Chap-25*The 29-year-Old Handsome Man.*

Cynthia Dion: "That's enough, father!" I shouted as I lunged and pulled my sister away from him. "I was never going to leave her behind," I retorted through tears. Didn't he see the redness on my skin? Didn't he care? "You couldn't wait until I got home? I get picked on every single day. School life is already terrible. Everyone is a damn bully. Every little thing I do, I get picked on for days. Couldn't you spare me this one time? Now I'll be a hot topic for weeks. I'll suffer all because of you." It felt liberating to express my emotions and say what I had been bottling up in my heart. Dad unveiled the last blow he had been reserving: "Don't worry, you won't be facing them because you're not going to school anymore," he stated, pointing at me and then at Flora, who immediately burst into tears. I felt ashamed for exacerbating the situation for her. "What?" Flora was jolted at the order from my father. He was just pure evil for this.  "That’s unfair. If you want to punish someone, pun