His eyes were a knife in my ribs, the sharp point digging deeper. Where there had been love was an emptiness, but not in any vulnerable sense. He had filled it with an emotion he was more at ease with - raw anger. The unmoving gaze was accompanied by deliberate slow breathing, like he was fighting to hold something back.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" his voice roared through the casino.
I tried to hold his hand, but he shoved it away "I'm sorry I was just- I was just trying to- to."
"You were just trying to what, huh? You brought dishonor upon this family because. How can you be so useless?"
Every word stung only fueling the fire that burned inside of me. Every violated phrase was like gasoline to it, my fists began to clench, and my jaw rooted. When the final mento had been added to the c
