Vera Xavier seemed startled. She trembled as she said, "But you already disowned me in front of everyone at the hospital today. You also said you wanted to divorce my dad. I'm staying with my dad, not you. So, you're not my mom anymore."
Rona Langdon, already seething with rage because she couldn't tear into the young thugs, leaped up to attack Vera Xavier. Instead, she accidentally clawed the Civil Affairs Bureau clerk standing next to Vera.
She came at them furiously, instantly leaving a long, bloody scratch on the clerk's neck.
The clerk from the Civil Affairs Bureau had initially been reluctant to handle the divorce papers outside the office. But she couldn't refuse Vera Xavier's gentle pleas, nor could she ignore the strings Aaron Cheney's parents pulled to smooth things over. And so, she had come with Vera.
