Chapter 7-In Time; Betrayed

I was shaken to my core after that.

I prayed; I prayed to God, if He was there, to remove the images from my mind that plagued me for a whole week and I wasn't able to concentrate on anything. But sadly, like all my wishes, this prayer too was unanswered and I endured for I don't know how long. Cassie asked me many times why I had gotten so quiet; how could I tell her that it was because of her damn brother that I was in this dilemma.

I kept absolutely quite about it because I knew that she was completely oblivious of her brother's activities; after her parents were killed, her brother raised her and took over his father's syndicate.

I suppose, being lonely, we both found love with each other. And if she ever came to know of her brother's dirty tricks, she would be hurt and I could never hurt……