An Arranged Marriage Will I Love Him?

Chp 2. Dylan

Unexpected; is not even a word to describe this whole situation. I had so many emotions running through me that I didn't know what to do. I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream, I wanted to hit my own dad. Nothing came out  but I so badly wanted to get it out, if I didn't control myself I really would blow up, and I couldn't do that in front of Sophie. Instead I didn't have to mom did it for me, "what did you say?"

"Cassandra has an arranged marriage with my bosses son," Dad repeated.

"No she doesn't," Mom accused.

"Yes she does, see back around when I left I found myself depressed, and drunk a lot. One night a lady showed up offering to give me the best job of my life and to be rich. I was drunk and vulnerable, I didn't know what I was doing or signing. The next day I found out what I had did and I was ashamed, there was no way to get out of this contract, some how she got your mother to sign it." Dad said.

"Wait what! I did no such thing!" Mom yelled horror coming across her face.

"But you see you did she showed up asking you to sign our divorce papers when in reality she tricked you into signing into this arranged marriage. I did not find out she had come by until a few years into my new job," Dad paused, "Look there is no way I can undo this horrible thing, but I would like for us to start over."

"We aren't divorced?" Mom asked only taking that one thing out of what dad had just said.

"Yeah we're still married," Dad said slowly, "There is no way to get out of this. But like I said I want us to be a family again."

Anger boiled inside me, I stood up, "You expect us to come back and live with you as though nothing happened, and in reality something did. You decide to show up just to tell me that I'm being forced to marry someone I don't even know. This is unaccepted, you're crazy to think I'll even cooperate in this!"

Dad's facial expression changed, "You will do it because you have no choice, because if you want to all be united again, and live a better life than I suggest you shut up and do as I say!" Dad growled.

Tears came to my eyes I couldn't control them any more, "You don't deserve a family! You don't deserve a second chance!"

"You know what fine! It doesn't matter because either way you have to do this or you and your sister will be separated forever!" Dad threatened.

New fresh tears came down my face, my glasses started to fog up, "You might be able to make me marry this stranger but you can't make me like you! In fact I hate you I wish you would just disappear!" I screamed I couldn't speak any more with out breaking into more tears. I sat down feeling defeated and small. My head rested on my lap, the tears starting to pour out.

"Cass-" I heard dad say.

"Get out! Get out! Get out!" Mom kept yelling. The door slammed then my vision blurred.

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I woke up, in a white room. Why did my head ache? Slowly I sat up wondering what was going on. Everything far away was blurry unless close up to my face, where were my glasses, and where was I?"

"Hey, your finally up," A familiar voice said.

"Dylan is that you?" I squinted there was someone over on the right sitting on a...chair?

"Oh yeah sorry," Dylan walked over placing my glasses on my face. "There much better, right?"

"Yes, much better," I mumbled.

Dylan leaned down giving me a kiss, "You were doing so good you went practically a whole year with out throwing up, or fainting what happened?" Dylan asked after giving me another kiss.