want to do everything I can to live my life well and stay out of your lane, dad. Just d

beg or plead with him or whatever it

let go of the remote. It fell with a clattering so

nted by how easy it was for her father to gamble o

ay, walking closer to her. "I am s

and everything just so I can become some item that can be pawned to raise mo

nd in a situation where you are faced with something you can't chan

y feel so helpless and alone, so if you too won't take my side...how do I go on? How do I stop feeling this

ought things like this only happened somewhere else. No matter how many times her father tried to show her that

earning money for herself, working part-time jobs to raise tuition, so it would be eas

sister. She would leave all of this behind, as long as it meant escaping this marriage. That wa

d lightly across the room and opened her door, then letting her eyes adjust to the darkne

hen the light suddenly came on, and her brothe

e this. You want to run away from h

he stood to the door, and the distance between where he stood and where she

towards their father's room and star

r, his eyes squinted fr

scanned everyone. It didn't take too long f

for her. She wants to stop me from getting married, and that is why she is doin

She could have run for it before her father came out,

ost the sleep he had been woken up from, and

true?" He

ore she could say anyt

Can't you see? She even

ek and she was sent reeling to the ground

re. I said

gain when his wife suddenly came between them and took the slap on the face inste

o give her time to adjust to everything you h

mother shielded her. Everythi

her head and causing her to yelp. "You want to defend this wench, rig

when he let go of her hair, she fell to the floor. He was ready to k

ever you say. J

she lay on the ground. He squatted and pulled her up by her hair,

of the single table in the room,

ssure you, your mother will be the one to pay for it!" He spat and closed the do