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I'm an Outsider in My Own Home

I'm an Outsider in My Own Home

Maikling Kwento · Mafia
By:  Seven SevensKumpleto
Language: English
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Synopsis

Remorse Family

Familial Bond

Plot Twists

Counter Attack

Mafia

Bias

Karma

Awakening

We have a family group chat meant for the core members only. It's named "the Coppola family". The ones in the group are my father, my mother, my oldest brother, Fabio Coppola; my second brother, Luca Coppola, and my little sister, Francesca Coppola. Oh, that's not all. Fabio's bloodhound, Fido; Luca's ragdoll, Neve; and Francesca's fancy rat, Pico, are members of the group chat too. I'm the only one who's not included in that group. There's once when I ask Francesca, "Can you add me into the group?" She's in the middle of feeding Pico at that time. Without bothering to glance at me, she replies, "That group is meant for insiders only. Wouldn't you feel awkward if you were to join the group, Valentina?" I just look at Pico, who keeps screeching in Francesca's arms. It has a special nickname and the right to speak up in the family group. To think that I, the Coppolas' biological daughter, am nothing compared to a fancy rat.

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Chapter 1

In the Coppola family, every kid but me was a genius.

Fabio Coppola was intellectually gifted, able to ace any exam with ease. In elementary school, he developed a game that went viral online and now controlled the family's vast financial empire.

Luca Coppola was exceptionally talented in sports. No matter the event, he could take home gold. In the future, he would take over the family's Soldato training.

As for Francesca Coppola, she could sing and dance beautifully and was a hugely popular influencer adored by fans. Everyone knew our family spoiled her.

Even Pico, the family's pet rat, had a dedicated bodyguard watching over it around the clock.

I was the only invisible person in the family, the one with no presence whatsoever.

Last weekend, my family held a party at our own club.

Francesca was in a booth chatting with Greta Grasso, a daughter from a family we do business with.

Greta was brimming with curiosity and admiration for everything about my family and kept pressing Francesca for details about our household.

Francesca enthusiastically took out her phone and scrolled through her photo album, introducing Papa, Mamma, Fabio, Luca, and herself one by one. Then, she showed off Fido, Neve, and Pico.

Eight photos, each clearly introduced, with me being the only one missing.

Greta was a bit puzzled. "Wait, how come I've heard you actually have another sister?"

Francesca lifted her glass and slowly took a sip. Then, she replied dismissively, "Oh, she doesn't count as family."

I was standing less than five feet away in the shadows, holding the drink I was about to deliver to Francesca.

I never imagined that the woman I'd called my sister for 20 years could so casually erase my existence in front of an outsider.

That night, Francesca's remark quickly spread among the guests.

People's glances toward me started to turn strange.

Finally, someone cautiously approached Papa for confirmation.

With a cigar between his fingers, Papa replied without even looking up, "It's just a joke between the girls. There's no need to read too much into it."

A joke, huh?

He neither vindicated me nor reprimanded Francesca for her loose tongue. With one casual sentence, he thoroughly erased my entire identity and dignity.

