Chapter 6
“Did you hear?” my mother says to me at dinner.
“Hear what?” I ask her as ce the napkin back down
on the tray.
Things have still been edgy between my parents and me
since the little stunt I pulled. I don‘t me them; my actions
were reckless when I decided to curse in front of a crowd.
But still did not regret it; Bryan had iting for a long
time. What he did to me is nothingpared to the little
outburst that I had. I don‘t understand why everyone is so
angry and disappointed with me when they are clearly the
ones who did me wrong. My world always worked in the
opposite way that it should. Everyone should be against
Bryan and Aria, yet it had so many people that stood on their
side.
“There is this party being hosted by Bryan tonight. His
parents decided to invite you. I know that we don‘t usually
allow you to attend these things, but I think that this time it
would be good for you. You‘ve been having a rough week,
and it would be good for you to improve your rtionship
with Bryan and Aria.”
I drop the fork onto my te and gape at my father. Did
I hear him correctly? My dad has been strict on these parties
all of my life, so severe that I‘ve never even thought of asking
him once to attend one of these things. So then why would
he force me to participate in a party the one time I was happy I couldn‘t go to those things? Just when I
think that
things couldn‘t get worst, my parents open their mouths and
prove me wrong.
“You know that I don‘t want anything to do with those
two, father,” I say in the calmest way possible at this time. I
didn‘t want to sound rude towards my father, it would only
cause me to get into more trouble, and I couldn‘t afford that
to happen right now. I knew what it meant to get on the
wrong side of my parents; I didn‘t want to sink myself into a
deeper hole but still, how could I just sit here and listen to
them talking crazy?
“Amiera, please,” my mother pleads with me. “You and
your siblings are going to be the future rulers of our
kingdom. You have to learn from now that it‘s important that
you get along with the neighboring kingdoms and their
leaders. You must put aside your differences and work
together with Bryan and Aria. You can‘t keep holding a
grudge against them; it is not healthy for you nor the
kingdom. I know that it may seem like your father and I are
trying to make life harder for you, but believe me, one day,
you would understand why we have been trying so hard to
make you forgive them.”
I sigh and set the te away from me.
“Mother, I think that it would be best for me to sit this
together and not getting in the way of their rtionship.”
I can tell that my parents are displeased by my sarcastic
tone, but I couldn‘t help myself this time. If everyone wanted
them to be happy, why must I be involved in their lives? Let
them be happy on their own without me anywhere around
them.
“Your mother and I spoke to both Bryan and Aria a few
minutes ago. They would be thrilled if you could attend.
They also think that everyone should put everything behind
them and work things out to benefit the kingdoms.”
Of course, they would say something like that; they
weren‘t the ones whose closest friends had betrayed them. I
can‘t believe the nerve of those two. After everything they
put me through, they still were trying their hardest to make
my life miserable. At this point, I didn‘t even think they were
doing this just to be together, they were doing this to spite
me!
I don‘t want to attend this party, but I also don‘t want
Bryan and Aria to think that I‘m intimidated by them.
I was so done with all of the lies and pretense. I could
feel the anger flowing through my veins, and I knew that it
was only a matter of time before I snapped. Those two still
pretended to everyone on the outside, trying their bests to
seem like the victim. I could already imagine what they
would feed to the public.
‘Oh, we have always been in love with each other and
walk to my room after dinner and stare at the pretures
of Bryan and me on the wall. I didn‘t have the strength to
take them down on the day it happened, but now I feel as
though it‘s time that I should. A part of me would always
care for him; however, all I felt were hatred and resentment,
grab the pictures off the wall and tear them into a
million pieces. As I stare at his face on the floor, I feel the
tears roll down my cheeks. I didn‘t think that this was how
things would end for us.
I understood that people had needs and sometimes
strayed, but that‘s the moment where your love is tested. There were many times where I caught myself
thinking about Adam but never once would I have ever acted on those feelings when I was in love with
Bryan. I respected him
enough not to break his trust, but he clearly can‘t say the
same in return.
If I was to attend that party tonight, I was not about to
waste the opportunity to show Bryan what he’d just lost. I
often wore clothes that hid my body because I felt insecure
about it.
Not anymore.
Tonight I was going to love myself and prove to both
Bryan and everyone at that party that I was beautiful, no
matter what they thought about me.
push open the door to my walk-in closet and walk ove
to the section that I‘ve never touched. They are all dresses
strayed, but that‘s the moment where your love is tested.
There were many times where I caught myself thinking
about Adam but never once would I have ever acted on
those feelings when I was in love with Bryan. I respected him enough not to break his trust, but he clearly
can‘t say the
same in return.
If I was to attend that party tonight, I was not about to
waste the opportunity to show Bryan what he‘d just lost. I
often wore clothes that hid my body because I felt insecure
about it.
Not anymore.
Tonight I was going to love myself and prove to both
Bryan and everyone at that party that I was beautiful, no
matter what they thought about me.
push open the door to my walk–in closet and walk over
to the section that I‘ve never touched. They are all dresses
my sister has begged me to wear in the past, all gifts from
her.
A pretty short white dress catches my attention. I grab it
and hold it up against my body while I stare into the mirror.
Something about the color brings out both my red hair and
green eyes.
The look in my eyes surprises even me; there is a
determination there that I have not seen before. Tonight wa
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about to be a very memorable one; I would make sure of it.
No one would be able to recognize me, and that‘s exactly
enough not to break his trust, but he clearly can‘t say the
same in return.
If I was to attend that party tonight, I was not about to
waste the opportunity to show Bryan what he‘d just lost. I
often wore clothes that hid my body because I felt insecure
about it.
Not anymore.
Tonight I was going to love myself and prove to both
Bryan and everyone at that party that I was beautiful, no
matter what they thought about me.
I push open the door to my walk–in closet and walk over
to the section that I‘ve never touched. They are all dresses
my sister has begged me to wear in the past, all gifts from
her.
A pretty short white dress catches my attention. I grab it
and hold it up against my body while I stare into the mirror.
Something about the color brings out both my red hair and
green eyes.
The look in my eyes surprises even me; there is a
determination there that I have not seen before. Tonight was
about to be a very memorable one; I would make sure of it.
No one would be able to recognize me, and that‘s exactly
what I wanted; I will make sure that Bryan regrets everything
he did to me,