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Marie Johnson
Chapter 1
Meu nome é Kadian Hayes. Meu pai é filho de Cole Hayes, um dos coproprietários da Hayes and Holloway Private Security Inc. Neste momento, meu pai Ethan Hayes, meus avós e eu estamos sentados na sala de jantar do sócio do meu avô, junto com ele e sua esposa, a Sra. Holloway. Estávamos lá há cerca de dez minutos quando um jovem entrou na sala abruptamente, seguido por um casal que parecia ser seus pais. Ele foi direto até o Sr. Holloway e começou a gritar: "Eu não vou fazer isso. Não há como eu me casar com uma completa estranha por causa do seu pacto de casamento arcaico. A razão pela qual ninguém faz mais essa loucura é porque é um costume estúpido e bárbaro. Ser forçado a se casar com alguém que você não conhece ou ama seria a pior punição da vida. Eu nunca vi ou falei com essa garota e você acha que vou interromper minha vida para me casar com ela. Você deve estar perdendo a cabeça, vovô. Eu tenho meus próprios planos para minha vida e com certeza não incluem me casar com a neta do seu sócio. Ela deve ser gorda e feia, com acne horrível. É isso, não é?"
O jovem não tinha terminado: "Agora faz sentido, por que mais ela concordaria com algo tão estúpido? Ela deve ser muito gorda e feia para encontrar um homem por conta própria." Meu pai olhou para mim com uma expressão triste, acho que ele pensou que as palavras do jovem estavam me machucando. Eu realmente não me importava com o que ele disse, porque eu não parecia nada com o que ele descreveu. Na verdade, achei seu surto divertido. Tenho grande respeito por quem fala o que pensa, embora existam maneiras melhores de expressar um ponto de vista. Meu avô parecia chateado, mas minha avó estava devastada com suas palavras vergonhosas e nojentas. Até agora, ele ainda não tinha reconhecido que havia outras pessoas na sala. "Eu tenho uma namorada e não vou terminar com ela por causa de uma porca gorda e feia." Tenho que dar crédito a ele, é superficial pra caramba, mas tem coragem.
Depois de terminar seu chilique, ele se virou e saiu da sala. Eu estava sentada lá, olhando e ouvindo tudo o que ele tinha a dizer, mas estava indiferente a toda a situação. Concordo com algumas de suas afirmações, sobre casamentos arranjados serem bárbaros e arcaicos. Também não acho que essa situação seja justa para nós, porque temos nossos próprios sonhos e esperanças que queremos realizar. Tentar forçar dois jovens que nasceram nos últimos vinte e cinco anos a um casamento arranjado é uma receita para o desastre. Por outro lado, acho que ele é uma pessoa superficial e egocêntrica. Ele estava tão obcecado com minha aparência, o que achei nojento. Nunca fui chamada de porca gorda antes, mas como dizem, "sempre há uma primeira vez para tudo". Espero que seu pequeno ataque de raiva resulte em meu pai nunca mais mencionar casamento arranjado na minha vida. Realmente não vejo como ele e eu poderíamos nos dar bem, mesmo que eu acreditasse em casamentos arranjados.
Todas as pessoas na sala ainda estavam completamente atônitas com o surto dele. Depois do que pareceu uma eternidade, os pais dele começaram a se desculpar pelo comportamento do filho, mas o avô dele não estava aceitando. Ele estava tão envergonhado, pelo menos eu achava que estava, que ficou literalmente vermelho como um tomate. Espero que ele não esteja doente de alguma forma, porque pode ter um derrame se não se acalmar logo. "Se vocês não trouxerem esse filho podre, desrespeitoso e ingrato de volta agora, eu vou deserdar todos vocês," ele berrou para eles. Ok, ele não está envergonhado, ele está é furioso. "Droga, lá se vão minhas esperanças de nunca mais ouvir essas duas palavras estúpidas novamente. Talvez eu devesse fingir que meus sentimentos foram feridos por todas as coisas horríveis que ele acabou de dizer. Eu poderia fingir estar com medo dele e do temperamento dele, talvez isso me tire dessa situação. Meu pai e meus avós estavam visivelmente chateados, dava para ver em seus rostos. Eu definitivamente deveria fazer o papel da garota inocente e assustada. Mesmo que eu realmente não estivesse planejando me casar com ninguém, de qualquer forma. Mas, achei que deveria seguir o jogo. Lá vai nada. "Pai," Lembre-se de que eu nunca chamei esse homem de pai desde que o conheço. Estou esperando que chamá-lo de pai com essa expressão patética de mágoa no rosto acabe com essa reunião.
"Por favor, podemos ir embora agora? Eu não sou bem-vinda aqui e não quero ser sujeita a mais abusos verbais sobre minha aparência." Nesse ponto, eu até tinha lágrimas nos olhos, estava dando tudo de mim na atuação. Espero realmente que funcione, porque minha família sabe que eu não me intimido facilmente. Nunca recuei ou concordei com nada que eles disseram desde que fiz dezessete anos. Droga, acho que não vai funcionar, meu avô está me olhando de cara feia, aquele velho chato. Não acho que ele está comprando minha atuação. Sério, vou ter uma conversa com eles quando chegarmos em casa. Eu deveria ter dito não quando meu pai mencionou essa loucura para mim na semana passada. Eu realmente não preciso de toda essa bobagem e estresse na minha vida. Como nenhum de nós quer esse casamento, acho que eles não deveriam continuar com essa discussão. Eu me recuso a deixar alguém me dizer com quem devo me casar e como devo viver minha vida. Esqueça esperar até chegarmos em casa, vou ter essa conversa agora.
Enquanto eu fingia estar magoada com as palavras de Justin, os pais dele foram procurá-lo. "Sr. e Sra. Holloway, poderiam, por favor, dar à minha família e a mim alguns minutos de privacidade?" pedi ao casal. Eles ainda pareciam muito envergonhados, enquanto acenavam com a cabeça. Eles se levantaram de suas cadeiras e saíram da sala. Então, olhei para meu pai e seus pais e disse: "Ouçam, eu estava tentando ser legal vindo aqui, porque não acredito em nada disso de casamento arranjado. Não me lembro de ter dado permissão a vocês para interferirem na minha vida pessoal estabelecendo alguns costumes retrógrados. Só vim aqui com vocês por curiosidade. Também sei com certeza que não concordei em ser verbalmente abusada por um garoto rico, arrogante e mimado." Vovô Cole abriu a boca para dizer algo, mas eu levantei a mão. "Eu não vou me casar com ninguém desta família. Não é minha responsabilidade cumprir qualquer acordo ou trato que foi feito pelos membros da família Hayes." Meu pai, que não tinha dito uma palavra até agora, decidiu abrir a boca. Olhei para ele com interesse no rosto, morrendo de vontade de ouvir o que ele tinha a dizer. Às vezes, eu me perguntava o que minha mãe viu nele que a fez amá-lo tanto.
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