"No matter how bad he is, I want to go back with him."
Do you know what my brother did, then?
Anantha slammed his hands on the table in his rage. "Wake up, Aruna! Your marriage only happens because they want you to be a guinea pig to cure their successor!"
I blinked back the tears as I could not handle my brother's fury. I harden my heart to fight him. This was the first time in my life I braved myself to fight my own family.
And the man before me spat out words brimming with revenge I had a hard time to process.
"For years our father was their slave. He could not celebrate his anniversary with mother, never showed up at my birthday party, or suddenly bailed in the middle of our hard-earned vacation. And you dare to continue your father's foolishness?"
Hearing Anantha's words, my heart beat so fast I could hear it in my ears. I felt like I would explode.
