26 The father's punishment.

26 The father's punishment.

Braston talked to Lizi after the slap that stung his face, showing a slight redness from each finger.

"That's messed up! Why didn't you ask before?"

"It doesn't matter, you did this to her, how could you force her to come to this house? How could you force her to live with the man..."

"Don't finish that!" he ordered, interrupting. "Did she tell you everything or just her side?"

"Is there any justification for something so absurd?"

"Do you want to know? Sit down and I'll be brief," he said, even though she was reluctant, she sat down. "Did she tell you she pretended to be a prostitute? Did she tell you she went there voluntarily? I only received one woman in that room, just one, and she dressed up as a whore and fooled me. I won't carry this guilt alone!"

"But why would she do that?"

"She went there to steal the ring, she voluntarily surrendered... Sure, there was a moment when she gave up, I thought it was a damn stupid act Eloah, damn it... I thought it wa