Episode 2

"Just let me go up and see her," my father says.

I quickly go to my room, sitting on the bed and watching my father enter.

"Isn't Tiana your daughter?" I ask him.

"Your mother was already pregnant with your sister when I met her, but I love both of you," he tells me.

"I don't think so," I say, "You don't do to a daughter what you did to her."

"Daughter."

He speaks but doesn't finish.

"I know," I say to him.

"It will only be for a year, she didn't leave us any other choice," he says.

"You could have not accepted her help, but you didn't choose that," I say, getting up.

I leave the room and go downstairs. She's standing with her back to me. I walk towards my mother.

"I'm sorry," I say to her.

"You have nothing to apologize for, daughter," she says.

I see that with a nod of his head, Fabian makes guards enter, grabbing me.

"Don't pull that crap that she also runs away with her driver," he says.

They take me out of the house, putting me in a car, and I see my parents through the car window. I hear him get in through the other door, sitting next to me. The car starts, and I feel him grabbing my chin to make me look at him.

"Spoiled brat," he says, squeezing my chin to the point where it hurts me and I break free. He tries to grab me again, and I move back, away from him, but it's no use because he gets closer. "You will pay for what your damn sister did," he tells me.

"It hurt your ego that she preferred to run away than marry you," I say, "She was smarter."

"Good for her, right?" he says, "Although not so much when I find her because she will pay for it, I will show them why people fear me."

"By marrying you, I pay her debt," I say, and he doesn't respond.

I notice that we're returning to the same house.

"You pay your debt and it was so I didn't kill you for the slap you gave me," he says, getting out of the car. We walk together to the huge house, and upon entering, the same people are there.

"Sign," he tells me, and I go to sign. I see that his signature is already there. I read that it says Fabian Adkins and I stamp mine.

A lady approaches with a chest and hands him a ring that he takes and reluctantly puts on me. I see that he already has his on.

"Let's go to the table," a lady says who, from what I see, is his mother. "Let's go, dear," she tells me.

I walk with them, and I see that Fabian stays behind with a girl who is very well dressed. I remember seeing her in the living room when I slapped him. Now I understand, she's his lover. Poor my sister, that's why she escaped. This idiot brought his lover on the wedding day.

"Here, sister-in-law," I hear someone say to me, and I see a boy who looks a lot like Fabian. "My name is Damian," he tells me, sitting next to me.

"Hello," I say.

"Tiana, right?" he asks me, and I deny it.

"Tiana is my sister, I'm Diana."

"My brother is bitter," he says in my ear, and I laugh. "How old are you?"

"18," I say, "and you?"

"I'm 20, and my brother is already 30, he's old," he says, making me half laugh. "I like you a lot."

"Get out of here," I hear someone say behind us, and Damian gets up.

"Mother," he shouts, "I'm leaving."

My mother-in-law arrives and sees him sad.

"What's wrong?" I hear her say, "Stay, it's your brother's meal with your sister-in-law, you know how he is and you sit next to her just to provoke him."

"Of course not, I'm leaving. The only one I like here is my sister-in-law and I've only known her for 5 minutes, I better go," he says, and I see him leave the house.

"At least you can pretend," I hear Fabian say to me, and I turn my gaze back to the food they are serving.

"Says the one who brings his lover as a witness to his wedding," I say.

"Don't meddle in my affairs," he says without looking at me.

"Same to you," I say, and I get him to get up annoyed from the table, walking to the exit, and the few people there look at me.

"What a beautiful dress," a girl who is sitting in front says to me.

"Thank you, it's the dress I wore for my sister's wedding," I say, and everyone goes silent again.

"Daughter," my mother-in-law approaches, "The driver will take you to my son's apartment," she tells me, and I nod, getting up. "Eat first."

"No, thank you," I say, "I'm not hungry."

I go out and notice that it is already night, it is very cold. I get into the car that takes me to that idiot's apartment. I enter when they open the door for me, it's an older lady.

"Follow me," she says, and we go upstairs. "This is the Lord's room, it is forbidden to enter, this is yours," she tells me, and it is a room opposite his.

"Thank you," I say, entering, and it's not bad. I take off the dress, entering the bathroom, uncovering new soap and a new sponge, scrubbing myself, and a new brush, I brush myself, putting on the robe, and I leave with a towel wrapped in my hair. I pick up the dress that I left lying around and look for my cell phone in a hidden bag. When I find it, I fold the dress, putting it away, I lie down on the bed and when I turn it on there are many missed calls and messages. My cell phone vibrates with a call and it is the number of my best friend Dilan.

"Hello Diana," I hear him say, "I didn't see you go to the university to take the exam."

"It's just that I got sick," I say, and cough so that he believes me.

"I'm close by, I can come and see you."

"No, no, it's just that for the holidays my parents brought me to some friends," I say, "I'm not in the city."

"Let me know when you get back, I love you and take care of yourself," he says.

"Okay, take care too, I love you," I say, hanging up.

I call my parents,

"Daughter," she answers quickly, "How are you? They didn't even let me go into the house, we wanted to see you, your sister still hasn't appeared, forgive me, daughter."

"Daughter," I hear my mother's voice, "We are fine, I want you to take care of yourself, tomorrow your father will meet with Fabian to sign the papers, it will only be a year, my girl."

"Yes, I know, that's what keeps me sane and drives me not to give up, I love you very much," I say, "Tomorrow I will go see you."

"Okay, try to rest," they tell me and hang up.

The only thing I think about is my sister Tiana, she better be enjoying herself while I suffer here, she agreed the first time my parents told her about this, her wedding was not something that happened overnight, I don't understand how she left like that from one day to the next, I hear the door open, it's Fabian who enters.

"Who are you talking to?" he says very seriously, and I don't answer, I just watch him.

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