The Son-in-law they never wanted

Divorce papers

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Zara stood outside Alina's home, her eyes darting everywhere as if a rat or any kind of rodent was going to jump at her anytime soon.

She knocked tentatively, looking back and forth.

Alina was in the room, on her phone when she heard the knock.

She knows Ryan never knocks and the only people that know where they are living is Eleanor and her grandfather.

For a second, she decided against answering the door, so she continued searching for job opportunities on her phone..

Since they were kicked out suddenly, she wasn't able to take anything from her house except from the spare that was already with her in her car. She's had to resort to thrifts and cheap clothes.

Deep down, she hoped her grandmother and mother would relent and be the first one to close this bridge of fight between them.

The knock came again, more quickly and the first two.

Alina rolled her eyes and climbed out of the bed, a bored expression on her face.

She opens the door, "What do you wa...." The word