The Marriage Game: love in a lie

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care less, they were not half as angry as I was but they didn't see me reacting in any strange way. Tightening my robe

h the charity event and ended up living half way through. Vincent threw a fit afterwards and Mom

about my terrible mistake while she consoled me but no, she had to

he table, I bet I'd see Dad holding her from physically attacking me. Mom hated when an

nchalantly "

but Dad held her down. "Amara," h

like I was afraid of their reaction but it

charity event? The stress I went th

to save those poor animals or because you didn't get th

d up from my seat and created a safe distance between us and cross

y you've committed, Amara. You've been hellbent on bringing shame

eeing that you've wanted to ship me off to the nearest available man s

y swelling up with anger. "Can't you be considerate for once? Ca

to talk about my announcement last night. Come on, Mom has plenty of other opportunities t

my night. I was supposed to make

it to go that way but since it has happened, you'd stop bugging me about this marriage iss

ow to handle but I'd rather stick to the lie and avoid any other 'Vi

d be really excited that I have a

he turned to look at Mom. "Just how did you lure him into this be

your favourite child's e

t still hurts. It hurts everytime he says something like that. Everytime he says I'm not good enough,

hters' best friend? Why wasn't my ow

half that man's a

d a shoulder, "b

with Mom whose eyes were widened in

You,

ave found out that I was capable of falling in love." Lies, all lies.

une rose as his chest rose and fell, "James M

when I fought with Mom and Dad. Most times, he ended up crying for hours because he thought I'd move out again. Whi

rent was frittering away in someone else's

stairs because I had planned to avoid him all mor

d to him with

ome closer. Letting off the railings, he half-ran to

is tiny fingers found mine as

tly before returning his eye

d and she turned to Keith, "I believe you have school, young man, don't you?" Keith stilled

what lucky because I could fairly recount six years of my life where Dad had tried to be involved before their ambi

me and his nanny, Jessie. The

at least said '

eadily following her. I would have been surprised if they weren'

like this." I called after them and just like always, Mom grip

ice with a deadly baritone fell on my ears. I stilled in my seat for a second bef

uck was he

se as she darted her eyes between James and me.

me he was a few steps away from strangling me to death because his

ot really together. He was going to tell them that I made him do it and my parents will sh

hat smile was genuine. I gulped again. I have imagined my death in m

just been with Vincent till I found a

s excitement and a whimper slipped through my li

y hand to wave at him b

ose up slowly as he

se, fucking