"What is wrong with you, Jared? How could you allow something like this happen?"
"She started it, uncle. Don't blame me or Mia for fighting back."
"How stupid can you be?"
"Uncle…"
"Don't 'uncle' me, Jared. You and your mother and that empty-handed girlfriend of yours are really being unkind to her."
"Don't insult the woman I love, uncle."
"What about the one you married? The one the society know you married, is she not worth being treated kindly, hm?"
A pause...
"Answer me, Jared. You're really disappointing me right now."
"I never wanted to marry her, you know that."
"Really? That's all you have to say, Jared Kylian Johnson?!" The anger, however quietly displayed, was still heavy.
Not to mention the disappointment as well.
"What…" An audible sigh. "W
