265 HE WAS NOT THE SAME

"You can't abandon her like that," Sol protested at his father. He hated Jasmine for everything that she had done to him and all the spiteful words that were thrown at him during all those years, but no matter what, she was still his sister and knowing she was left alone in the den of wolves left him more restless than he imagined. It was simply not something that he wished to happen to her.

Archie stood up from his seat, and glared sternly at his only son. He always wished that he would become his most suitable successor, but as the time went by, he found out that he would even be glad if his son just had half of Jasmine's guts. He would have thrown away Sol to do whatever he wanted if only Jasmine was born as a man.

As dismaying as it sounded, Archie was the embodiment of patriarchy. He valued his son over his daughters, though Sol became his constant disappointment, despite all the things that he had done for him.