hard these years, but he has always been devoted to her.
She was very angry in her heart, she chose to believe him although she was a little suspicious of José at that time, but when she heard Carmen say that José was pinching the woman's breasts, having her fists clenched.
Maria straightened her back and looked at the woman who was sobbing softly, then looked at Carmen and said, "I don't believe what you said. My husband just accidentally bumped into her, but she insisted on saying that he hugged her and even squeezed her breasts, which is not something an innocent woman can do."
The woman's sobs stopped for a few seconds. Carmen patted her on the back, as if to comfort her, and immediately she started crying again.
Carmen grimaced when she heard this: "María, what do you mean? Do you think I'm setting José up?"
María had never contradicted Carmen before, when she asked María: "I should be the one asking this, right? What do you mean by bringing her to my house today?"
Carmen suddenly raised her voice and said sharply: "Since you asked that, then I have to tell you that María has been married to José for more than ten years and she only gave birth to one daughter, Selena."
"Now that José and my cousin have a private relationship. My cousin has no objections, so as a stepmother I have made the decision that José will marry my cousin as a second wife next month and will have more children in the future..."
Before she finished speaking, she heard laughter and Selena, who was standing behind José, seemed to have heard some joke, even the crying woman looked at Selena.
Selena also looked at the woman. She could only be considered to have an average appearance. She was already in her twenties, with dry hair and bad skin. She obviously had a bad life, so she conspired with Carmen to stay at her house.
Although her mother Mary is not absolutely beautiful, she is much better than her. How could he have taken advantage of her? Carmen must have wanted her to marry her father and steal her secret recipe.
Selena smiled gently, with a row of white teeth that made people unable to look away: "Grandma, since you have said that my father pinched this aunt's breasts and was seen by others, why don't you bring the witnesses you saw and confronted us?"
When Carmen heard this she couldn't help but look angry, she raised her hand, slammed the table and said loudly: "When adults talk, why does the little girl get in the way? Do you have the right to talk here? Get out!"
"This is my daughter, who dares to order her out?"
Maria saw them scolding her daughter who had defended her, and immediately began to scold them, Selena at some point took a broom and handed it to Maria at the right time and said: "Mom, they are bullying us, and the woman wants be my stepmother. If we don't kick them out, the new house will be occupied by..."
After hearing this, Maria became very angry. She immediately grabbed the broom and ran forward, whipping them several times. Carmen and her cousin hurriedly ran outside, saying harsh words to Maria and Jose as they ran: "I, I'm going to go to the village chief and the judge to sue you, just wait!"
As soon as Carmen left, María entered the room and closed the door, no matter how loudly Jose called, she didn't open, it seemed like this time she is truly heartbroken.
Selena stood at the door, watching Carmen leave, with no expression on her face, just staring at her back without blinking.
At night, Selena sat on the couch by the window and let her half-dry hair dry. Thinking about Carmen's appearance today, she subconsciously ground her teeth:Since you came to mess with us again and again, don't blam me for retaliating.