Chapter 59

"It's nearly midnight now, and I'm wondering if you're planning to stay out all night?" Joseph taunted Melissa purposely, finding that he could no longer tolerate her lack of moral boundaries. "Even if I stay out all night, I have my reasons, which I suppose are none of your business!" Melissa responded, finding Joseph's statements absurd. She was neither his family nor his girlfriend, so she saw no reason for him to constrain her freedom. "I hope you remember, your purpose here is to please our grandmother. If she sees you coming home tonight in a man's outfit, what do you think she would think?" Joseph looked at Melissa with a dismissive gaze, leaving no doubt about the kind of person he thought she was. Melissa pulled off the suit jacket she was wearing and threw it on the ground. "I don't care what she thinks, Joseph, I'm done playing this charade!" Even during her time pregnant abroad, or when she was a single mother, Melissa had never been subjected to such contempt. She found Jo