Get Me Married

Chapter 6: The proposal

to remain in that happy, jubilating mood, I could sense the sadness and fear in his voice. I pulled away from his hug and stared at him. “What?” I asked, nervousness creeping into my body system. He stared at me for long and dropped his hands to his side and looked away. It felt like he was unable to speak for the fear of what he had to say. “You are to marry her son in less than two weeks” he said without meeting my eyes. For a moment there, I stumbled back a little while I tried comprehending the things he said. They were the exact same thing Ava had said earlier. I shook my head violently, it couldn’t be, how could it be? I turned to my mom and a tear slipped down her cheeks, she affirmed what my dad had said and more tears rolled down my cheeks immensely. “How could you?” I yelled accusingly at my parents. “Am I just some property of yours that you can give out? How could you agree to such terms? I am your daughter” I yelled louder and my mom cried openly. My heart was broken at the thought of not achieving my dreams, they sold me off, they gave me away like I was nothing. They didn’t care about me, they didn’t care about my future, how could they do that? “No…my dear, our hands were tied, we had no escape. She had paid the bills and……”my mom tried explaining but I wasn’t listening. The thought of loosing everything, I worked and strived so hard just to graduate so I could build a better home and they were all for nothing, My chest began to hurt and I found myself a place to seat down. “are you okay dear?” my dad asked and tried touching me, I openly glared at him. “Don’t you dare come close to me” my voice held anger and coldness, it shook him and he moved away. “We didn’t mean to Gen……” “You sold me out mom, you sold me out to a family I know nothing about. Didn’t you care about my dreams and my opinions? My wishes and life, you just threw everything away” I screamed at her. “Calm down, it’s not all that bad, the family have money. It’s a life changing opportunity for you and us, we would no longer be poor” my dad added and I glared harder at him with more tears streaming down my cheeks. “Money, this is what it’s about. You are tired of being poor and used me as a collateral for your rich life” I snapped and my dad flinched back, his shoulders slumped and he looked away from me. My words were hurting him but I didn’t just care . I couldn’t take the sight of them anymore and I took to my heels and left the room. Tears kept streaming down my cheeks as I ran out of the hospital and got into the first cab I saw. I didn’t stop crying, I couldn’t stop crying. I felt betrayed, I felt like nothing, I was hurting terribly. They knew how much I wanted to graduate, they knew how much I dreamed for us, they knew how hard I had worked to get to where I was, I didn’t understand how they could throw away everything like that. I went to the place I thought best for myself, it was the only place I could actually run to and I pushed the door open and barged in violently. “you don’t have to……” Tiana paused what she was about to say and stared at my face. “What is it? What happened?” she came closer to me with worried look on her eyes. That called Tiffany’s attention and she also came closer, making me her priority at that moment. I didn’t know how to explain or  where I could explain from. How could I tell them I am  was about to be given out to a family that was feared in the city. The thought itself was scary to me. The tears in my eyes didn’t stop flowing, I pulled  Tiana into a