Forced Marriage

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Plaque…

A hard slap was sent by Joan on the smooth face of her eldest son, Keenan.

” Daddy is already tired of your attitude Keenan . Until when are you going to act like children , huh ? ” Joan snapped . I’m already tired. During the last 16 years, Joan has never raised her child with violence.

” You are outrageous ! ” Liza said , instead of directing it at Keenan , Liza actually stared intently at Joan who had slapped Keenan in front of her own eyes .

Liza began to approach her son, she began to see how bad the bruises Joan had caused on her son’s face.

“You’re okay Keenan right?” Liza asked which was returned by Keenan’s nod.

Keenan looked at Liza and Joan in turn. To be honest, he felt very hurt, the pain on his face was not much. But this incident will be imprinted forever in the memory of his brain .

“Keenan, go to your room first, mom, dad,” said Keenan, with slightly quick steps he walked towards his room which was located on the top floor. It was right next to Kiran’s and Kenzie’s rooms.

On the floor above, there were already Kiran and Kenzie who were studying together, the two of them had changed their school clothes into their usual clothes while Keenan was still in his school uniform.

Earlier Keenan was detained for over an hour at school, Joan was also required to make peace with the parents of the students who had fought with Keenan earlier. Inevitably they had to go home when the clock struck 15. 30 while Kiran and Kenzie were escorted home first by their personal driver.

“You didn’t come out, bro?” Kiran asked when she saw Keenan’s nose.

Keenan shook his head, he felt very lazy if he had to chat with his chatty broter, Kirana could interview him. He also prefers to enter his room and immediately clean up .

Kiran pursed her lips, she felt annoyed because her brother had ignored her.

“Just let bro Ran, maybe bro Keenan is just tired,” Kenzie said defending Keenan.

Kiran only nodded at Kenzie’s words, they focused back on staring at her chemistry book.

Meanwhile downstairs there was a fight between Liza and Joan.

“I don’t like it when you act like that to the children!” Liza snapped, her hands deliberately folded in front of her chest because she was annoyed.

“Then how should I behave Li? You know how difficult it is for Keenan to manage, do you want to let our eldest son become a delinquent who has no future huh?” Joan asked, raising her tone a little, to be honest she didn’t want to argue against Liza, especially with Liza who was still sick like that.

Clear tears just fell down Liza’s cheeks, she quickly wiped her tears and ran into the main room.

“Honey,” Joan called but Liza ignored her. Joan started to catch up with his wife and immediately hugged her limp body from behind .

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. I promise, this is the last time I hit our child. Please forgive me this time honey!” Joan whispered in her wife’s ear.

Liza brushed aside Joan’s hands that were wrapped around her stomach, she started to turn around to look at her husband’s face.

“Blood is indeed thicker than water, you are no different from your father, both are cruel,” argued Liza, smiling crookedly.

Joan rubbed her face in exasperation , who knows what her wife had thought so she could assume it was that bad . Joan bit her lower lip , her hands clenched tightly to hold back the emotions that were about to explode .

“This is the first time honey, after all I’ve never hit our children before. So don’t overdo it, I don’t like it when you bring daddy into our troubles!” she inbroted.

Again, Liza smiled sinisterly. “You are exaggerating huh? Isn’t that wrong? In this house, you are the one who is going too far, bro Joan, small problems are magnified, you don’t even know why Keenan fought with his friends. So before you slap, listen First explain your child, don’t just play with muscles, use your brain too!” Liza grumbled. Before the slap incident earlier , Keenan had already explained the reason to Joan and himself . But Joan didn’t believe what Keenan said and thought that Keenan was just lying to them.

Joan ruffled her hair Frustrated , she threw a vase of Liza ‘s favorite flower which was kept on the nightstand , the glass vase shattered and scattered on the floor . His body, which had been limp all along, immediately laid him down on a large bed, he slept on his side, staring at the large frame containing their wedding photo.

Liza started to close her eyes heading to dreamland. While Joan chose to go to the bathroom to do her afternoon bathing ritual , she soaked in the bathtub for a few minutes to get rid of the burning sensation in her body and heart . Today, Joan and her family will go to the Rivenno mansion to answer Ansel’s call, who is currently sick and to do roadwork at a private house.

*****

“Pah,” Joan called, hugging Ansel’s slender body, which was already sitting frailly in a wheelchair.

