Yarin's POV:
My willfulness made Lily's situation worse. Running away from home was her only way to get a temporary release, but I made it impossible.
I made Lily an 'abductor'. Although no judge had pronounced this crime, to Aunt Teresa, who viewed her daughter through prejudiced glasses, this crime had been confirmed. Even Lily's disappearance had become a prank that could be used to vent her dissatisfaction.
This was not a story of the boy who cried wolf. Shepherds at least cherished their flock of sheep, but Lily's parents treated her like nothing.
"I don't usually tell others about our family matters," Alfred suddenly said. He was a rather tall teenager, and a year of military life was enough to make him muscular and serious. Therefore, when he became serious, it would unconsciously make others serious.
