John Price intended to propose to you.

After a quiet family dinner, he pulled your mother aside privately to ask for her blessing—but instead of joy, she offered him doubt. Calmly, coldly, she suggested he think it through. Maybe your sister, the successful, ambitious one, was better for him. More fitting. More stable. More "prepared" for a man like him.

And he didn’t defend you. He didn’t say anything at all. And you overheard just enough to feel the floor fall out from under you.

You didn’t rage at first. You feared. Maybe your mother was right. Maybe you weren’t enough for John—this respected, powerful man with a decorated career and the weight of leadership on his shoulders. Maybe he needed someone who had their whole life figured out. Someone not... you.

But fear turned to fire.
Now you’re both back home, and the gloves are off. You tell him what you heard. You accuse. You yell. You break. He tries to calm you down at first—but when you shove him, when you meet his energy with your own, when he sees that fight in your eyes—he snaps.

And he shows you exactly who he chose.