ENCHANTED LOVE, VOLUME 2 - Season 8 Episode 97

Life was not about others, but about oneself. No one else should determine one’s own life.

After Sheryl left, Anthony glanced at Sue and asked with guilt in his voice, “I thought you were inside with my parents? What made you come out?”

“You should just go in and take a look.” Sue forced a bitter smile and added, “They are being very combative towards each other. I did my best to try and stop them, but they were not listening to me.”
“What happened?” Upon hearing that, Anthony became so worried that he rushed into the police station. Just as he stepped in, Laura was cursing Carlson while pulling his hair. She stormed, “Carlson, we have been married for so many years. I couldn’t believe that you wanted to divorce me over something so trivial. Carlson, I warn you. If you dare to divorce me, I will kill myself right in front of you!”

Carlson began to get even more impatient with Laura’s attitude and he yelled, “Laura, you think that threat is supposed to make me change my mind? I can assure you wholeheartedly. I want the divorce for sure. Today!”

He jeered at Laura and continued, “Our son has grown up now, so we do not have to fight for who will be taking care of the child. As of all the things in the house, I will only take what belongs to me. As far as the things that you own, I will not take a single cent.”

Taking a glance at Laura, he felt that the distance between them had increased exponentially and then continued to press her, “Anyway, there is no future between us. I am not planning on living with you anymore. Let’s just get the formalities taken care of as soon as possible.”

“You are such an asshole!” cursed Laura in fury. “Tell me. Is it because you are bored with me and found a new love? Is that why you want the divorce so badly?”
Carlson stared at Laura and found her increasingly ridiculous. He could in no way understand where all those crazy thoughts of hers were coming from.

“Laura, you do have a brain, right? Can you at least try to think before you talk?” He sneered, “Don’t you know what you should say and what you should not? Just take a look at the situation, will you?”

Thinking of her attitude towards Sheryl, he couldn’t help but feel bitter and helpless. He had given up on Laura. How could a selfish person like her realize what she did wrong?

After forcing himself to calm down, he continued, “Laura, to be honest with you, what happens between us is only between us. It is not about anyone else. I just can’t stand you anymore. I can’t stand you being suspicious about every tiny thing everyday; I can’t stand you poking your nose into Anthony’s life wherever you can. I just can’t stand it. He is an adult now. He can make his own decisions. Don’t you think that you have inserted yourself into his business enough?

Plus…” Carlson took a pause before he continued, “You are very clear that Sheryl is Mr. Murphy’s granddaughter, yet you ruined her relationship with Anthony. Is that not enough for you? It seems that you are a person that can never be satisfied.

Even after that, you kept disrupting Sheryl’s life. What on earth did the poor girl ever do to you? Aside from love your son? Can you imagine how guilty and embarrassed I am to even look into Mr. Murphy’s eyes? Can you imagine how I feel?”

“Anthony is my son. Of course I should take care of him, especially when it comes to the issue of marriage,” refuted Laura. “You worry about what Arthur thinks of us. Well, I don’t. I can assure you. To make sure that Sheryl and Anthony break apart for the rest of their lives, I am willing to do whatever that it takes, much, much more than what I have already done!”

“You…” Carlson stammered. Then he jeered at her, “Yeah, now you’ve vented your feelings without considering the consequences. What about me? I have lost my job because of you. You know, I’ll be retiring in two years time. Just before I retire, you made such a mess for me.

Do you know how embarrassed I am?”

“Wha… What?” Laura was shocked to hear what Carlson just said. Looking at Carlson, she hurried to ask, “Carlson, what do you mean by what you said just now?”

“Your heard my words. I mean what I said. What about it do you not understand?” Carlson jeered at Laura, “All in all, I have decided and no one can change my mind now. I will divorce you at any cost. As for your terms for the divorce, I will try my best to work that out for you as long as it is within my capability.”

“You old idiot!” Laura was enraged as she listened to Carlson. She was determined to fight until the very end unless her goal was achieved.

“How dare he fire you! I didn’t expect that from him.” Laura rolled up her sleeves as if she was ready for a fight and shouted to Carlson, “You stay here. I will look for him right now. I will make sure that he apologizes to you.”

As Laura was about to move, Carlson pulled her back right away. He said with elevated impatience, “Stop making a fool of yourself here. Let’s just settle the things between the two of us. Forget about other people. That should be the priority now.”

“You still want a divorce no matter what I say, right?” Laura scorned at her husband, “Why do you blame me for losing the job? It was all because of that old jerk.”

Giving Carlson a scornful look, she scoffed, “What’s more, what’s the big deal with losing your job? It’s not like we’re going to starve without your salaries. Even if you stop working, the money that we’ve saved over the years would be able to sustain for the rest of our lives. This job of yours is then not so necessary. Anyway, you are retiring soon. Why do you care so much about it?”

“What do you think you know?” Carlson jeered at Laura. “I’ve been in the hospital for so many years and have got a good reputation among the colleagues and patients. If everything goes well, I can retire comfortably and live my cozy life afterwards. And you? Just look at what you have done! You made me lose my job! Being fired! Now the entire hospital knows. How can I… How can I face my old colleagues and friends with this shame hanging over me?”

Hearing all the quarrelling, Anthony could no longer stay quiet but walk up to them. “Dad! Mom! Stop making a scene here. Let’s settle the matter privately. I am so ashamed of you two arguing in the public like this!” he shouted.

Surrounding them was a large crowd that were curious about what has happening with this family. In order to prevent further disturbance and disorder, the policeman standing aside ordered, “This is the police station, not your home. You can’t do anything you want here. Settle everything on your own at your own place. You are creating a mess here. Leave! Now! Otherwise we will use force.”

“Hey, you are a policeman. What kind of attitude is that?” Just at Laura was about to argue with the policeman, Carlson smiled bitterly and said disdainfully, “You see? This is the way she is, a woman with no limits. How am I supposed to continue to stay with such a woman everyday?”

With a sneer, he continued, “Anyway, I have made up my mind. I can no longer stand a life with her. It is for the best to go through with the divorce, good for me, good for her.”

“Dad, can you stop saying that?” In an attempt to prevent the situation from worsening further, he continued, “You are not young anymore and have been married for such a long time. Are you not ashamed of talking about divorce all the time?”