It’s a good thing you are home now.


    You should do whatever you father wants you to do.


    ”


    Lydia nced at her mother in exasperation.


    She found it hard to believe that her mother too was on her father’s side.


    She really had no strength to argue with them all anymore.


    “I’m also just your so-called investment.


    After getting your daughter married, you can then get another investment, right?” she asked, ncing back at Henry.


    Then she faced Jaylin.


    “Even if you have a family business worth billions of dors, Henry will run it down.


    Trust me.


    ”


    Not waiting to get a response from him, Lydia turned and made her way upstairs.


    .


    As she trudged up the stairs, she could hear Jaylin’s angry voice.


    “Since you have chosen to be unruly,” he was saying, “you will get no food for the next few days! You will remain in your room and reflect on your actions!”


    Lydia hurried into her room and mmed the door shut.


    She leaned her back against the door, willing all the grating voices from downstairs to fade away.


    Closing her eyes, she sighed deeply.


    Then she took out her phone and dialed Hannah’s number.


    Hannah picked up at once, and her concerned voice drifted to Lydia through the receiver.


    “Where are you now, Lydia? Are you okay?”


    Her face softened at the sound of Hannah’s voice.


    “I’m fine, and I’m upstairs in my room.


    Just had a big fight with my parents.


    And Hannah, you’ve been right all this time.


    Since I returned home, they’ve been trying to brainwash me.


    ”


    Stamping tiredly to her bed, Lydia slumped down on it.


    “I was actually hoping my mom would speak up for me-I guess I was rather too optimistic.


    It’s so disappointing to realize she doesn’t really care about me after all.


    ”


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    There was a sad heave from Hannah’s end.


    “Don’t worry,” she said.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    “When Ie to discuss business with your father in two days, I will talk to him about this and that will be hisst chance.


    ”


    “It’s pointless; their minds are made up already.


    ” Lydia’s voice echoed with despair.


    She knew her family best, and she knew they had already concluded on her fate.


    “I’ve figured it out now.


    My parents only care about what benefits them now and don’t seem to care about the future,” Lydia mumbled while rolling over and hugging a pillow.


    “This trip back home has been quite a letdown.


    ”


    Hannah found herself in an unfamiliar position, not knowing quite how to console Lydia, a role that Lydia usually filled.