“How are you dear, are you all right in America?” Ansel asked, hugging his son’s body which had changed a lot. For 16 years he felt homesick because he could not meet his son, seeing Joan back in front of him felt like a dream for Ansel.

Joan nodded, her eyes glistening with tears. He couldn’t bear to see his father, who used to be able to hit him, was now old and vulnerable and unable to do anything.

“Where’s your wife and child, Joan?” Ansel asked, surprised that Joan only came to his room alone.

“They’re in dad’s living room, talking to mom and bro Sarah,” Joan replied.

Ansel only nodded weakly in response to his son’s words.

“Doc, can daddy be brought to the guest room?” Joan asked the private doctor on duty to look after Ansel. There are already 6 private doctors in this house who always take turns checking on Ansel’s condition every day.

“Yes, you can, as long as you don’t take it out of the house, the night air is not very good for Mr. Ansel’s health,” the doctor explained.

Joan smiled at the doctor’s words. Now he started pushing Ansel’s wheelchair toward the living room.

Liza smiled at her father-in-law, immediately implied various memories about the old man. Liza was once very annoyed with Ansel because he chose Yuna over himself. But that resentment just disappeared with time.

“Pah, I’m sorry Liza for bringing daddy’s son to America,” Liza said, shaking Ansel’s wrinkled hand.

“It’s okay son, this is all your fault because you have separated the two of you,” Ansel said softly, he rubbed his son-in-law’s arm lovingly.

” It seems Joan is very happy living with you , her body is fuller than when she was still by my side , ” Ansel said softly , the old man laughed softly .

“It’s okay daddy, bro Joan seems happier when she’s by Papah’s side,” Liza said, sounding like sarcasm to Joan.

Joan could only smile even though her feelings hurt a little hearing Liza’s explanation, Liza had been ignoring her for hours and didn’t want to talk to her.

Joan pushed the wheelchair Ansel was sitting in towards her three children who were sitting together on a sofa that could fit five people. Auris and Sarah were already chatting with Joan’s children on the sofa.

“Pah, introduce these to my children. The first one is called Keenan, the second is Kiran and the third is Kenzie,” said Joan while pointing at her children one by one and introducing them to Ansel.

“You don’t have two children, do you?” Ansel asked. Her expression looked very shocked , before Joan had said that her children were indeed twins , but twins were not triplets .

Joan shook her head quickly to refute her father’s words. He did not want his children, especially Kenzie, to become suspicious.

The baby Liza was carrying at that time had three babies, the doctor was wrong and said that Liza was only carrying two babies,” explained Joan full of lies.

Liza and Joan looked awkward, but they did their best to control their expressions so that no one would see that they were lying. After all, only they and Emma know this secret.

“Honey this is your grandfather, greetings first!” Joan ordered her three children.

Keenan swiftly preceded his two brothers to shake Ansel’s hand.

“Grandpa, Grandpa’s grandson is no less handsome than Papah?” asked Keenan Pecicil, even though he had just met this time, he was already able to be so close to his grandfather.

Ansel chuckled at the behavior of this young man in front of him “He’s really handsome, Grandpa didn’t expect to have a grandson as handsome as you, dear Keenan,” praised Ansel, which immediately made Kiran laugh out loud.

“Hahaha.

“That’s right, Kiran said, Keenan’s behavior wasn’t as perfect as his visuals. Earlier, Aqila reported to me, father, that Keenan had made a mess on his first day at school,” said Sarah, startling everyone in the room.

“Well, does Qila go to the same school as Keenan bro?” Liza asked, breaking her curiosity.

Sarah nodded “Yes, she’s the student council president at that school, Aqilla’s age is a year younger than your children’s age. Qila used to attend accelerated class during junior high school, so she entered high school at the same age as your child,” explained Sarah who was nodded by Liza and also Joan .

Naturally, if Aqilla entered the accelerated class, after all, Sarah definitely treated her child as hard as Ansel before, so Aqilla grew up to be a smart student and had a high status in her school environment.

“What? Aqilla, the student council president who is a MIPA 2 student, isn’t she an aunt?” Keenan asked no less curious.

“Yes, do you know?” asked Sarah back.

“Yes, Tan, he is in the same class as me, even on my seat,” explained Keenan, surprising Sarah.

Previously, Aqilla only explained about Keenan’s fight without telling him that they were in the same class.

“Oh my gosh, the world turns out to be that narrow, I didn’t even expect my nephew to be the person I was arguing with in the BK room,” said Joan, who also couldn’t believe what her broter was saying.

Continued…

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