A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

The next morning, Debby and Andrew came to visit Emily in her apartment. They knocked on her door as if nothing had ever happened.

Ideally, they would have laid low for a few days, but Mark pressured them so much with fear and greed that they had to come for Emily again.

To their surprise, Emily opened the door this time without hesitation, even though she shot them an unfriendly glance, and said, "Dad, Mom, what are you doing here?"

"Emily, I'm glad to see you. We're sorry and we hope you don't blame us for what happened before. I've brought you some breakfast. Go ahead and eat it, before it gets cold," said Debby.

Puzzled, Emily looked at the warm breakfast in Debby's hand and said, "Sure. Just leave it there. Thanks."

The couple were expecting a different kind of response from Emily, so they studied the dark beads of her eyes, doubtfully suspecting whether Emily knew what happened last night in the hospital.

'Surely Jack would have told her everything.

But it seems like she had no idea whatsoever!' Debby and Andrew thought.

Debby said tentatively, "Emily, when you were at the hospital last night, your father and I went to see you, but Jack went berserk and kicked us out... Did he tell you anything about that?"

"No," answered Emily. Emily hoped that Debby would willingly explain what had happened, and as long as her explanation was coherent and reasonable, she would believe them over Jack. "What's wrong? What happened?" she asked.

Emily's uncertainty relieved Debby's worries. Unperturbed, Debby confidently continued weaving her lies, "No, we just had an argument because Jack wasn't letting us see you. In the end we decided to avoid making a scene at the hospital and left."

Debby's eyes widened with feigned concern as she said, "Emily, you need to be more mindful of your health in the future..."

Strangely enough, Debby's words raced a shiver through her instead of making her feel better. Anxious, trickles of sweat ran down the back of her neck.

to get some rest, please," said Emily. Impatient, Emily interrupted Debby before she could finish and shooed

Debby stood her ground and said, "We will leave once you finish eating your

and glared at the bag of food, unblinking. She wondered why they insisted on watching her eat her breakfast. 'Is

When she picked up the

later. Please, go back now," said Emily. Emily looked at the soybean milk, and then took

at Emily closely and finally came to ease after seeing Emily take a sip of the soybean milk. "Emily, we need to go now. If you need anything, just remember to

Emily. Then she stood up and walked them out the door, before shutting the door behind

the soybean milk. Emily faked drinking the soybean milk in front of her parents to trick them.

it out, she washed her hand and stuck her finger down her throat to force herself to puke

With a sickly white expression on her face, she looked at the rest of the soybean milk in horror and said, "How is

in denial. She eagerly hoped that Jack

Emily took the rest of the soybean milk to the hospital to get it tested. She dreaded every second she had to wait for the results, but when it was time to face the music, she began to feel nauseous.

afraid of being proven

for the type of drugs, we need more time to make some comprehensive tests..." The chemist's voice rang in Emily's ears, but she couldn't hear anything as if deafened by shock and

a statue on the bench. Benumbed, her instincts had blocked the rest of the world out

really wanted to poison her

Jack wasn't

her breath coming in hitching gasps. 'Why

a family for so many years. Have they never felt an ounce of love for me?' Emily's heart cried. Emily disregarded that fact that Debby and Andrew, loved Tina over her.

was Emily to

right to treat her like a dog and take her for granted,