Chapter 166 - 166. Don't Believe

"From the information that Elise gave. At that time they both just finished eating after buying Dean's necessities. Then when Elise was waiting for Mommy to return from the toilet on the side of the road, a car sped toward her. Mommy pushed Elise to help her. But unfortunately, Mommy did not could escape when the car hit her. "

After saying that Brian fell silent. Elena also fell silent and imagined everything Brian had said to her.

"So, Mommy helped Elise at the cost of her life?" Elena asked a little in disbelief because she could do that. As Rena doesn't hate Elise anymore. And Elena is grateful for that. Because all her efforts to improve Elise's image in Rena's eyes have been successful. Elena did not know that it was all not because of her efforts, but because of Rena's guilt which made her willing to help Elise at the cost of her life.

"Then, what about Elise? Is she okay?" Elena asked with a hint of concern in her tone.

"Elise is fine. She has no serious injuries just a few scratches on her elbows and wrists."

Elena breathed a sigh of relief at Brian's words.

"Relieved to hear that."

Then the conversation stopped. Brian looked at Elena and studied the look on her face.

"Elena, I and Elise are getting divorced." Brian said slowly. But that suddenly surprised Elena. The woman's body even jumped in surprise and stood up from her chair.

"What?!" Elena shouted quite loudly. To make everyone turn to her. Diego, who was chatting with Mira's parents with Mira who was standing at his side, also turned to Elena. He saw Elena who was standing and talking to Brian. Diego's forehead frowned slightly. he was worried and anxious Brian would injure Elena. He wanted to go and become a shield to protect Elena. But he couldn't just leave the chat with his in-laws. Doni can go hit and beat him if Diego behaves like that. As if he did not respect them as in-laws and did not take care of Mira's feelings as his new wife. So, he couldn't do anything and glanced at Elena from afar while continuing to listen to Doni speak.

On the other hand, Elena did not care what everyone looked at her. Right now she really wanted to hear Brian's straightforward clarification regarding what he had just said. He said he would divorce Elise. How could that be? And Elena won't let that happen. She remembers Elise telling her that only Brian's happiness was in her life. That only with that man, Elise could be happy. And Elena doesn't want Brian to divorce Elise because of it. Sounds a little stupid but for Elena she really cares about Elise. She is the only family that Elena has. And she wants Elise to be happy. Although it had to put aside her own feelings.

"Can you not scream and sit still." Asked Brian because he wasn't comfortable being the center of everyone's attention. Especially with Elena's face looking angry at her, it's like Brian has done the wrong thing in the eyes of other people.

"How can I sit still, you want to divorce Elise, my sister? You want her to be a widow." Elena was still standing and talking excitedly. She was very, very angry right now.

Brian never expected Elena's reaction to be like this when she heard the news that he would divorce Elise. So, he tried to calm Elena's anger first so that their serious conversation would run smoothly.

"Elena, sit quietly first." Elena still ignored Brian's words, and continued to stand.

"Elise asked for a divorce from me." Brian's words made Elena frown. She was confused and couldn't believe what Brian said. So, Elena suppressed her irritation and sat back down in her chair. She had to listen to Brian's explanation first.

"Why did Elise ask for a divorce from you? I remember very clearly she never wanted to divorce you. What did you do to make her ask for a divorce?" Asked Elena who was now much calmer.

"Not me, but Mommy."

"Mommy?" Elena was confused and clueless.

"Yes, before mommy die, she asked Elise to divorce me. Mommy asked that as her last wish." Said brian. 

"And Elise agrees." guessed Elena who got the nod from Brian.

"Yes. I think it was just a momentary decision. Elise remembers Mommy in the final seconds of her life. But yesterday she talked and asked me to divorce her."

After saying that, a moment of silence was created. The two of them both thought about Elise's decision.

"Then what did you say?"

"I refused her wish. I'm afraid her trauma will recur if she divorces with me. But Elise said-"

"Wait." Elena quickly stopped Brian's words. She glanced absently at Brian with a serious, confused look.

"What did you say before? Trauma? Elise has trauma ?!" Elena asked in disbelief. She didn't know about it at all. She never knew that Elise had experienced something so terrible that she had trauma and needed someone to rely on for her life.

"You don't know Elise has trauma?"

"No, I don't know. We only met last year after twenty years of not seeing each other. And during this time, Elise didn't tell me anything about her past life. Whenever I asked, she always said that the past should be a passing memory. So Elise never told me about her past life. "

After hearing that, Brian briefly told about Elise's past, about the terrible incident and how Elise had trauma. Brian also told Elena about his efforts to get Elise excited to continue her life again.

After hearing everything, Elena fell silent. Without realizing it, tears had rolled down her cheeks. Elena felt very guilty and sorry. If only she had tried harder to find Elise's whereabouts. Maybe all those terrible events will not happen to Elise. Actually, after the death of Diego's parents, Elena wanted to find Elise's whereabouts and invite her sister to live and stay with her. But because she and Diego's lack of finances, made Elena hold back her desire. She did not want to add to the burden on Diego's shoulders, who at that time was already struggling to find money for their survival.