Verena's POV

4 years ago

 I sat  in the couch, cross legged with so muh hatred and hurt filled in my heart. It even surprised me how I was able to just glare at anyone who would be like.."I told you so".

My parents were seated in a two in one couch, my elder sister was seated next to me and her husband's parents were in another two in one couch while the husband himself was in a single couch, with his first son, Jeremy in his hands.

One of us was absent. I didnt realy care much though...because he deserved to be where he was, I didn't have and ounce of pity or regret for shootimg him at all.

What I felt annoyed about was the fact that it was his shoulder..not his chest where I used to admire when it was bare chested.

We were all sitting in silence and I was annoyed to the core because I really needed to be in my room so bad.

"Will someone please tell me why the heck we're here?" I aked glaring around. My sister face palmed and shook her head. After a while someone spoke.

"Your mother warned you to jilt away from him but you refused to listen and even went ahead to get yourself in a situatin where you have his offspring in your womb..that too..in your late teens!" My dad accused and I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah,...okay? Tell me what I dont know?" I mumbled under my breath.

"Oh and per your gestures, you feel no remore."

"Mhmm..so?" I asked.

"So..you'll be punnished," he said and I started to laugh.

"You're gonna ground me or let me kneel down or what?" I aked I laughed harder ignoring their blank faces. Stiff people hmp!

"No." he shook his head, "even worse mija."

"Youre gonna cut me off?" I aksed.

"I wouldnt have called you mija." he said  seriously.

"Ohh great. what could be worse than that?" I sighed referring to my earlier statement in releif.

"You're getting engaged to Rodney."

"EXCUSE ME?!" My smug face changed withing seconds.

"You heard him hun.You just didnt like the sound of it." My mom giggled.

"Dad-"

"You refused to obey knowing well that obedience is better than sacrifice. And since you did the opposite...this is it." He said and I scoffed.

"Y'all can't be serious. How could you....how can I be engaged to this bastard?" I asked and the said person's mother glowered at me.

"Stop it!" Goldivia, my sister hit my harm and I whined under my breath.

"You both hate each other. That's the main reason why we are binding you together, to punnish you both for the stunt you pulled by having sex before you were properly married." My mum said firmly and I scoffed.

"So...you are going to stay home for nine months until you give birth before you enter college to continue." My dad said. "And by the grace of God you're intelligent enough so there would be no repetition of classes or semesters."

"Blah blah. So when will this silly engagement be broken? " I asked and dad smirked.

"It won't. You're both getting married in the next four years."

"EXCUSE ME?"I asked and I was subtly ignored.

"So I expect you to not go out with other guys or sleep around. Do you hear?" He ordered.

He didn't have to add that. I was planning on being a single parent forever.

"Dad, I won't marry Rodney." I announced.

"You don't have a choice my dear. You both will raise your child together when he or she turns four." He said

"But I can do it on my  own." I reasoned.

"You are very immature, Verena. Sorry." Mom sighed and I rose a brow. I sulked back in my chair and pouted. I thought back at all that the person in topic had done to me and I nearly cried.

He heartlessly insulted me and dumped me, as though I was lesser than actual trash. That too because of the love he had for my elder sister who was like two years older than him.

As much as it was a fact it hurt so well but I decided not to dwell on that but focus on college and ny upcoming modelling career..

"Mom, I know I'm a bad child...but please....please don't let me get married to him please.."  I pleaded and she yawned.

"His parents were even on the verge of disowning him but we planned to punish him instead along with you..so there." Mom replied.

"You're getting engaged to him. Period mija. Period."

"I won't accept!" I growled.

"You better." Mom sighed.

"Mom, I said I won't accept this engagement! I won't marry a future ex convict." I stated.

"Need I repeat? You don't have a choice?!" dad roared and I flinched.

"Why?" I challenged. "Why are yoy forcing me to marry like how you did to sis?" I asked.

"I thought that you wanted to be with him? No?" Mom said. "Or you realised that it wasn't everything shiny that was gold aye?" She asked smugly and I felt lumpy in my throat.

Everything and everyone was coming back at me. I hated it whenever I became a loser in the end. I know everyone else did, but I disagreed it was measurable to mine.

A wave of nausea hit me and I rushed to the bathroom and threw up, groaning as my stomach contracted painfully and relaxed for a few seconds before the walls squinched again making me puke more.

When all that was over, I led out a breath.

"I hate you Rodney. I really do." I breathed hard clutching my stomach. I held the sides of the sink and breathed as I stared into the mirror.

Some seconds later I washed my mouth and rinsed it with mouthwash. Done, I went back to where I was sighing really deep.

"You'll get married, live in the same house and learn how to cope with one another." Dad stated and I held the sides of my head.

"Are you..Are you trying to ruin my life or something? I asked.

"So...just because if a silly mistake I made, y'all wanna marry me off to him... you guys  present on the day he heartlessly dumped me? Huh? What's the meaning of this?" I breathed as tears fell from my my eyes against my will.

"Remember how Goldie and Bruce didn't want to be together?" Bruce's mom asked.

"Yeah? I grumbled.

"Look at them now, don't you see how happy they are?" she asked.

"But my case is different-"

"It doesn't matter, mija, it just doesn't."Dad said and I was starting to get annoyed.

"So what if I ran away? What will you do" I challenged.

"Think about it, you'll ran away, get your model career destroyed and also get your college life terminated and now think about the kid in your belly." My mother reasoned and yes, I felt trapped..

I stayed silent...for a bit.

"So what how?" I aksed

"You'll be living with us...no more Luxembourg. "

"Why?" I whined but she ignored me.

"When Rodney gets released from jail, you two will get married...then go live in Rio de Jenero, Brazil."

"Rio!" I squealed amazed all of a sudden. I smiled broadly as I remembered my favourite Brazilian cartoon.

But it had to be with Rodney...making me frown.
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I placed my hand over my stomach and sighed in ambivalence. I even wondered whether I still liked him.

He had lingered on my thoughts without permission and just as I wanted to get over him, my parents had to ruin it.

I still remember how much he hurt me and nearly killed his brother and my sister with his brother's ex or so.

I felt a familiar vibration in my stomach and I smiled thinking about how much fun I would have with my child. Initially, I was hell bent on aborting it...but thank God I didn't because I realised how abortion was evil and murderous and so...inhumane

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Yea yeah I know U. S is incomplete. I have serious W.B and I don't wanna write anything sketchy.. so mhmm

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