LOGINMy favorite doll company just dropped a limited-edition ball-jointed doll, and I was ten thousand dollars short on the deposit. So, I whipped out my phone and tapped on my chat with my older brother, Damien. [Hey, Damien! Quick, I need ten thousand dollars to welcome the newest member of our family! Xoxo] Ten minutes later, my phone finally buzzed. I checked it with a massive grin on my face, but my usually doting brother’s reply was out of character. [You’re way too young to be a homewrecker. Just wait until I get you. You’re going to get what's coming to you.] I was confused. I was just starting to wonder if Damien’s account had been hacked when a furious pounding rattled my front door. As soon as I opened the door, a strange woman barged in and slapped me across the face. “You’re the one who clings to my boyfriend and begs him for money, aren’t you? Oh, you want thirty thousand dollars? How about I buy you a cemetery plot instead? How about I throw a whole funeral for you?" I held my burning cheek, unable to believe what was happening. So, this was my brother’s girlfriend? Well, congratulations. You just threw away any chance of ever marrying into the Fischer family.
View MoreAfter the family doctor left, Damien had just changed the bandages on my hand when the bedroom door was pushed open. My mother rushed in first, and her eyes were red. She reached out, wanting to touch the bruises on my face, but then hesitated and pulled her hand back.“Does it hurt?” she asked.I shook my head. Tears immediately started streaming down her face, and she turned her head away to wipe them.My father followed behind her without saying a word. He stood at the head of the bed and stared down at me for a long time. He placed the thermos he was carrying onto the nightstand, unscrewed the lid, and warm steam from the chicken soup rose.He stirred it with a spoon and brought it to my lips. I opened my mouth and took a sip, but I hissed from the heat. He quickly pulled the spoon back, blew on it twice, and offered it to me again.Damien stood at the doorway, leaning against the frame with his arms crossed, a look of regret written on his face. My parents ignored him, though
Damien lost his grip on the coffee cup, which fell onto the table, spilling dark brown liquid everywhere. The smile froze on his face. He looked as if he had been turned to stone, his eyes staring fixedly at the screen without blinking.As silence befell the room, Howard pushed the camera a little closer, magnifying my unconscious face on the screen.“If I hadn’t thought about coming over to check on Pia today, nobody would have known she was being bullied like this,” Howard said.Damien’s voice came through the phone. “Who bullied her? Who did this?”Damien’s voice dropped even lower than before. It was so low that it sounded as if a knife were being forced out of his throat.“Who had the nerve to touch my sister?”Grace’s phone slipped out of her pocket. With a loud clack, it hit the floor, and a huge crack spread across the screen. She stepped back until her back was pressed against the cabinet. Her lips parted, but nothing came out of her mouth.The phone in Lucy’s hand drop
“Turn it off.”Howard’s voice wasn’t loud, but Lucy’s hand holding the phone trembled anyway.“You think you can just tell me what to do?” Lucy shot back.“Say one more word about her. I dare you,” Howard said, taking a half-step forward before stepping back against the doorframe.Lucy’s lips twitched, but she didn’t say another word.Grace glared at her. “What are you afraid of? What can he possibly do to us? We’re the ones in the right here!”Howard glanced down at his watch and then looked back up toward the door. Outside, the hallway was silent, but his posture relaxed visibly as he leaned back against the doorframe.Grace clenched her fists tightly.“If you get out of my way right now, I won’t hold this against you,” she snapped. “But if you insist on standing in our way, don’t blame me for what happens next.”When Howard didn’t budge, Lucy leaned in and whispered something into Grace’s ear. Grace gritted her teeth, then raised her voice even louder. “Let me tell you so
Seeing Howard stopped by the two burly men, Grace swaggered over to him and sized him up.“Why aren’t you coming over? Go on, take a good look at this darling little sister of yours.”She gestured with her chin toward where I was lying on the floor.“Just a moment ago, your precious girl was calling another man on the phone. I bet she’s got a whole bunch of ‘brothers’ waiting in her contacts, huh?”Lucy walked around to Howard, holding her phone up and bringing the camera to his chin.“Hey, handsome. Let me tell you, this girl makes a living out of calling rich men her brother just to beg them for money. Don’t fall for her trap. Oh wait, you already did! Hahaha!”Howard ignored Lucy’s camera. He looked past the shoulders of the two large men, fixing his eyes entirely on me. His fingers clenched into a fist and then relaxed.The lanky man reached out and shoved Howard’s chest. “We’re asking you a question. What’s your relationship with her?”Howard raised his hand, brushing the






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