Chapter 172: Thrown out

  “I am sorry,” he said and left in a hurry. Stella felt as though her world had crashed to nothing.   She had many questions, such as why? Why did he do this to her? He knew that if he did this, she would be finished, but he still did it anyway. But for some reason, the questions could not leave her mouth. She could feel people watching her. She simply turned and walked away. She felt numb somewhat.   A part of her knew what was coming. Her parents were not going to let this go. Her father was strict, and her mother even more so. She was the disgrace of her family.   Her father had never liked that she was a girl, and her mother was more interested in her brother, Martin. There were times she wondered if she was their child. She knew that her life was over.     With this rejection, she was done for. She would have to find a way to survive on her own in the world. She had already weighed her options if the family threw her out; after all, she was of no use to them.   She wa