"You've humiliated the entire family!" he accused me. For the first few seconds, I didn't dare respond. I was just beginning to understand what had happened. It was the first time in his life he dared to hit me like that in front of so many people, disregarding his precious reputation this time. "How could you expose us like that?"
"You gave your daughter to a man older than her without hesitation. Why should I protect the prestige of a family I never belonged to?" I dared to protest and, of course, to raise my eyes to the man in front of me, who could be my biological father, but never my dad.
"How dare you?" he raised his hand toward me, intending to return the same blow, perhaps this time with much more force. So, ready to endure whatever might fall upon me, I closed my eyes and waite
