200,000 dollars.
No wonder they called me suddenly and told me to come home.
It was all so absurd I couldn't help but laugh as I pointed at Suzy. "What about her?" I asked Zachary. "She's pretty and educated. She's a perfect match for you."
My mother gave me a resounding slap. Her nails scraped across my cheek, leaving blood seeping out of a thin wound. "How can you say that, you ungrateful wrench!"
She screamed at me like I was the one selling my daughter for profit.
So they did know that marrying Zachary would ruin my life.
I staggered out of the house in tears.
I knew that I would not feel any attachment to that family ever again.
Not long after that, I began receiving harassing phone calls from Zachary demanding that I return the 200,000 dollars he'd given my family. He threatened to kill all of them if I didn't.
"Go ahead," I told him coldly.
Later, his demands for money turned into sexual harassment. To break free of him and my family, I changed my job, address, and num
