Kaelen froze at Katia's question.
After a long pause, he spoke defensively, "It's because I see you as my sister that I don't want to watch you become like this!"
Katia laughed softly. "So I should thank you?"
"Of course you should" Kaelen started to say, but the words died on his lips as he realized her comment was pure mockery.
His face darkened. "Katia, are you determined to defy me? Do you really hate Allison that much?"
Katia looked up at Kaelen, then brushed past him.
She no longer had the energy to argue with him.
If these people had ever cared about her, they wouldn't have treated her so cruelly. What was the point of hoping for anything from this family now?
No expectations meant no disappointment.
Kaelen shouted at her retreating back, "Either way, yo
