Things went more smoothly than they had thought. They got out of the office within ten minutes.
When they got back in the car, Suny turned to glance at Dora, "Have you got the keys?"
Dora didn't expect it went so smoothly. Calvin agreed to divorce her even without retorting.
Dora was a bit absent-minded when she recalled that Calvin still refused to divorce her even though she almost had a fight with him. She came back to her sense when she heard Suny calling her name, then she was stunned for a second, "Yes."
Suny called her on purpose last night, telling her to bring the keys to the apartment with her.
Dora had no idea what Suny was going to do with it, but she knew that no matter what she was going to do, she would do it for her good.
And, she was divorcing Calvin now and she didn't need the keys anymore.
Suny looked at Dora and smiled, "Don't worry. I am just taking you to get back whatever is yours."
Rosa had looked into everything before they came here.
Around twenty minutes later, the car stopped downstairs of Dora and Calvin's apartment.
Dora was kind of sad when she saw the familiar gate of the neighborhood, but only for a second.
Calvin wasn't a reliable man and she didn't love him very much. So, she didn't want to waste the rest of her life with him for the past two years.
"Can you still find the way?"
Hearing Suny's voice, Dora came back to reality and smiled at her, "Yeah."
"OK. Lead the way, then."
All of a sudden, Dora understood what Suny was going to do.
She became excited all at once. Dora nodded, swiped the access card, and went inside with Suny and the others.
Dora was the proprietor of the apartment. The security guard at the gate recognized her and said hi to them.
Dora smiled at the guard without saying anything and went inside with Suny.
They arrived at her floor in the elevator. Dora took out the key and unlocked the door.
She hadn't been back in this so-called home for more than half a year. It just looked familiar and strange to her at the same time.
She didn't know how long the trash had been in the dustbin and the sofa was scattered with messy clothes.
This was what exactly Dora would face up to when she got home every day before. But she felt released today when she saw it again.
She took her eyes back, turned to glance at Suny, and said first, "I'll go packing."
"OK." Suny raised her eyebrows when she heard that.
Dora nodded and turned around to walk into the master room.
Some of her new skincare products were put on the dresser but her clothes in the wardrobe were long gone. Dora knew quite well who had been in this room when she was away.
She was a bit upset when she first heard of it. But she found she just couldn't be calmer now.
She stepped on the chair and pulled a box down from the top of the wardrobe. In the box, she found the college graduation certificates and the honor certificates over her school years.
She could give up anything else, but not these honors. They belonged to her and she couldn't leave them behind.
Suny heard the sound of packing in the master room. She looked up to Rosa and smiled, "Rosa, where are the people that I've told you to hire?"
"They've arrived. They'll be here very..."
Before Rosa could finish talking, she saw the elevator door open and four men in simply black T-shirts come out.
"They're here, Ms. Suny."
She had always been irresolute and hesitant, and she admired those who could do things nicely and neatly like Suny.
If she had come over by herself today, she would have just gotten the divorce certificate with Calvin and taken back her salaries and savings. She wasn't capable of doing anything else.
Now, when she saw the room was emptied bit by bit, she couldn't tell the exact feeling in her heart but she just felt reborn all at once!
Suny remembered that, too. She smiled and asked, "What would you do if you were me?"
Actually, the upperclassman was a bearably nice guy, but he was just a bit too cocky.
Suny wasn't into this kind of smart-asses, especially those who forced their ideas on her, though she didn't like them.
Dora thought of it, "I might say yes at first, and tell him the truth in private later."
Suny laughed, "It's true that sometimes we need to be a bit more selfish in life and we'll be much happier, Dora."
Dora knew Suny had made her point since she had gone through all these, "Yes, you're right. I will try to be more selfish and care more about myself in the future."
Suny looked at her and raised her amorous eyes, "Good!"
Four men emptied the apartment very soon. It was lunchtime and quite a few neighbors came home for a meal at lunch break. When they asked about it, those four men just told them exactly what Suny had told them.
Very soon, there came the plot twist of the rumor that Dora had eloped with her lover. Now the drama was that Calvin had cheated on her and brought the third woman back home.
It was done. Suny said, "Let's go. Time for lunch."
Dora nodded and the three of them left the empty apartment.
Before she left, Dora put the keys on the hanger on the back of the door.
She would never come back again!
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