"Why is it so alright for you and Antoine to do as you please, what you think is best for the family and for yourselves, and I can not?" Augustin pulled his hand away but didn't back off. "What about the betrayal of my own family? Who at the first trouble, left me behind, forgotten, with a second glance?" He was angry now, not so much at Aime though he wasn't helping. Emotions were too close to the surface.
"Do you want the Ambassador to send off his letter Aime? Do you still want to fight your battles on your own?" he hissed angrily. "I've never betrayed my family; I've tried to make you all safe by any means..." Augustin pulled up his shirt, showing the vast scar over his abdomen before tucking it back into his trousers. "Any means.... would it be better if I'd died? Is that what you want, to never see me again?"