My Dream Marriage

“Here,” Dan directs me on where I should be signing. I can see that Edward already has done his part in signing so I just sign without reading anything stated on the papers. I have to scribble down my signature on several pages and I wonder if they should be that many. I thought it should only be a single page but it’s okay I want to be done with all this.

“Before I leave this house Edward, I want something from you.” I say and he looks at me dissatisfaction written all over his face.

“What else do you want from my son Neera, aren’t you supposed to be leaving now?” Piper must be counting seconds now. If she could she could have literally carried me and thrown me out of the house.

“Yes Neera, are you rethinking your decision? Don’t tell me you want to change your mind about divorcing my husband.” Valen sneers. “Just shut up, I wasn’t talking to you home wrecker.”

“Mind your words and tell me what you want, I want you out of this house with less drama.” Edward says and I can feel that he really is tired of my presence. Everyone is tired of my presence in this house. I know I only want what rightfully belongs to me.

I clear my throat and looks at him directly in his eyes, I have nothing to lose. “I want the money you made from selling the house.” He narrows his eyes dangerously at me. “Which house?” Has he already forgotten?

“Edward, did you sell a house without telling me about it. I thought we were open and trusted each other?” Valen says snuggling closer to Edward. “Valen, I don’t know which house she might be talking about.”

“Edward, I am talking about my parents house. I need the money now before I go.” “Oh,” Valen remarks. I don’t want to stay near these people any longer. “I thought we had settled this matter already. Why are you bringing this up right now?” Edward says. He must be joking. “Are you serious?” I ask because I don’t understand how he thinks we settled this. This is the money he made from selling my house we are talking about.

“If you think for a second you are going to get a dime from me young lady, you must be dreaming,” he says shattering all my hopes.

“Neera, you keep forgetting how this family has been there for you. First, it was your expensive wedding which you or your family never spent anything on. Then your parents funerals which Edward took care of without asking for anything in return. We have been taking care of you ever since but you only took advantage of our kindness by playing around with other men. Edward pardoned you and only brought in someone who would respect him but you went ahead and attempted to kill her, not even minding my unborn grandson. Why don’t you just leave and let us be in peace as we were before?” Piper pleads with me but I think she might be out of her mind. Does she really think I never cared about this family?

“I cared for this family more than I even cared for my own. I quit my job and took full responsibility of this house without any questions. I came to realize that you never cared about me or anything I did, you only wanted to fulfil your grandfather’s wish by marrying me. I hate that I agreed to this arrangement. You have ruined my life Edward. Why don’t you just have some conscience and give me what’s mine?”

“I ruined your life? No, you are the worst mistake I ever made. Now, about the house, you have made it clear that you aren’t getting anything from me yourself.”

“Me? How? I don’t get it.”

“You agreed to everything by signing those papers before you Neera. Dan, please make her understand,” Edward says. Dan clears his throat and takes the papers into his hands.NôvelDrama.Org exclusive content.

He opens a page and goes on to tell me what I didn’t want to hear. “Ma’am, this here states that by signing, you agree to not have anything from Edward, anything that belongs to him directly or indirectly. After the divorce, you don’t get to have anything from him.”

“What? But Edward, that was my house and you clearly know that? Why are you doing this to me?” I wonder why he hates me so much.

“You should learn to read before signing anything Neera. Moreover, I am a business man, everything is like a transaction to me. Now, you should leave here this minute.” He says without even showing mercy to me.

“Mother, please make Edward understand. Where will I go without anything?” I plead with Piper. “That is your business Neera. You are no longer part of this family so wherever you go should not bother me. Just leave already.”

“Mother please.”

“I am not your mother! You should have thought about that when you cheated on my son. It seems you weren’t taught manners by your mother. Why don’t you go and ask her how to behave as someone’s wife? If she did then we wouldn’t be having this conversation.” How dare she?

“Don’t talk about my mother like that. She was the most beautiful soul I know.” Tears are now threatening to fall. “Spare me that talk and leave Neera. Do you want me to call the police on you? Right now you are invading private property,” Piper says.

“Thank you Dan for today,” Edward says shaking the lawyers hands. They leave and I take it as a clue to leave as well. With Piper threatening me and given the status of this family, I should be cautious because she can’t be lying. I walk up the stairs to my room to collect whatever belongs to me and leave this house. Tears are now falling freely down my face as I think about what Piper said. Maybe I couldn’t be here if my mother was still alive. I could have left a long time ago and not stay here and be humiliated like this.