Chapter 10. The Famous Wedding

BARRY

I take the glass of rum that one of the waiters kindly brought me. I want to relax, today Kelly is marrying me, and I'm nervous, I really am, and I don't even know why. Today, my secretary will become my wife. I know this is a lie, it's part of a contract I proposed to Kelly myself, but being alone at this step in my life hurts, it stings my soul. I hate knowing that even though this is just a damn contract, it hurts me that my mother only came for the gossip and to take the money my dad left me, and not because she loved me and was interested in me. Mariana just wants me to give her some money that will relieve her debts and her cats in too expensive things that of course she can't afford.

My little heart fills with filicide at the thought that Kelly's family has now included me as another son. And while that thrills me, I know I can't have my real family, because they are constantly rejecting me, just as much as my mom and her family. I'm trying to