“Carol’s marriage, sigh, it worries me too. Her mindset is different from ordinary people.”

Thinking about her own daughter who said she would have a child out of wedlock as her successor, as long as the child did not want the father, Belinda found it distressing.

Even though Belinda's marriage with Hunter had issues in later years, after decades of being together, there might not have been love but there was still affection.

Having a companion in old age at least prevented loneliness.

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