Things just gets complicated. Divorce is not really something to be ashamed of. It may mean a new beginning. “What? Divorce? You were married?” mom sounded very angry. She nags for ten minutes straight, and I put my phone away from my ears. I clearly heard a lot of nagging than a sympathy for my situation. “Are you even listening? Ian!” she shouted. I told her the story all over again. She suddenly changed from an angry mother to a gossip neighbor, “Really?! So, your new girlfriend’s name is Samantha?” I thought that she’s gonna ask about Samantha, but she was more curious about Eli and Daniel’s love story. The situation just got heated up that Eli and Daniel left. Samantha seems like she wanted to leave too, but I told her she can stay for a bit and talked about things. She calms her

