"I told you and that's final, little girl. You only have one choice, and that's to break up with that goddamn guy." Enraged, my dad told me after drinking all of the wine on his glass.
I'm trying so hard to understand, but I can't. The best day I thought my life would have turns out to be the worst one. What hurts the most is that he accepts it all. He turns away from me and leaves me just because my dad said so.
I'm confused, and I know that I'm missing something very important. Before we planned to let my parents know about us, we are great. He told me he loved me, he told me that I'm the only girl for him, he told me that he can't live without me. But why did it happen? Why, that as soon as his and my father's eyes met, something different began to arise? Something I need to know. Something I need to figure out. I can't forget the expression on his face before he left, before he said goodbye, before he pushes me away. It's the first time I saw him flustered, angry and agitated. It's the first time he looked at me with those wounded eyes. It's like he is trying to run away from something which deeply pains him. I felt like I don't know each and every part of him.
"Hi, honey. Are you now fine?" My mom said after opening the door of my room.
I tried to force a smile and nod to answer her question. On this household, only mom can understand me. Only she will try to listen to me. It's kinda weird because I always feel that I don't belong on this family. My brother and father is so strict that I'm barely breathing. I feel like suffocating.
"Here. You should drink this before going to sleep." She handed me a glass of milk which I drink fully.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing? I said we'll deal with it." My father said bursting with anger at my mom while my brother is holding a gun aiming at my mom's forehead.
"What? You guys! What's wrong with you?" I shouted at them and panickingly shielded her with my body.
"Get away from her! Come here. You don't know anything." My brother said while still aiming the gun at my mother.
"You guys always tell me that. You always do what you want without my consent. Mom always there for me, but you? You don't know me!" I burst into tears while still standing in front of them and shielding the only person who loves me.
With gritted teeth, my father holds my arms and forcefully gets me. Before we know it, his arms fell off right in front of my eyes. The blood splatters on his face, his body, on the floor. His face shows unbearable pain and agony.
"I won't forgive you if you don't keep her safe. Run. Run and live." My father said while holding tightly on my brother's arm.
"Chief."
"M-mom?" I turned to her and see the disgust look on her face. The loving and caring look she once has is gone.
"Do you seriously think you can? This needs immediate escalation. Feelings won't save us. We should deliver her for execution. Or maybe I'll execute her myself?" She said with a very twisted smile that I see for the first time.
"Mom? Why?" It hurts. I feel that my world turns upside down. My heart is freezing with coldness inside while my body feels like burning with fire. I can't breathe.
She spits on my face and asked me if I already feel it. Already feel what? My sight is beginning to blur, and my hearing started to disintegrate. Is this the end of me?
My brother grabbed me while my father forced himself to stand up and looks like ready to fight with my mom.
"I love you, young lady. Live on." I heard him say before we run away. Before I passed out while my brother is carrying me.
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