His Arranged Bride

The family outcast

“Why? Why do I have to be the one to do this?” I asked myself for a thousand time, am sure they could have asked Ariel to enter in this loveless marriage leaving me behind but mother was so determined to get her a perfect man and I was a pawn that they sacrificed in their business game.

My phone rang suddenly rang bringing me back from the trance I had traveled in.

I pulled from the passenger seat answering it without looking at the screen. I sniffed back composing myself “Hello?” I said waiting for the other person to respond

“Come home right this instant!” my father’s husky angry voice commandingly said before I could even respond he had cut the call. I swallowed hard taking a deep breath before I started the car turning around driving back home.

I arrived at home, pulling over I noticed the Mason’s and his parent's cars we’re not there. Exhaling heavily I made my way inside, I walked in father’s room only to find him drinking his whiskey I knew I was in s**t for yelling at him.

“What do you think you are doing ?” he asked me his back against me.

“Am sorry?!” I apologized lowering my head fighting back the tears that filled my eyes I could feel them in the slits of my eyes

“You’re sorry? Do you know what you have just done?” he asked me but my head was still cast down, my heart felt like it was bleeding, I felt like a lump was stuck on my throat. I couldn’t answer him,

“Answer me damn it!!” he shouted finally turning to me, his voice was cold as ice.

I lifted my head looking at him His eyes were burning with fury, his lips we’re shivering as he looked at me tears falling from my eyes.

“Why me? Why does it have to be me getting married to such a man? Why can’t it be Ariel? I don’t want to get married!” I protested as tears fell from my eyes my father gasped looking at me like I was crazy

“Please father, I will do anything but please don’t let me get married to him!” I pleaded with him but he scoffed,

 “Get out!” he said pointing to the door.

“Father, please! I can’t get......” I wanted to plead again when he threw his glass of whiskey against the wall, I flinched letting out a loud gasp. The door suddenly opened and mother came in rushing, instead of coming to me and see if I was fine she went to my father

“Get her the f**k out of my office!” he yelled at her pointing to me, my mother rushed to me grabbing me by my hand and dragged me out of the room. She finally let me go as we came to a stand both of us panting before I could breathe she slapped hard “Do you know what’s wrong with you? Is that you are ungrateful, do you know how many people would want to get married to that man?” she said grabbing my hair pulling my head up to look at her as tears fell from my eyes.

“Plenty of women want that man, and you with your fat ugly body you deny him? Do you know what you could have costed us?” She asked me as I let tears fall freely from my eyes. I didn’t under why she didn’t like me even though I was her daughter.

“Now listen here!” she said pulling back my hair very hard, I let out a squeak looking at her and wondering how she could not feel the pain I felt As a mother

“You are a disgrace to this family, you are very ugly and fat if you had been two percent of what Ariel was maybe we could have considered letting you live your life. But you are not, actually be grateful to this man for accepting you. Now I want you to get on the phone and call to apologize to him and find out all the details about your engagement” she said to me finally let go of my hair walking away as I sobbed as loud as I could following to the ground, was it a curse to be born with a little extra weight?

Was it wrong to be born in this family? I couldn’t help but cry, “Cry as much as you can, you’re getting married to him. I just wonder what Dylan will do when he finds out about this?” she said pausing I could hear her stilettos make noise as they drew near.

Dylan

My mind wandered about him, he was going to lose it definitely.

“Oh right? He will be glad finally took this clingy fat b***h off him!” she said as she came nearer

“But don’t worry I will make sure he doesn’t miss you,” she said before she left me crying there. I wiped my tears and got up going to my room if only I could run away maybe I could be free of all this. I wouldn’t have to live my life doing what my parents want me to.

I got on the bed without taking off my clothes I ended up sleeping as I cried, I regretted being born in this family, I wished I was born from a different family maybe I would have been a happy person. Maybe that family would have accepted who i was