I was about to walk into my room after a terrible dinner with my father's girlfriend, my mother's suitor, and Kuya's. When my father, abruptly hold my arms that were red due to the tightness of how dad holds it.
"Ella! What was that ha?! Ganyan kaba namin pinalaki?! Binastos mo ang Tita Lia mo!" Dad yells at me that caught me off guard.
"Excuse me? I would never disrespect someone without a valid reason. Be-" I was about to explain my side when he cuts me off again.
"Tinaponan mo siya nang juice, Maria Ellaine Gregorine!" he shouts at me.
"I didn't po. Why would I waste a 500 pesos juice po?" I fight back. As I don't like orts and liquid waste dahil not everyone naman is as privileged as me na nakakain 3x a day.
"You can't just disrespect her. Kung ayaw mo sakanya that's okay. But you can't just disrespect ang mapapangasawa ko. If you can't stand her you may leave this house! Ayaw ko nang kahit sinong babastos sakanya!" He sternly shouts.
I look around at everyone, including my mother, whose hands are intertwined with Sir Wesley and who hasn't said anything.
I never imagined I'd get to the point where I'm no longer valuable to my parents and had to
question my worth.
No one in the room dared to fight for me and that's okay.
