All Chapters of My Child Told Me To Get A Divorce: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

My father was stunned. He had not expected me to agree so decisively.He rubbed his callous-covered hands nervously against his faded pants.For a moment, his tired eyes looked lost before filling with hurt.“Philip, are you really okay with this? Are you sure you can let go?” my mother asked through her tears.She pointed at the large red-and-white woven bags in the corner.“There are the free-range eggs that Aria’s mother... no, the Zimmer family, asked for. I stayed up all night making the baby’s shoes and blanket. You used to love Aria so much that you would’ve thrown your whole life away for her. Remember?”Yes, just how much had I once loved my girlfriend, Aria Zimmer?I loved her so much that I gave up the stable life of a government job back in my southern hometown. I stayed in the expensive capital city to struggle alongside her.I loved her so much that even though I knew she was always under her mother’s thumb, I still deceived myself into thinking she was just being

Chapter 2

“Philip! Who do you think you are?!”The moment I picked up the call, Aria’s furious voice came through, dripping with condescension and rage.“Where are you? I drove my mom to the restaurant once her face was done, but when we got there, the private room we booked was completely empty! “What is wrong with you people? Do you have any idea how precious my mom’s time is? Do you know how hard it is to get a reservation at that place?”I held the phone away from my ear and let her rapid-fire accusations wash over me. To my surprise, I felt completely calm. I had no sense of grievance and no urge to defend myself.Instead, all I felt was absurdity, as if I were watching a clown perform.I then cut her off. “Aria, my parents took a sixteen-hour train ride in hard seats, and they waited for you for three hours in that restaurant. They didn’t even get a sip of water. What they got instead was hearing you say that I could not run away now. “Since you two were so busy, there was no po

Chapter 3

The next day at noon, I led my parents through the door of the luxury private room on the top floor.Aria and Jessica were already seated at the head of the table.Jessica had clearly dressed up today.When she noticed us enter, she did not even bother to look at us. She just picked up her teacup and took her sweet time brushing the foam aside.“Have a seat,” Aria said as she pointed to the seats farthest from them.Her casual tone made her sound like she was addressing servants. I guided my parents to their seats. Both of them looked uncomfortable.My father had put on his cleanest white shirt for the occasion, even though the collar was a little yellowed from age. Still, he sat up straight, determined not to make me look bad.Jessica finally put down her teacup and said, “Let’s order food.”She gave my parents a once-over, like she was inspecting something she had already decided was beneath her.“I know you folks from the countryside don’t get to eat anything decent. So

Chapter 4

“This is the discounted pair of rings you bought for ten thousand dollars, and this is the transfer receipt for the one million dollars I sent you.”I had more to show.“Here are your discounted wedding bands and the receipt for my million dollars. Give me back my money, take your nonsense, and go home. You can find someone else to kiss your feet, Your Royal Highness. I’m done.”Jessica trembled with rage. She pointed and hurled insults at me.“You... you ungrateful gold-digging country boy! You think throwing a million dollars around gives you the right to boss Aria around? Ha! You want it back? Not a chance!”“Watch your mouth!” my father said furiously as his body shuddered with rage.I watched Jesicca’s shameless act, and my gaze turned icy. I stepped forward, and the room went quiet.“Philip, let’s get out of here,” my father said, pulling me toward the exit.In his anger, he was not watching where he was going. He stumbled and lurched forward, and the rough fabric of hi

Chapter 5

I sat in the ambulance, tightly holding my father’s cold, calloused hand.The paramedic was applying a splint to his leg. When they cut his pant leg open, the sight of the injury hit me like a punch to the gut.My mother sat beside me, covering her mouth as she wept silently. Her tears fell onto the stretcher.My father’s lips turned purple from the pain. Still, he forced himself to comfort me. “Philip... I’m fine. It’s just a little sprain. Don’t cry...”“Dad, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry...”I buried my face in his palm, and I could not stop crying.I was the one who had been blind. I was the one who had let a wolf through the door. Because of that, my father, the man who raised me, had ended up paying the price for nothing.At the hospital, I moved from counter to counter like I was on autopilot.When the result came back, the doctor said his right shin was shattered and that he needed surgery right away to put in a metal plate.I spent everything I had on a private room and a

