With that, I grabbed my car keys and walked away.
As I stepped out, I asked my mother-in-law and the others to leave the room, and thoughtfully closed the door behind me.
At once, my father's furious roar erupted.
"You unfilial girl, haven't you embarrassed us enough? I’ll take you home and teach you a lesson! How could the Wallace family raise someone so crude and ill-mannered?"
I sneered.
"Blame bad blood. I'm not just crude, I'm selfish and heartless."
As a son-in-law living with his wife's family, he kept a mistress and fathered an illegitimate child, driving his wife into depression and suicide. I'm simply filing for divorce; compared to him, I'm nothing.
My father exploded instantly.
"Catherine, you're as petty and foolish as your mother! Why throw away a good life and make trouble?"
He glared at me sharply, his tone cold and cutting.
"If you don't think of yourself, think of Samuel. He's a senior now, always top of his class. Do you want him dropping out right before graduation?"
My expression dimmed, and I slowly collapsed onto the sofa.
I really couldn't gamble my younger brother's future. He had been the only one when our mother leapt to her death.