Chapter 4
Emily Thompson
“Are y’all just going to sit and keep staring at me or, you’ll say something?!” I asked, anger laced in my voice.
Brandon, Janet, Jessica and I just got back home and I confronted them concerning what Bryan told me earlier at the wedding but, they’ve all been quite.
Both my parents and Brandon.
No one is ready to say a word. Right now, they all look like a five years old child caught
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stealing meat in the pot.
On our way home, my siblings kept asking what’s the problem because I’ve been quiet all through our ride back home yet, I didn’t say a word.
“Say something guys and stop acting all mute out of blue!!” I busted out again angrily as I fought the threatening tears that were about to sl*p out of
my eyes.
I really do not know if all these are true or not but, I want to know why they are doing this to me if it were to be true? Was it because I’m not their
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biological daughter? Or, because I’m not related to them by blood?
“Okay, that’s enough of your nonsense already, Emily. I won’t sit hear and watch you talk to my parents in such a manner” Janet remark, glaring hard at me.
Up till date, I have no idea what she have for me in her heart. Was it hatred, anger or love? I have no idea because one moment, she’s nice to me and another moment, I feel like all she wanted is to
strangle me to death. Like she hates me or something.
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“I’m not disrespecting them, can’t you see?! Hearing from an outsider that your wedding has been fixed with someone and you have no any idea about it could be the worst feeling ever. I feel like I don’t belong to this family in any way. Can’t you see my pain?!
“I don’t know what nonsense you’re blabbing about but, why in the world would mom and dad fixed your wedding with the same guy we all do not want you to have anything to do with?” She asked with a raised brow. Her hands fold
across her chest.
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“Exactly my point too. That’s why I’m asking them to tell me the truth now but, as you can see, they all have suddenly become mute. No one is ready to say a word!”
“Mom, Dad, please say something. What’s going on?”
Jessica asked them.
Mom looked at me and suddenly burst into tears.
I don’t know why but my heart skipped in a weird way. Right in my mind, I was hoping it’s better not be what I’m
thinking.
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‘It all started some years ago… Dad begin as a heavy sigh left his l*p. He look so down and unhappy. Not only him but mom and Brandon too. “My company suddenly stopped growing and we almost went bankrupt. I decided to take a loan from a friend of mine. A very huge amount of money to get back to feet again with the promise that, I was going to pay him back.”
“I tried. I really tried my best paying back the loan I took from him little by little but at some point, I got stucked.
Because out of blue, he wanted
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his money back. He gave me a specific date to pay him back all the money I’ve been owing him. Brandon got to know about it and sold all of his
company shares to help out yet, it didn’t help the situation because the money we’re owing was huge.”
“Bryan walked on us while
having the conversation and he volunteered to help but in exchange, he asked for your hand in marriage” He said the last sentence whilst looking at me but a dry chuckle left my l*p.
“We didn’t-”
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“Are you trying to tell me, you sold me to a stranger all because of money?” I cut him off, looking at them disappointed.
“Emily dear, Bryan is not a stranger. We’ve known him since he was little. He’s also your brother’s best friend and I’m sure, he will take good care of you. He actually told us, he loves you” Mom said as tears sl*pped down her cheeks too.
When did we get to this stage? How in the world did we get to this stage? Just some days ago, everything was fine. Things were moving fine for everyone.
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We’re all happy.
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First, it was Xavier and now? It’s the people I considered my family?!
“Mom please, stop saying that to me! You very well know who Bryan Samuel is. He is a
Casanova! We all know what he’s capable of doing and whatever he wants, he makes
sure he get it all all cost. He didn’t need me! He wants me!
He wants me to satisfy his S**ual desire, that’s all. He’s
never going to settle down with
someone like me!”
“And, how sure are you that I
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can never settle down with a woman like you?” I heard a familiar voice said behind me.
We all turned and saw Bryan standing right close to the entrance door. My eyes widened in horror seeing him in my house.
With his hands in his pocket,
he walk closer to us.
“What are you doing here?” I shot him a cold glare.
“I’m here to make you
understand that, this is not any of your parent’s fault. I asked them for your hand in
marriage because I told them I
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love you. I want you to become my wife and this is not even about his company. This is about me” he said.
It’s annoying how he can still put up a straight face in a situation like this.
For goodness sake, this is not even a business meeting!
“And you expect me to believe that?” I rolled my eyes at him before facing my parents. “I thought, y’all love me like a daughter? But, this action of yours, just prove that I will always be nothing but an adopted child” I said and tears
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stream down my cheeks.
“Emi-” before Brandon could construct a complete word, I left them there at the living room and ran up straight to my room.
Immediately I walked into my room, another fresh tears begin to flow out of my eyes down my cheeks.
“Emily! Emily!!” I heard a familiar voice shout my name as my door room burst open and Janet barged in.
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begin to pack my stuff.
“Whatever nonsense you did there was nothing but-” she stopped talking the moment she saw me packing my belongings.
“What in the world are you doing?!”
I didn’t bother to answer her, rather, I continued packing my stuff.
“I’m talking to you, Emily! What’s this nonsense all
about?!” She busted angrily as
she took the dresses from
my hand and roughly throw them
across the room.
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“Don’t tell me you’re leaving
because you were asked to marry Bryan?”
A deep sigh escaped my l*p before rolling my eyes. “I’m not in the mood for your tantrums this evening, Janet. I would love to be left alone”
“You must be crazy if you think leaving the house is the best option. After everything mom and dad has done for you yet, you couldn’t do this little favor they demanded from you instead, you choose to leave? Wow! What an ingrate you’re” a wicked and arrogant laugh left her l*p.
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“An ingrate?! You called this being an ingrate?!! All my life staying here with y’all, I’ve always been thankful to mom and dad. I was so happy and proud to call them my parents. I’ve always loved them and do whatever they asked but this…. Isn’t this do unfair?”
“And, what’s so unfair about this?”
“You know I will never be happy if I’m with Bryan! He doesn’t love me! All he wants is to get in between my leg! You know that better than anyone. An arrange marriage with him is totally out of line!”
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“I don’t care whatever your
feelings is or what you think about Bryan. My father’s
company is about to go bankrupt and you are the only one who can save his company. If, getting married to Bryan is the only option left then, so be it!” She said with finality laced in her tone.
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