old, a heated argument

arrogant man who thinks he's supe

e did we find you? In a church praying or in a room rolling around with none other than Kyle Pratt? Besid

r, stood up from the table

lady, not a woman who marries a man who

poke, "You're a spoiled brat, insolent, little thing. I thought you had learned to respect Kathen. You kno

urn on her face. Tears welled up, and she blin

eat to a man I don't even know. It's as if I'm not your

slapped h

oman who believed everything a young man said because she didn't want to lose him. Now she's dead, and you're jus

mind still couldn't comprehend how the man who brought her into thi

his to me, Dad? What

I kept the company afloat, and you didn't starve to death," he shouted f

rning in her cheeks would be nothing compared to what awaited her if she continued to protest. She knew the cruelty of her family and the physical ab

Dad." She turned to

he most sought-after man in the country, and you're playing hard to get," C

pened that day. There was something in that drink that made her dizzy with just a sip, and

e table, checked the time, and got up, rubbing her still-sore cheeks. Looking at herself in the mirr

ing the happy moments she shared with her mother. 'If you were alive, Mom, you wouldn't ha

hen I arrive at the sewing workshop I share with my friend Janna, she e

d around and saw my disheveled appearance. She approached, hugged me, and whispered in my ear, "Te

began organizing some fabric pieces that were there. "My

sadness. I told my friend everything that had happene

d took my hands. "I'm sure Courtney has something to do with what happened in that room. That bastard of a father, how could he say

l anything, and I had underwea

ld have used a condom. Let's

pen, my father will force me to marry, or it could g

s daughter. I get those witches; they're not related t

ver wanted me to be born;

u. If only you could escape. But we kn