Promise

"Dad, I—" Myra was interrupted when Rayan snapped at her, "Don't talk till I am finished."

This was the first time her father spoke to her in that tone, and this sole realization was enough for tears to well up in her eyes.

"You didn't bother to inform your parents that you are staying with that man."

"You, you—" Rayan found it difficult to control his fury.

"Dad, I—" she wanted to clarify as she couldn’t stand the disappointment in her father's voice.

She flinched when Rayan replied, "shut up, just shut up."

Abram notices she clenched the phone tight and could not stand on her weak legs. He immediately made her sit on the bed, and no matter how much she resisted, he put the phone on speaker.

"You were always my filial child, but I was brought to reality when in the morning I got a call from a neighbor when they couldn’t find you in the apartment anymore."

"If not for them, I wouldn’t have known how my dutiful daughter let her ex-husband inside my house and didn’t bother to inform he