Tina thought she was enjoying a happy life after being married to her high school love. But she would eventually discover exactly how serious the repercussions of our choices can be after being ejected from her marriage and left to raise her son by herself.
Tina had always dreamed of an opulent, traditional white wedding. Sadly, when she eloped at the age of eighteen with her high school sweetheart, Richard, that was not the case. Since Richard came from a somewhat wealthy family, Tina felt that the idea of eloping was a little bit arbitrary.
But deep down, what she really wanted was to marry the man she loved. She truly liked Richard, and she never cared about his affluent upbringing.”Tina, go out! We’re going to have an issue if I see you here once more.
Was he now revealing his actual nature, she wondered.
“No, not me, Richard,” she said in closing. Tina told herself she would have to exercise patience and that he still needed a little more time to take it all in.Richard unexpectedly ejected Tina from their apartment the following day after returning home intoxicated.
“Tina, go out! We’re going to have a problem if I see you here again,” he exclaimed. Instead of confronting him, Tina just walked away, believing Richard would change his mind eventually. A few days later, Tina returned to the flat to find Richard had changed the locks. After that, Tina called Richard’s parents, and the exchange that followed broke her heart.Mr. and Mrs.
Tinney, hello. I tried to get through to Richard. We just… Tina started to explain, but she was abruptly interrupted.
You have such nerve, young girl! After everything you’ve done to our Richy, I’m calling,” Mrs. Tinney exclaimed.”Me? I apologize, but I’m not sure I get it. Would you please… I’m not sure what you’ve heard, but allow me to clarify. Tina tried to clarify, but she was interrupted once more.
We’ve heard everything! How you betrayed him and became pregnant by someone else’s child! Mrs. Tinney angrily yelled, “Don’t ever call here again, or we’ll sue the eyelashes off you!” For Tina, it was obvious as day that she and her unborn kid were on their own at that precise moment.After a number of years, Tina decided to use what remaining love and strength to nurture her child. Greg, her son, eased her burden. Tina was able to relieve some of her load while she was struggling to make ends meet thanks to Greg’s understanding of their situation and his willingness to assist.
Tina had never concealed anything from her kid regarding the events between his father and her. Greg worked side by side with his mother to put food on the table, appreciating all that she had done. Greg camped at a nearby golf club for the first time when he was just 15 years old.
Even though he began working at a young age, he never allowed his work to conflict with his education. Although Greg was never the most intelligent student in his class, he had developed a remarkable work ethic. After receiving honors in his high school graduation, Greg used the money he had earned from his job to launch a business.Tina was really pleased with the man Greg was becoming.
But she was frightened about the resentment Greg had started to feel toward his father, whom he no longer saw.Greg never said much, but Tina could never help but notice the angry stare in her son’s eyes whenever his father or the concept of fatherhood itself came up in conversation. Greg’s business expanded over the years, getting better every day. He ultimately accumulated some wealth.
At one of their key offices, he even employed his mother. Greg was one of the most successful individuals under 30 in his city at the young age of 26. Greg made the decision to see his old man one day. He had been following him around for some time, but he was never quite sure when he would make his big reveal. Greg’s hand was gripping the baseball bat on his passenger seat tightly as he approached Richards’ driveway.
He didn’t know yet what he would do when he got to know him. Though he wasn’t entirely sure what he intended to do with the bat, his rage blazed so fiercely within of him that it would definitely be used. They weren’t good, whatever they were.
He observed something that would rock him to his core as he pondered where his next few steps would take him on his arduous journey while sitting in his automobile.
Greg, as a man and as a child, was never violent. However, he had neglected this specific scar for such a long time that he had never once entertained the notion that it may heal.
Richard deserved whatever was on the other end of that baseball bat, according to all the suffering he had allowed over the years. But he sensed his own death when he watched his weak, rag-covered father step outside to take out the trash. Greg became acutely aware of how far and low his quest for vengeance had brought him at this point. He was undoubtedly not the horrible man who had nearly ruined him and his mother.
extra. And was he worth everything he had toiled so hard for, even if he was somewhere in there?Greg made the decision to put down the bat and pick up his phone after noticing the “for sale” sign in Richards’ yard.
After dialing the number displayed on the board, he deduced that Richard owed money and that the house was being taken from him in order to sell it and pay off his debts. Greg left Richards’s farm right away, feeling grateful and cognizant that he had refrained from making what could have been the biggest mistake of his life.
Not too long after, he purchased Richards’s home. Richard met with the buyer a few days later to complete the transaction. When he entered the real estate agent’s office and saw Tina and her son there, his heart fell. Words failed Richard, not that they would have been of much use.
Greg urged him to leave the property a few moments after he entered the room and revealed his identity.”We’re going to have an issue if I see you again!” stated Greg. As Tina watched Richard walk away in embarrassment, the same way she had all those years before, the words continued to replay in her mind. What are the odds? She pondered.
