Chapter 7 — After Forgetting Your Husband

child custody.” I asked: “Pre-accident state?” Tong Chieu glanced at me: "Before the accident happened, you sent me a voice message." She opened her phone. My voice rang out, hoarse and inaudible: *"Tong Chieu, I can't wait anymore. Tonight he came to Ha Tuyen again, Tue Tue had a fever of thirty-nine degrees, he said I was overdoing it. I took Tue Tue to the hospital. On the way home, the rain was so heavy, I couldn't see clearly."* In the recording there was the sound of rain falling, and the child's coughing sound. *"If I can wake up tomorrow, I will sign my name."* The recording turned off. The room was so quiet that only the sound of the wind could be heard hitting the window outside. Tue Tue suddenly burst into tears: "It's because you have a fever, it's because you caused me to drive." I quickly hugged my child tightly: "It's not your fault." The little girl cried and couldn't breathe: "Dad didn't answer the phone, grandma said it's normal for children to have a fever, and told mom not to bother her. Mom carried me downstairs, the umbrella broke, the rain hit my face, I still covered my child with my body." I stroked my baby's back, stroke by stroke.

“It's not me, it's them.”

Tong Chieu looked away and quickly wiped the corner of his eyes with the back of his hand. At that moment, the doorbell rang. I thought it was someone from the housing management board, but when I looked through the cat's eyes before opening... Tham Duat Hanh was standing outside the door, and behind him was Ha Tuyen. Ha Tuyen was carrying a basket of fruit, her face even whiter than the fruit. I don't open the door. Tham Duat Hanh said from a door away: "Diep Tri Chi, open the door." Tong Chieu stood up and walked next to me: "I'm here." I opened the door, only opening a narrow gap, the anti-theft chain was still tightly fastened. Seeing Tong Chieu, Tham Duat Hanh's face darkened.

“You act really fast.”

Tong Chieu sneered: "Not as fast as Mr. Tham, his wife just got out of the hospital and brought her beautiful soulmate to the door." Ha Tuyen's eyes immediately turned red: "Lawyer Tong, you misunderstood, I just came to apologize." I looked at her: "Sorry for what?" She bit her lip: "That day I didn't know Tue Tue had a fever. If I had known, I certainly wouldn't have called Duat Hanh." Tue Tue poked her head out from behind me, her voice trembling: "I know." Ha Tuyen stiffened. Tue Tue said: "When I called dad, the aunt was next to me and said that children with fever cannot die." The entire hallway fell into silence. Tham Duat Hanh's face completely changed: "Tu Tue, don't talk nonsense." Tue Tue's tears fell, but she still raised her chin.

“I don't talk nonsense.”

I held her hand and looked straight at Tham Duat Hanh.

“Did you hear that?”

Tham Duat Hanh's eyes avoided for a split second. Ha Tuyen cried and shook her head: "I didn't, she must have heard wrong." Tong Chieu held up the phone: "It's okay, we can apply to extract the call recording that night. Chairman, your company's telecommunications project just announced its compliance with the law, right? Surely you understand, evidence cannot rely on tears.” Ha Tuyen's face immediately turned white. Tham Duat Hanh stared at me: "Are you determined to do everything to this extent?" I looked at him through the door.

“What is this?”

【Chapter 6】 Tham Duat Hanh's counterattack happened very quickly. The next morning, a person from the management board knocked on the door, saying that someone had complained about us encroaching on the common space, requesting clean the hallway. I looked at the suitcase placed outside the door, without arguing, quietly pulled it into the house. In the afternoon, Tue Tue's old kindergarten called, saying that the Tham family had completed the transfer application procedure and asked me to cooperate in signing the papers. I directly turned on the recording and asked again: "The child's biological mother has not yet agreed, on what basis do you proceed with the procedure?" The other party hesitated for half a day, then finally said this was just an announcement. At night, the mother-in-law sent a long series of voice messages.