Sinner (Completed)

"Mama, I can't just leave Abir." I admitted, telling her exactly why I couldn't do this.

Not only would she be snatching me away from my family and friends but she was taking me away from the person I'd loved for five going on six years.

I couldn't just walk away from him.

"Baby.." She trailed off, sighing deeply.

"I know you love Abir." She stood to her feet to stop packing for a moment and pulled me into her.

"But I promise you, there will be other boys. Right now you have to do what's best for you and that's coming with your daddy and I to give you a better life."

"Better life for who? You?!" I screamed out, becoming even more angry at her choice of words.

As if my feelings were robotic and I could just turn them on and off for any and every person.

"My feelings just don't matter to y'all at all, huh?" I asked, crying harder than before now.

"Speak to your mother with some respect, Giselle." My father spat to me and I shook my head, watching as they stood there looking at me like some dumb teenager.

This wasn't puppy love for me. I didn't spend 5 years building something, just to walk away from it for their dreams.

I couldn't do it.

Sinner. Book #1