Chapter 199

• STANDING UP AGAINST THE FAMILY
• A long moment had passed, with silence engulfing them. If there was a moment in Ayana’s life that she felt in control of the situation since all that back and forth confrontations had broken up in the family, it was that particular moment. They did not feel intiminated; they all looked like they would go on their nees and ask for forgiveness, but they held back. They seemed a bit skepticalseemed like her boldness and warnings had gotten sinto their senses. of her. They seemed like her boldness and warnings had gotten sinto their senses.
• “I presume we have an understanding,” she continued when no one spoke, “and I am hoping I won’t have to drag anyone to the flames of hell because you will curse the fate that once made me a De’Mario!” She hissed, her words cold enough to shake even the devil himself.