ASHLEY
How in the world did my family get to the point where the media gets wind of my brother's engagement being called off BEFORE I do? I have a trillion questions for Ashton but I save them for later seeing as father has had him on the hot seat for close to three hours since I returned from work.
Ashton sits upright in the chair with a bland expression on his face while father yells, badgering him with questions. Mother is somewhere upstairs consoling Mila but too afraid to assure her that Ashton would change his mind. The rest of my brothers are with me in father's study, taking turns to grill Ashton for his rash decision which could affect us in more ways than one.
"How could you just wake up and decide to break off your engagement with the daughter of the CEO of Spellman Group? Were you drunk or high? What made you think that's a decision you can arbitrarily make?" Father thunders.