Mom held her precious, long–lost darling, sobbing. When she heard what Lily said, her eyes turned to me with pure hatred.
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“Why did I even give birth to that evil little
bitch? I should have strangled her at birth!”
They dragged me out of the basement, and
all I saw were the cold, emotionless faces of
my family.
Lily, just ten years old, gave me a smug little
smile before dropping the bomb that would
ruin my life.
“Mommy, Daddy, I don’t want to see Rain
anymore. I’m scared she’ll abandon me
again.”
And just like that, Mom and Dad exiled me
overseas. They wanted me to never find my
く
way back home.
They said I owed it to Lily, that I needed to
feel the same fear and helplessness she felt.
Their only mercy was sending a nanny with me, along with some money.
But they didn’t know that the nanny would abuse me the entire time.
As soon as we landed in America, she stole
all the money and ran, leaving me alone in the slums.
I spent four years in hell, calling them over and over, but they always hung up.
Eventually, at sixteen, ravaged by hardship, I
was dying of terminal cancer.
I had no money for treatment, no money for
pain meds.
The pain was excruciating. I spent my days coughing up blood, chunks of my insides.
I called my brother, begging for money for painkillers.
I wasn’t even asking to come home anymore.
just wanted some relief.
But I was already blocked.
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I died in a foreign land on a snowy night,
consumed by pain and resentment.
This time, I won’t crave their love.
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I will run. I won’t let Lily Jones ruin my life.
- 2.
Except Lily won’t let go of my hand. She
