Chapter 6
“Hiss-
Gasping in pain, I was about to cry out when he grabbed my shoulders with both hands.
“Sienna, can you please stop being so cruel! You have been bullying Carolina since we were kids, always taking everything away from her!”
“Snatched toys, snatched clothes, snatched Joey, snatched you! You even snatched the person she liked!”
“You had already won, everything is yours! I had also agreed to marry you! Why do you still have to be so dominant and not willing to take a step back?”
Carolina lay on the only carpet in the room that had not been affected by the shattered glass, crying her heart out.
Brayden grabbed me with both hands and shook me continuously, veins popping on his forehead, his tone filled with hatred and despair.
But I lowered my head and looked at the broken glass jar, the body of the jar was snapped in half, revealing pink star–shaped cards inside.
My breathing suddenly became heavier, and despite Brayden’s increasingly furious roar, I blurted out, “It wasn’t me!”
The wound on my ankle caused intense pain, and the fluctuation of emotions throughout the day made my head ache as well.
I could feel the soreness in my eyes and saw my own tears reflected in Brayden’s amber pupils. But I couldn’t care about anything else, I just trembled and grabbed onto his sleeve tightly.
Just like ren years ago, I wanted to do my best to make him believe in me.
“Brayden, it wasn’t me, I didn’t bully her! She grabbed me first and I didn’t push back, I didn’t!”
There seemed to be a glimmer of water in Brayden’s eyes, but my own vision was already blurred, making it impossible to distinguish if those were tears.
But I could feel his heavy breathing gradually becoming steady, and he ever ached out to wipe my tears.
However, Carolina sobbed and spoke up, “Brayden, don’t hit Sienna, Stenna is right, she didn’t hit me hard. It was my a that’s why I fell!”
“But Joey, it seems like I twisted my foot. Can you take me to the hospital?
fault, I didn’t stand firm and
Brayden hesitated for a moment, his gaze wavering between me and Carol In the end, he ruthlessly pushed my hand away.
“I will first take Carolina to the hospital, and we can discuss any matters when we come back.”
He squatted down and picked up Carolina, sighing heavily as he said, “Joey and our parents are comforting the guests, saying that we had a quarrel and you said those things out of anger, so our wedding… has been postponed.”
“I have also agreed, let’s have the wedding, stop making a fuss! Walt for me here!”
He kicked the broken glass with his shoe, stepping on the card and brushing past the without a care.
And in his arms, Carolina silently clenched her hand upon hearing the words “wedding,” her eyes filled with hatred as she looked at me.
I felt as if I had lost the perception of pain, and like a lost soul, I squatted down and picked up the card with shoe prints on it.
Sienna was not afraid. Mr. Collier and Joey liked Carolina more, but I liked you, liked you the most, only liked you!
This was given to me by Brayden in class, two years after Carolina was brought home.
The classmates were all laughing and cheering, speculating whether there was a sweet love message written on it.
But I only opened it and took a glance, and tears fell.
Even though time has passed and things have changed, I still find this childish promise more touching than any sweet words. Fifteen–year–old Joey, sensing my fear and unease, comforted me with his youthful spirit, easing the pain at losing my mother.
I consoled my gradually depressed mood due to the loss of lavor from my lather and brothers.
But, so many years have passed, and we have become like this. We have become like this,
