Both her parents were taken aback slightly by my outburst. As I turned to look at Rose, she was covering her face with her hands, and I couldn’t tell if she was humiliated by her parents or by me.
Her father strode round the table to me and before I had the chance to step back, he grabbed me by the front of my dress and shoved me against a wall. My head slammed against the floral wallpaper. I tried to shove him off me. Elizabeth Stood at a small distance, watching in fright. Rose sat at the table, showing no reaction at all. Her head remained turned away from me.
Richard inched his face closer. “Leave me house and don’t ever come back!” he spat out in rage. His grey eyes looked as though they were going to burst with venom as strained blood vessels covered his pupil. I was certain that R
