AN UNEXPECTED GROOM

Sebastien turned his head to look at her and said with disdain:

– You ran out of your room, right?

– It does not matter. We’re just going to leave this house together. Lorraine lay down on the table and said sadly:

– I don’t want to stay in this house anymore. They fight all the time, and I think they’re going to divorce soon. Besides …

-And she still won’t let me play with you.

She didn’t finish the last sentence.

Compared to her parents, she was more dependent on her brother, who was only a minute older than her.

– Where to go?

Sebastian asked.

– I don’t know. Everywhere is good.

-So how do we live? Sebastian asked again,

– We have no money and we have no place to stay. Do you want to sleep in the park?

The leaves of the large trees outside the window had withered, leaving bare branches behind. The fall depression always made people a little sad, even children.

Lorraine’s expression darkened.

– I saved all the pocket money that mom gave me. We just need to spend a long time.

– What happens after you spend it?

– We can go begging. I’m so cute, I’m sure I’ll be popular as a beggar.

Sebastien was speechless.

Lorraine saw that he had no intention of running away from home with her, so she held his arm and shook him,

– Sebastien, let’s run away together! Let’s go together. I promise that as long as you agree, I will call you big brother in the future, okay?

– Not good.

He refused decisively.

-If you want to be a little beggar, you can be one. I will not do it.

Although he was so young, he knew that they wouldn’t be able to survive if they left this house. Even if they didn’t starve, they would be kidnapped by human traffickers and sold to whomever.

-Hmph!

Lorraine shook her hand angrily and said:

“If you don’t want to leave, then I’ll leave alone. I don’t want to stay here anymore.

– I don’t want to practice these boring ballet and piano lessons every day. I don’t want to hear them arguing anymore…

She left the room.

Sebastian didn’t take his words seriously. He just looked at his hand and muttered:

– I can’t wash the blood off my hands…

He got up and went to the bathroom to wash his hands.

Sebastien did not take Lorraine’s words to heart. Other than going to and from school, he locked himself in his room and didn’t even eat dinner with them.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of winter. When he woke up, the scenery outside the window seemed to be even more faded and yellow, as if it had been added with a layer of twilight filter.

On weekends, Sebastien could stay in his room for a day.

Mylene and Alessio argued from time to time, and sometimes she could be heard scolding Lorraine.

It was just that Lorraine didn’t want to practice zither and dance.

Sebastien didn’t care about the noise outside and locked himself in this small room.

It was as if this way he no longer felt sad because of Mylene’s indifference, their argument and the strange looks from others.

In the afternoon, the sound of the quarrel between Mylene and Lorraine could be heard from outside the door.

Lorraine had a ballet competition today, but she had deliberately broken her dancing shoes and didn’t want to perform on stage.

How could Mylene not see clearly in his little tricks? she tried her best to persuade her, but to no avail. She couldn’t help but get angry.

Lorraine gathered up her courage and said that she hated ballet and piano, and didn’t want to be a dancer. She wanted to be a police officer and catch bad guys.

Mylene slapped her in exasperation.

Lorraine cried and ran to her room. Mylene knocked on the door but to no avail, so she had to ask the servant to bring her some fruit and water.

Shortly after, someone knocked on Sebastien’s window.

He looked up and saw a hand reaching out of the window. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly opened the window. He saw Lorraine walking on the gap at the edge of the wall, her whole body hanging outside.

-Lorraine, what are you doing? Are you crazy?

Lorraine’s eyes were red as a rabbit’s, and she sobbed,

-Brother, let’s go. I don’t want to stay here anymore… I’m really uncomfortable… I’m really uncomfortable every day.

Sebastien contacted her anxiously.

– Say no more. Come here!

Lorraine’s hands gripped the cracks in the wall tightly, crying and saying:

– I don’t want them to fight, I don’t want them to divorce, and I don’t want to not see you every day.

– You always lock yourself in your room, and mom won’t let me see you or talk to you, but you’re clearly my brother! Why have we become like this? Aren’t we family?

Sebastian was so anxious that his forehead was covered in sweat and his face was red. He did his best to reach out to pull her.

– Lorraine, quickly hold my hand. Come in first.

Lorraine looked at him with tears in her eyes and said:

– Brother, can’t we always be together as a family?Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

– Of course!

Sebastien replied without thinking,

– come quickly. I don’t want to lock myself in the room!

– I’m going to tell mom that I’m going to treat her well and make her agree to let us play together! Can you come quickly?

– Really?

-When have I ever lied to you?

Lorraine snorted and believed him. She reached out to grab his hand…

However, she had been in this position for too long and her arms were already sore. One of his hands couldn’t support his weight, and the other was almost able to hold Sebastian’s!

His whole body fell.