Chapter 1 My sister's bully

"Enough of all this crap! I don't fucking love him. You can't force me to marry a man i don't have feelings for. I don't love him." Julie yelled as she got up from the couch in anger. Her father had been pestering her to marry Jason, son of her old rich friend.

For weeks now, he has been ringing it like a bell into her ear. Julie had declined but his father couldn't give up. He had calculated all the things he would gain if Jason gets married to his daughter. He doesn't want to miss the opportunity. He believed that getting her daughter to marry him would change his life.

"I don't care about your feelings or anything. Are you going to eat feeling? I'm your father and i have the right to decide whosoever that will marry my daughter. I know what is best for you. I'm not making a bad decision. It's for the betterment of this family. You will marry him whether you like it or not." The father insists. He wasn't in the mood to pet hee anymore.

"I'm an adult dad. I have the right to decide on whom to Marry. You are not the one going into the marriage, I'm the one. I can't marry a man i don't love." Julie said, folding her arms

"There is nothing like love. No girl will see this opportunity and leave it to fly away all because of something that doesn't even exist. You should count yourself lucky that a man like Jason wanted to marry you." Her dad said.

"Count myself lucky? Do you even care about my happiness? All because he's rich?" Julie question.

"I'm glad you know the reason I want you to marry him. What else matters if not money? What gives happiness if not money? I always pray to have a very rich son inlaw. This is a dream come true and you want to put asunder. Better get yourself ready to marry him."

"You must be joking. Nothing will make me marry him."

"You better stop ranting because it won't change anything. I have the final say in this house. Better start arranging your things because very soon, you will be leaving this house."

"I'm not going anywhere!" Julie yelled at the father and turned to the mom who was keeping quiet, "mom, you are not saying anything."

"What do you want her to say? She knew that I'm doing the right thing. Learn to love him if you don't love him."

"This is bullshit." She cursed and Left in anger.

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Few days later, Julie came back from her friend's place to see three expensive cars, parked at the front of their apartment. She was wondering the kind of caliber of people that visited. She don't have any relative who could afford the kinds of car she was seeing.

She rushed inside to behold strange faces sitting around the sitting room with glasses of wine. She was not informed. For some seconds, the room was silent with smiles all over the visitor's faces. All eyes were on her. She looked around, scanning all the faces on by one. She got the shock of her life when she saw Jason.

"What is he doing here? I hope it's not what I'm thinking." Julie said, looking at her father with rage.

"Can you just calm down and greet your visitors first?" There was a trace of anger in his father's voice.

"Your visitors, not my visitors. If you know what is good for you, better send them away because I will never be part of this." Julie said and made her way to her room. She knew her father would be embarrassed on her action but she doesn't give a fuck. She had made it known to him that she will not marry him but he choose to take everything on his own hands.

"You are walking out of my visitors? Come back here!" Her dad called but she ignored him. She entered her room and shut the door close.

"Please, I'm sorry for the interruption. I will talk with her now and everything will be okay. Just give me a couple of minutes." He left the sitting room and headed towards Julie's room. He got to her room and pushed the door open.

Julie was fuming in anger as she crossed her arms just below her breast. She was looking out of the window.

"And what is the meaning of what you just did out there? what have came over you? Is that how you treat your inlaws?"

"Dad can just stop it! Stop it!" Julie yelled in frustration. "They are not my inlaws and they will never be. Better Leave me alone and finish what you started."

"I've already finished it. I came to tell you to start arranging and packing your bags. You are leaving with them." He said and Julie turned. "Come and make me then. Come and force me."

"Listen, Julie. You have no choice. In case you don't know, He had already paid your dowry. Apart from that, he promised to buy a car for me and build a bungalow. You are already his wife."

"I can't believe this is happening! You collected money from him behind my back?" Julie could not believe her father could go to that extent.

"As if it's necessary to inform you first. You are now a wife and your husband is and his people are waiting for you."

"I can't believe you are doing this. Better give them back the money because I'm not going with them."

"I wanted to follow you maturely but you won't listen. You left me with no option than to do it this way. I've collected your dowry and you are going with them."

"You are literally selling me off, Dad."

"You can call it whatever you want. Be assured you will find satisfaction once you start living with him. I have oriented him on how to treat you. You will surely find peace and happiness within a short period with him. I will be waiting downstairs." He finished and turned to leave.

Julie's mom was standing by the door.

He looked up to her and said, "Its all for our good." and made his way out of the room. Her mom stepped inside, looking into her wet eyes.

"Mom, I don't love him." Julie said, tears rushing down her cheeks.

"I know. I"m not in support of all these, but i can assure you that everything will be fine. You can find love in him. He will take care of you." The mom said and hugged her. "They are good family."