Chapter 6

I booked a high-end hotel near my father’s hospital. He had just come out of surgery for a broken leg, and my mother was already scared enough. I could not let them find out what was really going on. I also needed a place where the Zimmer family could not reach me. The hotel was private and discreet, perfect for lying low.I told my mother my company had an urgent training retreat that would last three days and that I would not have phone access during that time. I assured her that she could focus on staying with my father at the hospital. The caregiver would handle everything else.During those three days, my phone remained unusually quiet.Apart from a few messages in the work group chat, Aria did not call or text me. She never asked how my father’s leg was doing, nor did she show any concern for me. It was as if the person she had pushed down the stairs at the restaurant that day was nothing more than a stray dog that did not matter.On the third night, I leaned against th

Chapter 7

That afternoon, I arrived at the hospital on time.My father’s condition had stabilized. The doctor said that with proper rest and regular check-ups, there would not be any severe aftereffects.“Dad, Mom, let’s go home,” I said firmly.I pushed my father, who was seated in a wheelchair, and held my mother’s hand. “Yes, let’s go home! We’re never setting foot in this lousy place again!” My father nodded, and his eyes turned teary.This time, we chose comfortable business-class seats on the train.As the train slowly pulled out of Nexus Station, the scenery outside the window began to blur, then recede at breakneck speed as we picked up momentum.I took out my phone and canceled the number I had used for five years. Then I blocked Aria, Jessica, and every one of their relatives on my phone, on WhatsApp, and on every social media platform. After that, I removed the old SIM card and flushed it down the toilet in the train’s restroom.Goodbye to five years of my youth. I had wa

Chapter 8

(1st POV)Aria started to panic and regretted how she had treated me.She could not accept the fact that I had actually sued her and abandoned her. She thought that I could not live without her. How could I have the courage to do something so ruthless?“I need to find him! Yes, I can try the train station or the airport!”Like a madwoman, she scrambled up from the floor and rushed out the door. She did not even close the car door properly before flooring the accelerator.The evening rush hour in Nexus was gridlocked, yet she darted through traffic like a maniac with no regard for her life.Her mind was consumed by that court summons and the cold, resolute look I had given her at the restaurant that day.“Philip, you can’t leave... You can’t do this to me!”She slammed the gas pedal and pounded the steering wheel, barely holding it together.At the overpass ramp to the train station, the light turned red.Aria was so consumed with the thought of stopping me before the train de

Chapter 9

Time flew by, and a year passed in the blink of an eye.The climate in the south was warm and pleasant. It was a far cry from the biting, dry cold of Nexus.Back in my hometown, surrounded by gentle breezes and soft rain, I finally left the shadows of the past behind.Thanks to careful care, my father’s leg had healed completely. He still had a slight limp, but he could already go to the park every morning to take a walk with the other seniors.My mother no longer felt depressed. Instead, she had joined a community choir and was happily occupied every day.As for me, I worked at a local branch of my company. I had leveraged the outstanding work skills I had honed in Nexus and my relentless drive to secure two consecutive promotions. I became department head, achieving both financial independence and a renewed sense of self-respect.More importantly, I met Crystal Xanders.She was a representative from one of our company’s partner firms. She was gentle, poised, mature, and shar

Chapter 10

Aria sank deeper into despair and pain, and her fixation on me turned obsessive and unhealthy.She clung to the delusion that finding me and begging me for forgiveness would somehow put her shattered life back together.She pawned the last of her valuable jewelry. Behind Jessica’s back, she quietly sold the apartment that was supposed to be our home after we got married. She returned my million dollars and used what little money she had left to hire a private investigator.After months of searching, she finally traced my whereabouts to a city in the south.She could not afford a plane ticket and was too afraid to tell her mother, so she set out alone, pushing a wheelchair at first, then trading it for a pair of battered crutches when the chair slowed her down. She spent days and nights on a slow train, traveling almost two thousand miles across the country to find my city.The once-proud, wealthy heiress was now a gaunt, sunken-eyed woman. She wore a dirty old trench coat, and

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