marry or?.

Dad looked at my hands. His eyes were so watery, that he closed them and a teardrop falls on my plan. I felt it ease a little off the pain in my palm.

"Dear, come with me,". Mom dragged me away from dad and forcefully sat me down on the sofa to attend to my wounds.

She pressed a wet towel into my hand and stared emotionally at me.

While mom attended to my wounds, Corey stood and watched.

After that, dad walks up to him and begged me to give him enough time to pay up his loan.

Corey and I locked eyes

I felt him enjoying the scene, he looks away and said to dad.

"Mr. Nunan, I don't think I'll be needing any more time, because I not only want your daughter as collateral but also she will get married to me and become my wife,"...

The towel falls from my hand.

My parents and I stared at him with shock.

No! He can't be serious, or can he?....

I stood up and fought against it.

"Never, you must be out of your mind, I'll never become your wife, neither will I accept such a stupid condition,"

... I hurt my hands in the process and hissed.

Corey laughed and said

"This isn't a condition, but an order, sweetheart,"

.. I shook my head and opposed. I made it clear to him and my parents that I'll never accept such a condition.

Both my parents didn't say anything.

They might not have said anything.

But Corey's next reaction had the atmosphere heated again.

He takes out a gun from his back and pointed it directly at my parents.... . He looks at me and says, " I will kill your parents if you choose not to accept getting married to me,". He cocked the gun.

Dad pleaded with me not to consent to whatever he was asking.

Mom also pleaded.

"What is it going to be, Muna, will you marry me or not,". He sounded impatient.

Dad kept on shaking his head against it.

I heard mom mutter the same words, "don't do it". She made a little whisper to me...

I kept on looking.

Just then, a gunshot goes off, and right before my eyes, dad falls to the ground, moaning in serious pain.

"No!," I shouted and ran to his aid.

Corey shut my dad on his shoulders.

Blood gushings out.

I didn't want him to lose any more blood, I pressed both my hands on the injured surface to stop any more blood from spewing, by putting pressure on it...

Mom couldn't control her tears. She virtually started crying...

I can't contain the fact that Corey hurt my parents, I may not know how much dad might have borrowed from him.

What if it's a lot?

But in other to save my family, I'll have to suck it up and get married to a monster like Corey.....