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.

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

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

the bag of food, unblinking. She wondered why they insisted on watching her eat her breakfast. 'Is there something in the breakfast?'

a steamed bun cautiously and ate it. So far, there wasn't any reaction from her parents. When she picked up the

said Emily. Emily looked at the soybean milk, and then took a

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

them out the door, before shutting the door behind her

Emily faked drinking the soybean milk in front of her

her finger

mouth. With a sickly white expression on her face, she looked at

She eagerly hoped that Jack was lying

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

afraid of being proven wrong by the result...

we need more time to make some comprehensive tests..."

like a statue on the bench. Benumbed, her

wanted to poison her

meant, Jack wasn't lying...

coming in hitching gasps. 'Why would

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

was Emily to them?

bother to discard? Did they have the right to treat her like a dog and take her for granted, just because they