Mayor s Dutiful Wife

The room fell silent, Daisy's eyes darted back and forth between her parents in absolute disbelief, eyes threatening to release a river of tears.

"This can't be, Dad, you are just pulling my legs, right? "

Mr Smith's head tilted upwards with a deadpan serious look on, "I should be a fool then for doing that!"

Daisy gulped down at the realization her father wasn't playing around, The smooth spot between her brows twisted in displeasure, and the chilling sensation of fear rushed down her spine. She shivers in response.

She turns to Mrs Smith, "Mom!??"

"There is no joke in this, your father has spoken and so shall it be" came Mrs Smith's words.

Daisy felt a hundred thorns piercing her heart as she stared at her parents who are supposed to look after her well-being and happiness doing the exact opposite.

" So shall it be? " Daisy repeated, tears now streaming down her cheeks.

"How could you stand there and impose on me whom to spend my life with? You are my parents, aren't parents supposed to look after the happiness of their children? I am your only child for goodness sake! "

Mr Smith let out a sigh, "Exactly why we are doing this, We know what's best for you and what will be beneficial to you"

Daisy shakes her head in denial, "No, you don't! You've never cared about me. Both you and mom, all you care about is your stupid business! " She yells out in anger

" Watch your tongue, child! I won't have you disrespecting your dad" Mrs Smith said over her voice.

" I won't Mom, never! That's all you guys do anyway and it's the truth. You never celebrate my birthday with me, you never offer five minutes of your time to eat with me as other families do, you never make up time for family outings or whatsoever!"

"No matter how tough it was, I always tried to understand and kept on hoping it'd be different tomorrow but I was wrong... You never really loved me, and neither do you guys care about me else who won't make me want to marry a random guy I barely know saying it's for my sake and it's beneficial to me...why don't you just go ahead and spill the beans?"

Mr Smith stands up in anger, "Daisy!!!" His deep voice vibrates in the living room.

"I won't have a single word from you, You are going to do as I say and that's final!" Mr Smith walked away, there was no room for bargaining.

Daisy turns to her mom who has a pitiful gaze on her, she was broken and hurt by the people she trusted and believed they understood her the most. How could they backstab her so hard that left her helpless and weak?