Just as Bertha Haines was worrying about her sister's marriage, Nellie got pregnant. The conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finally improved, but Elijah Carter cheated on her during her pregnancy. After Nellie found out, she was so upset that she lost the baby.
Nellie was much stronger than she imagined; after the miscarriage, she neither cried nor made a fuss. After being discharged, she hired a lawyer to begin the lawsuit for divorce.
"Don't worry, this scumbag, I'll help you teach him a lesson."
Bertha couldn't hold back her anger and thought of finding an opportunity to give Elijah Carter a hard time, but Nellie stopped her.
She said she wanted Elijah Carter to live with guilt towards her for the rest of his life.
But if Elijah Carter had any sense of propriety and decency, he wouldn't have slept with other women while she was pregnant.
