The Bound Between Us

Chapter 109
Glanna wasn’t crying anymore, nor was she feeling down anymore.
She was all spruced up, dabbed away her tears with the mirror in Anastasia’s car, fixed her makeup, and became the glamorous
Gianna again.
There was no trace of the previous desolation and helplessness.
“Anastasia, thanks a lot for today. I’ll treat you to a big meal once I’ve sorted this out Glanna said and got out of the car, looking
like she had a big fish to fry.
Gianna was the kind of princess who’d been pampered since childhood, and she was quite a tough cookie. How could she just
swallow the bitter pill?
Anastasia waved her off: Til be waiting for that meal.”
Watching Gianna leave, Anastasia drove back to the complex to pick up Salma.
She gave Salma a call, and ten minutes later, Salma came out of the complex.
“Mom, over here” Anastasia waved at Salma.
Seeing Anastasia, Salma walked towards the car: “Ana, werent you at work? Why are you off so early?”.
“You mentioned there’s something delicious this morning. I wanted to try” Anastasia didn’t tell Salma she got fired.
Salma chuckled: “Alright, let’s go home now, I’ll cook for you. Don’t rush back later, let’s shop for ingredients first.”
Anastasia started the car and asked. The old market again?”
“Yep. Salma replied, “It’s cheaper there.”
It’d been a while since they had eaten together. They shopped for ingredients at the market.
Salma with groceries in hand, went into the kitchen and said, “Ana, call my son-in-law and invite him for dinner”

“He’s busy. He told me earlier that he has some social gatherings and won’t be coming home for dinner, Anastasia said as she
began cooking.
“My son-in-law is really busy, he needs to take care of his health. Salma said, Take some food back later, so my son-in-law can
eat something decent” Thinking about their wild scene earlier in the morning, Anastasia couldn’t help but smile: “Yes, he should
eat something good to keep fit.”
Salma didn’t know what Anastasia was thinking, she started cooking
They chatted while cooking, and the topic turned to Gianna.
Salma said, “Once people get rich, they can easily turn bad. When Gianna just married Joey, he was only an intern at the
hospital. Now he’s become a jerk after getting promoted Poor Gianna”
Anastasia said, “I ran into Gianna at the complex entrance earlier, she seemed pretty upbeat. Don’t worry mom, Gianna won’t be
taken advantage of ” “She has given eight years of her youth, it’s a loss no matter what.” Salma said, “How many eight years
does a woman have?”
Anastasia couldn’t rebut that.
True, Gianna had given her best years to her marriage.
Anastasia looked at Salma, the sunset shone through the window, casting a golden glow on her.
She noticed that her mother’s hair had started to show a few strands of gray, and there were some wrinkles at the corners of her
eyes.
“Mom, you’ve also given your best years to me. Why didn’t you give me to someone else? Then you wouldn’t have had to work
so hard, you could have found someone to rely on, and have a happy family. Have you ever thought about finding a
companion?”
Salma had been a single mother for over twenty years, and her daughter was her everything.
Salma paused what she was doing, looked at Anastasia and smiled gently: “Having you in my life is what I want. I brought you
into this world and I am responsible for you.”

“Mom.” Anastasia was touched, she hugged Salma and asked hesitantly, “Mom, are you still waiting for dad to come back? Why
did he leave us in the first place? Where did he go?”
Ever since Anastasia could remember, there was one time that someone called her the child without a father, and she ran back
home to ask Salma where her father had gone.
But seeing Salma’s teary eyes and choked voice, Anastasia never asked again.
After all these years, this was her second time asking about her father.
Anastasia had no memories of her father. She didn’t know his name, what he looked like, and there wasn’t even a picture of him
at home.
Salma couldn’t answer. She wiped her hands nervously, forcing a smile: “He didn’t leave us, he had his difficulties, Ana, don’t
blame your dad.”
“What difficulties could make him abandon his wife and daughter for over twenty years?”
Salma didn’t know how to respond, but the doorbell rang. providing an excuse to avold answering: ‘I’ll get the door, watch the
food”
Salma quickly left the kitchen to get the door.
I was Monica standing at the door. She came from the hospital, and anxiously told Salma: “Cason knows about Anastasia, I’m
afraid we can’t hide it anymore.”
Anastasia came out of the kitchen: “What can’t we hide anymore?”