I had brought up divorce with Julian before, but my stance softened every time he got seriously angry with me. Each time, I would give in and wind up asking him for forgiveness. That was why he thought I was only throwing a tantrum this time as well.
I replied, “I’m serious this time, Julian. Let’s get a divorce. I’ll meet you tomorrow morning at half-past nine.”
He responded instantly. “Fine, if you insist, I’ll do it your way.”
I did not reply after that.
Not long after Evie and I arrived the next morning, Julian showed up with Sunny in tow.
Julian dated Sunny in college, but they split up over a misunderstanding. After all these years, he still never forgot her.
I looked at the dog in Sunny’s arms and remembered my grandmother on her deathbed. My heart prickled in my chest.
Julian walked up to me, shot me a glance, and made to walk into the building.
I said calmly, “Hold on. Evie is getting divorced too, but Caleb isn’t here yet.”
Julian frowned. “Molly, did you have to mess up the entire family with your little tantrum?”
Evie could not help but bark at him. “I wanted this divorce, it has nothing to do with Molly. You know what your younger brother is like. Both of you are trash!”
Sunny smiled. “Miss Rimm, there’s no need to yell. We have your best interests at heart.”
She turned to me, saying, “Julian just wants to make sure you don’t get carried away by Miss Shane, demanding a divorce for no reason.”
I stared at Sunny. “Is Julian deaf or mute? Since when did you have the right to speak on his behalf?”
Sunny glanced at Julian with tears in her eyes. “Sorry, Julian. It looks like I said the wrong thing and made Miss Shane mad.”
Julian’s tone was hard. “Enough, Molly Shane.”
I just rolled my eyes at him.
Julian seemed to have a bone to pick with me, barking, “What did Sunny do to offend you? First you wanted to prevent me from looking for her dog, and now you’re insulting her on purpose.”
Sunny said softly, “Don’t misunderstand, Miss Shane. Julian was only helping me look for Dodo that day. There’s nothing between us.
