ll not be able to inherit anything from the family. I will

ectives, you would no longer be the ma

the family, you are nothing m

ge of 28, even though your brother has alrea

elled at Hilton. He didn't hesi

cize my mother? Pull h

ous slap for his ang

back to his room, only to discover Chl

doing this?"

ind, am I right? I h

spend tonight sl

e the heat," as she tried to c

red or something. Kindly spend the night here. This c

talk about. Did you

ke away your

olish to put me ahe

treat you like a child and

re than I

e a little kid. Every attem

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ging its night

he shivered uncontrollably as the nigh

multi-award-winning musician, and now

in me. I swear not to let you down," Ma

the nightclub where she works, he cou

r to learn more ab

is worthy of being

he agreement. Have a wonderful day, please." He quickly lef

nally happening! Bravo!" Sh

house, her legs became heavy, and

and her father will thank her for being her big

ct, she already sees herself performing on

ush boundaries. I am intelligent, bea

house in the slums of Los Angele

"I am pretty sure he

? I just signed a record cont

you are ple

te poverty from our lives," she announced

in the living room, his hands under his j

ith his daughter's mo

ge was in Old Heavens, a neighbourhoo

ing, Alejandro and his daughte

ive by poverty, which has also dispos

Mary and her father

onds of poverty with even the meagre

who was lost in thought, a shoulder

ee you enter." Alejandro was taken aback by his daugh

the bizarre "contract marriage"

t here. Why are y

process by which I

e are escaping the gri

d." She scowled at her father's casual attitude and folde

nd you know it. For us, I hav

pment has occurred." He sig

hide it from you. What can I even say to explain this?" He paced aroun

? What is true? Has your job been

longer." As it approached the battlefiel

that the worst

are that it is difficult, but you mus

You know that will not

s ordered you to marry his son in a contract marriage th

nstant to make sure it w

to tremble like a hen. Some sort o

he next it was falling apart in her face.

llow this to ha

ridiculous deal, you di

could you sell me into et

to watch your fa

him soon enough. He is a cool guy." Alejandro explained. He

tage? Are you selling m

is unbelievable. I am gone, so do n

" She yelled at her father and walked out

y know or love?" Those words reve

o stop her because he wa

icate the situation, know