"Seriously? You’re accusing us of guilt-tripping your mom? Jessie, you're young. How can you speak like this? You barely have any decorum! Look at the state your mom is in. If she gets a divorce, who would want to marry her again?" Mandy went more and more overboard, even shouting for Laura and William to get divorced.
Jessie glanced at her, feeling the itch to slap her growing stronger. However, Evelyn was quicker.
"Shut up!" Evelyn slapped Mandy, glaring at her.
Mandy held her face, sad. However, it was her own mother who said that, so she didn’t retort and only remained silent despite the indignant feeling in her heart.
Evelyn hurriedly tried to smooth things over. "Jessie, don't take your aunt's words to heart. Couples fight all the time; they quarrel at the head of the bed and reconcile at the foot, right? Besides, Luke is still so young. If they really get divorced, that would be a big problem."
