Meeting the Brother-in-law

“I would go with you.” Crystal said drying her eyes, she can’t believe that Mr. Connell was dead; she spoke to him on the phone with Petra just the previous day. “I want to come as well.”

“No, you should stay here.” He said with the same cold expressionless face from minutes ago. “I will go to the hospital and come back.”

“But I want to—“ He interrupted her sharply with a bang to the wall, she flinched sharply.

“Just stay back and do as you are told!” He yelled his eyes narrowing in anger; she had never seen him lose his composure that much before. “He’s not your father, so don’t even try to pretend to care, you can shed your crocodile tears in your room!”

That was the last he said before he left and Crystal broke down again, in tears, and almost immediately Petra came running in with a tears in her eyes also; Kayden probably told her.

She got down on her knees as well, and held he hands.

“I heard about Mr. Connell.” She said before pulling Crystal into a heartwarming hug, the