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Chapter 1
In the Coppola family, every kid but me was a genius.Fabio Coppola was intellectually gifted, able to ace any exam with ease. In elementary school, he developed a game that went viral online and now controlled the family's vast financial empire.Luca Coppola was exceptionally talented in sports. No matter the event, he could take home gold. In the future, he would take over the family's Soldato training.As for Francesca Coppola, she could sing and dance beautifully and was a hugely popular influencer adored by fans. Everyone knew our family spoiled her.Even Pico, the family's pet rat, had a dedicated bodyguard watching over it around the clock.I was the only invisible person in the family, the one with no presence whatsoever.Last weekend, my family held a party at our own club.Francesca was in a booth chatting with Greta Grasso, a daughter from a family we do business with.Greta was brimming with curiosity and admiration for everything about my family and kept pressing F
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Chapter 2
My family had always been strict with their rules, and the weekly family long-table dinner was the most direct expression of that.Papa always sat at the head of the table, the seat that symbolized absolute dominion. On either side, arranged in order were Mamma, Fabio, Luca, and the utterly spoiled Francesca.Fido sat on the handwoven rug at Fabio's feet, Neve rested on a velvet-cushioned chair, and the spot next to Francesca was Pico's exclusive high chair.Even the three pets had their own seats of honor at the table, as Mamma said this helped them integrate into the family.Meanwhile, I—the eldest daughter—had to huddle on a folding chair shoved at the very end. The seat was so far from the dishes that I usually had to half-stand like a fool, stretching my arm out as far as it'd go.The humiliation from the party had lodged in my heart like a thorn.Today, for the first time ever, I felt a flicker of rebellious defiance.Half an hour before dinner, I dragged the folding chair
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Chapter 3
I knew Francesca had never considered me as family. When she first started at an elite school, the headmaster, Carlo Basso, personally came to the house to register her.When filling in the family members section, Francesca counted on her manicured fingers and smiled sweetly."There's Papa, Mamma, Fabio, Luca, and me. That makes exactly five of us."Papa and Mamma gazed at her adoringly, and Mr. Basso chimed in with a flurry of flattery.Not one of them corrected her.I stood off to the side like a maid, holding her heavy designer schoolbag for her.Another time, I used money I'd saved up for ages to buy a limited-edition vinyl record. When the package arrived, Francesca was right in the middle of filming a video with gifts from her fans scattered all over the floor.She stared at the box with my name on it for three seconds, then turned around and tossed it straight out the window.I rushed downstairs, only to find the crushed remains of the record on the road.While grooming
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Chapter 4
As for Mamma and Papa, it wasn't that I never tried to win them over.Back in school, desperate for Papa's approval, I studied from dawn till dusk and finally earned the top score in my grade.When I excitedly handed him my report card, he was on the phone discussing business. He just gave it a cursory glance and then casually placed it into a pile of scrap paper.That same day, Fabio merely tossed his exam paper—which also had the top score—onto the table with indifference, and Papa was so delighted he cracked open a good bottle of wine."Now that's my son."Papa raised his wine glass and looked straight past me at Fabio, not sparing me a flicker of attention.…Last night, I had a sudden, severe allergic reaction.Large red hives broke out all over my body, my throat swelled severely, and even breathing became incredibly difficult.Fighting the agony of suffocation, I dialed the number for the family's private medical team to beg for help.But the line that was supposed to
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Chapter 5
My first night away from home was spent on the thin, stiff mattress of a school dorm bed.As I listened to the occasional police sirens passing by outside the window, I actually felt an unprecedented sense of peace.I no longer had to endure being summoned and scolded at any moment, wait on those prized pets, or win over people who never once looked at me with warmth.It was the first time in 20 years I felt like I could really breathe.A few days later, Fabio's name lit up on my phone screen.When I answered, he still spoke in his usual commanding tone. "Take my suit to the dry cleaners.""I haven't been home for a long time now," I said, my voice surprisingly calm."You're not in your room?" The sound of keyboard tapping on the other end paused for a moment."Find someone else to do your chores from now on."With that, I hung up without hesitation.After that, he never called again—just as I figured.Half a month later, Francesca called too. Her first words weren't to ask
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Chapter 6
A month later, I found a job at a small local ad agency.The base pay was meager, and after I did the math, I found that it barely covered the rent for the basement.My boss, Stefano Pavan, talked a big game about flexible working hours. But in reality, he treated me like cheap labor around the clock. If an email came in at 3:00 am, I had to drag myself out of bed and get to work.Still, I kept posting on my blog. In fits and starts, I wrote about the quiet bitterness of those on the margins of society and the moments they were made to feel invisible.One day, I typed out, "In that lavish estate, all the applause and spotlight belonged to them. I was nothing more than a superfluous ornament—fit only to stand in the shadows and watch in silence."That post went viral without any warning.Within moments, tens of thousands of comments flooded in. Countless people wrote that my words mirrored their own feelings of being abandoned by their family.As I read those comments, I suddenly
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Chapter 7
It all started when someone online put a screenshot from my interview side by side with a photo of Francesca and posted it with the caption, "Has no one noticed how much these two look alike?"One was a misfit dissecting the wounds of family trauma, and the other was the internet's darling who could do no wrong.The comment section erupted instantly.It didn't take long for someone to dig up a video secretly taken at the club party months ago.In the footage, Francesca held a glass of champagne and said dismissively, "Oh, she doesn't count as family."Although Papa had said at the party not to read too much into things, the video still found its way online.When it first surfaced, my family had thrown a fortune into suppressing it. They brushed it off with a statement calling it "a joke between Francesca and me", all to protect her image.Now, that flimsy cover-up of a statement and the video itself were being unearthed again, matching up with the details in my blog with eerie p
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Chapter 8
I looked Fabio straight in the eye."Every time you worked late at the office until 3:00 am, I was the one who stayed up to bring you coffee. Once, while you were on a transnational video conference, someone on the other end happened to ask about the girl bringing you coffee in the frame."And you answered in fluent Briton, 'Oh, her? She's just the new cleaning lady the family hired. I gotta tell you though, she's clumsy as hell.' Did you really think I couldn't understand a single word?"Fabio's face went rigid in an instant.I turned to Luca. He instinctively took half a step back, his gaze darting away."When you were 15 years old and had just joined the national team, a heavy rainstorm hit during training. I ran several blocks to bring you an umbrella. You thought I looked too shabby and embarrassing."So, you snatched the umbrella from my hands and told your teammates I was some poor relative of the bodyguard. I ran back home in the pouring rain and came down with a raging f
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Chapter 9
Later, Papa deployed the family's PR team to release an official statement online.The gist was that our family had always enjoyed a harmonious relationship, and that my blog was nothing more than a fictional persona crafted for literary purposes.But he was quickly proven wrong by the internet, because in a mansion that big, there wasn't a single family portrait with me in it.At the same time, my old classmates from school began to step forward and call the statement into question.The comment section under Fabio's Instagram post was completely overrun."Fabio, is Valentina really your sister? Then, why did you refuse to give her a crest pin that could prove her connection to you back then?"Luca was hit even harder. One of his former teammates replied directly to a post, "So that girl who brought you the umbrella in the pouring rain wasn't actually some poor relative of your bodyguard? You told us she was a maid and left her in the rain until she came down with a raging fever.
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Chapter 10
In that shabby old apartment building, I built a life more fulfilling than anything I'd ever known.The hallway leading to my basement entrance was now strung with the stained-glass lamps I'd made with my own hands. At night, each one of them glowed with warm, colorful light.I fixed up an old bench my neighbor had thrown out, painted it a vintage deep blue, and placed it beneath Isabella's windowsill.She grumbled about all the racket I was making. But the very next day, she brought out a cushion and sat on that bench, reading her newspaper in the sun.Later on, I also posted about this chapter of my life on the blog.I wrote about the apple pie that warmed me to the core, about the hallway light left on for me late at night, and about the eccentric old woman who always left me late-night snacks whenever I worked overtime.That post shattered every viewership record on the internet.The comment with the most likes read, "Turns out, family isn't defined by blood. Instead, it's s
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