"Just because you grew up rich, you think you had good parents? If you grew up in my shoes, you would know that I was just a parent who tried to survive with her children," she said angrily.
"Did your children have jobs before you made Ellen get married to me?" Varian asked. His calm was irritating to Calista. She was getting riled up by him, and he was just sitting there like nothing was happening to her.
"They did, but those jobs were not the way I wanted them to spend their lives," she said, trying to be calm. "I mean, they have their entire life ahead of them to become better than I was. I could not let them live like me," she said.
"You are sure a smooth talker; you make it seem like you did them a favour by selling your daughter."
"Selling? I only married her off, and it is n
