Sat in silence, Ann had been wiping tears off her cheeks for the whole ride home.
Her father had not said a word after he shouted "shut up" at her in front of the whole high level at the archbishop's place.
It wasn't like it was her fault that the archbishop suddenly went back on his words! Ann felt as if the anger and shame were burning inside her.
"Father." Ann opened her mouth when the tears finally stopped.
She knew her father wouldn't want to talk to her in tears because "tears are weak".
Yet no answer.
"Father, I'm sor--"
"Shut up." Said her father sternly.
"Mike." Ann's mother put a hand on her husband's arm, "There wasn't much she could do."
"She could have NOT humiliated me in front of the whole coven!" Ann's father replied coldly, "What was that farce?! Yelling at the archbishop like a baby demanding a candy bar?!"
"I'm sorry." Ann bit her lips white, trying to hold back her tears.
"Sto
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