mi's

ence in the room; then, it was

belief, her face contorted by the stress. "This

my hand tightly, I gripped on the handle as though m

, I

flawless intonation

and pointed fingers at me. "If you do this, then I w

to go Well, but I was determined n

ever since the accident that took my parents away and le

the one to rule over and the

ot an

saw myself carrying the full wei

own your ass, Aunty," I answered

eks. The slap rang with no sympathy throughout the room. It w

cheek felt burning; my heart was inc

ted b

a minor part of

d most surp

s okay as long as it mean

wide in feigned shock. But it was ther

ving closer. "How ungrate

ck me, too, but I managed

ely not

uickly, hard, and

th a quiet, strong authority, stretching a little the words sh

no place for you in this house anymore, not even at your father's company. Fr

e

the silence of

by all this drama, b

is was not the mo

Alexander and Rach

was standing there. He w

verything, not even saying a word

wa

ns down through the t

s squared, I stu

back with her smug,

say a word. It was

reath and reser

owever, I woul

l be

d, but I kept the pr

ther word, I just

.

, I breathed in as the air can burn my

s i

ee

home, no mon

ft with

my garage was all of

, it won'

n any car,

just d

wealth, the privilege, the securi

a moment, with a

y way to make the necessary

alk with my suitcase, trying to

ame in my throat and pulled

get m

get away from the scenery of

nd moved away from the

the fi

ano

that, with no l

.

ed for

lights, honking cars, and people passing thr

old anymore, all I

trea

disg

ra

er until my knees were n

e across a boarding place, a

elf in a difficult situ

e I had any o

nd saw a few crumbled notes tha

ager

h money f

the door

ely looked up as I h

uttered, sliding

aked as I pu

made it seem like it had never been cleaned. The bed was hard li

outside was not w

mine, For n

y bed, I put my head on m

g happene

, the next moment, I was a woman "

s that wanted to drop

n't

oul

nt I was breaking

t

at my reflection in the t

till very red

e this, swollen, from all

as not

y fists, inh

t done,

s not t

only the

oday as I have

tuation, I wou

one

der would regret

em pay, no matt

ised m

surviv

d become v

the money I had before aunt

d a ticket, out of th