Chapter 36

''I'm going to pick up my debt,'' Harold replied when he looked at Lily's injured face.

Lily's face contoured in thought.

She wondered if Harold was going to make trouble with her stepsister, all because of her. Her stepsister was definitely too small for Harold to think about, and she hoped that he would not give her that undue attention. Her sister was no match for Harold, for him to come all the way to her family house to look for her.

By the time they were at the entrance of Lily's family house, she felt as if she would pass out. Her heart started to beat faster than it should have.

She weighed in on the issue.

If her sister got married to Jermaine Bamak, she, Lily, would eventually become the younger wife in the Bamak family.