Searching The Mikaelsons | ✔

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"Harmony" Emmett called from behind.

"Hmm..." I hummed in response.

"What is it?" He asked.

"What is what, Emmett? come to the point" I mutter trying to hit the bullseye of the dart.

"What is all of this?? I'm sure we aren't here just to drink at the bars in New Orleans and neither to search The Mikaelsons or The Salazars" sounds like he wanna break the puzzle or picture what exactly is going on, "So tell me the truth, why are we even here?"

Sighing, I retorted, "First, it's Balthazar, not Salazar and second, just to have some fun, Em" it's half the truth though, I just want to get away from my parents.

"Getaway from Nathan and Lola?" He asked sitting on the stool, see this is why I refer to him as a father he knows what's going on even if I don't tell him.

Looking at my feet, I agreed, "Yes!"

"What they did this time?" He questions handing me a shot of liquor. I took it and the burning sensation of the liquor spread down my throat.

"You know, since I came to my sense of understanding things, all I've heard from my parents is the amount of cash I've cost them" I started, "From the time I was born till now this very moment, everything. Mom says that they would've been richer if I wasn't born, that they could've bought more estates, companies, people, with that filthy money," a tear slip down my cheeks.

"And now they want me to pay them back" I finally said out loud.

"WHAT!!" Emmett yelled in shock.

"Are they serious?" Charlie asked in a disgusted voice, from where did he come from, he was playing pool with the others before, anyway nevermind.

"They want me to get married to one of their partner's son" I admitted.

"No way in hell, Har!" Emmett said as if he was warning me.

Tears were streaming down my cheeks, "I don't what to Em, but I've no choice. This past 25 years, everything I did.....was everything they want. I went to school in which they wanted me to. University was selected by them even if I had a chance in a better place to go. I did the course they told me to do, Business really, I wanted to do art and music damnit," I cried.

Charlie walked up to me and hugged me tightly. I sobbed in his chest, "Everything will be fine, Har, promise" he tried to smooth me.

"Don't promise me something you can't do, don't give me Hope" I cried.

"What's going on here?" Anastasia asked, all the others came with her.

Emmett told them the whole story and their faces were stunned like they don't even know what to say.

"They can't say stuff like that, it's full o-"

"You know, once they told me the reason I was born. We were having dinner with one of Dad's client and he said that there was a party going on at our house and mom got sick, so everyone took her to the hospital and there they came to know about the pregnancy. So what happened is, because of the party a lot of people came to know about me, that's why they didn't abort me or I would've never seen the face of the earth" I interrupted Anastasia, the last part was what my Mother told me in front of the guests.

"Take this" Jeremy came by my side and hand me one more glass of shot. We're at the bar again, if I missed to mention it before.

"Thank you" I replied sobbing, "For once, even if they asked me to pay back with money, I would've done that, but this marriage shit is not working" I drank the shot.