Chapter 123

• “I said I would support you through everything but what am I supposed to do about this?” I was having a very bad week and my father was not helping matters. “You assaulted her in public and her father is asking for more than I can give!”
• “She should not have touched him,” I responded, defiant till the end.
• “You should not have broken her hand!” My father countered. “Now, what do you want to do about this?” He asked. “He has asked for a whopping amount of money and a business deal that I would rather die than give to him.”