The Promise

2- Engagement

Mile

It was a cold and tense situation. I can heard my mom crying. Please mile, my dad plead me. I still cant believe it. How can i engage to someone who i dont know or even see. Why we should agree to their unreasonable request he ask again. Its the tradition and rules for both our family. Its has been done since forever my dad said. That why we try hard to have another baby girl. But we are sorry, he sadly said. Maybe this is the hint that we should cut all the relation with the dark world i try to make them understand. Please mile, its also for the boy safety. How could we let him there forever. He is innocent. He is also from our family. Someone that close to us. He is your cousin. Its our chance to get him here. No one ever seen him . He was lonely there. He is not one from us i coldly said. Aunty is adopted child. Grandpa adobted her for this. Why we dont do the same i ask again. No my dad said firmly. We have been cruel enough for decades. I dont want any innocent people involved. I cant see it happen again he firmly said. Its your choice, you can refuse but i will erase you name from our family. I will consider i only have one son and you are death to me he said and leave me alone.
I look at my mother and she look down and walk away. Are they serious, they will kick me out from family for mere unknown guy. I know we have been using their backup forever since my great grandfather. Both are good friend  even they are from different world. My great grandfather is the heir of very successful family and his best friend is orphan he meet during their charity event.  Our family are very proud and rich that we dont even allow any mere orphan to be my great grandpa friend. It was a long history untill one day, during that time,  we close to become pauper when one of my great grandpa cousin try to take our our property. Then out of no where the orphan who now become scariest mafia come and help my great grandpa. So my great grandpa promise him, their relation will never be cut again and promise his sister hand to his friend. But the orphan politely reject and   slowly said we will always here for you . No need to do anything. It was a ambigious relation but both are really trust each other until the next genaration. The friendship and trust was not there so they choose marriage as a token for their promise.
And i thought that was only good night story. I am big man myself. I dont need back up or what ever they call. I can do it by myself. I already double our property when just 28 years old. But this engagement really make me angry. I dont care weather he is girl or boy. What make me angry is i was force into this.

I look up when i heard some one secretly giggle and whisper. He so handsome and pretty. He is indeed very handsome boy. But he dont have his dad aura. He look like a lost deer. He only follow his dad and stand like a doll  there. I cant believe my eyes when my parent with teary eyes hug and kiss him, like he is their lost child. I can feel he look at me but i refuse to acknowledge him. I dont have a plan for him yet.  may be i will let him stay here forever like he used to be. I know even his own dad leave him here so why i should care. Or maybe i can build another castle for him.  I still dont decide how will i handle this mafia son. He smile when i put a ring into his finger. The he slowly caress the ring and look so happy. Thank you for coming phi he said softly. Again i refuse to look at him. See you again uncle aunty he politely said his good bye and and hug them. See you phi he said before leave with his nanny.

Now only me and our parent in the study room. I silently listen to our parent conversation. Thank you for coming. This is our last promise. I dont want any another innocent soul become victim. I will stop it here his dad coldly said. My parent look suprised and look at each other. The promise from older genaration are based on trust, since your side already betray our promise, i dont see any need for us to hold on this promise. He calmly said. I know all of you despise this relation but because of my wife wish, i agreed to this marriage. The only reason we are here today because of her love for your family. My parent can just keep silent and listen to his father. At first glance i know she is not from your blood but she is so nice and innocent that make me love her so much. he said again. She already pass away 18 years ago, but her love for your family never die. She make me promise to let it go. We, from dark world take a promise to our death. He said calmly make my dad felt really shame. I know your son dont agree to this relation, i will not let your son become victim like my wife, so i will let it end here. I just need to ensure my son safe from both side. He now giving back my fiance ring to my dad. I just need your word on my son safety from your world. Beside that my son dont deserve anyone from your blood line. I dont know why my heart felt really hurt.

Can we see him, my dad ask his father. No you cant, he have no relation with any of you he said and get into his house.  I look at my sad parent. My mom cry and hug my dad tightly. Thank god, he love her she said and cry. Not even one night i forget about my bestfriend your sister she said. Now we know she already dead and loved by her husband. If i died know, i have no regret my father said. Its really confusing. What make them so sad and hurt. They suppose to be happy because we already cut all ties with mafia. Its been haunted our family for decades.