All this time, Lariette's eagerness to receive her parents' and siblings' love made her foolishly endure the length of their mistreatments. No matter what, she thought she just had to do better.
Lariette often begged Chairman Delaney not to scold her family whenever her grandfather found out anything regarding the maltreatment. She convinced him that her parents and brothers only needed more time to get to know her.
Throughout the decade, Lariette's patience gradually ran thin yet, she still desperately grasped the last semblance of hope. The last traces of it vanished after what happened two weeks ago.
Now, for the first time ever, Lariette herself stepped forward to recount the unfairness—the last straw—she had to endure under her family's pressure.
"Mom kept insisting I have to get married before Phanie's wedding. When I said I wouldn't ever marry a cheater like Damien, she claimed I could find another man as long as I'll be married."
