Garin stormed out of his parents’ house, enraged. He had never been so close to physically fighting someone in his entire life. His parents had always been a bit fanatical about the Red Hood legacy but for the most part, they had let him live his life.
Now, now that he was finally happy, they thrust some vapid, blonde trust fund girl at him, expecting him to happily dive into a loveless marriage. He grit his teeth together, nearly wanting someone to follow him just so he had someone to unleash his anger upon.
No one came. Everyone else was happy to play their parts. Well, not Audrey but she was subtler than him. She would find a way out of this. His parents didn’t care what their children wanted. Audrey wasn’t even attracted to men, for god sake! And yet, sitting there on the couch, a man for her. They couldn’t at least extend the courtesy to choose someone she could at least tolerate.