My heart skipped a beat when I saw my mother weeping. It was safe to assume that Steven must have been gravely injured.

As I dragged my way over to the ward, I saw Steven lying on the bed. He was completely drenched in blood with a plaster cast applied to both his legs.

 

There was no way I could stand seeing him in such a state no matter how much I was irked by his actions. After all, at the end of the day, he was my only sibling.

I strode toward his bedside, staring at him, and noticing that he was bruised all over, especially his face. Although my parents hadn’t sustained any serious injury, they weren’t exactly fine.

What the heck is wrong with that brutal bunch? They didn’t pull their punches at all! How dare they beat Steven up to a pulp? Aren’t they afraid of being arrested?

 

“M-Mom…”

Overwhelmed by emotions, I was unable to finish my sentence.

Torrents of grief streamed down my cheeks. I approached my mother and looked at her with my face scrunched up in guilt.

 

Although it was Steven’s fault for getting himself involved, I felt bad as I wasn’t of much help. If only I was capable enough to turn the tables around, Steven wouldn’t have ended up heavily injured.

When she heard me, she stopped weeping and glared at me in the eyes. A few seconds later, she stood up and marched over in my direction.

 

“Mom, I’m so sorry—”

a chance to finish my sentence. She slapped me in the face without holding back

out of my sight

pair of teary eyes and bellowed at

to my senses, I looked at her with my eyes widened

face, my eyes started brimming with tears. The emotions I had been holding back almost came flooding

She tried her best to

I expressed my apology once again,

sight immediately! You’re not

by my apology at all. Instead, she dragged me out of the ward with all her might, indicating she deemed

daughter! How can you chase me away when you need someone

I wasn’t of much help, I wasn’t the one at fault! I can’t believe she’s chasing me away! Has she never thought of

help, stop considering yourself a member of the family! I’ll just consider it a

that she held a grudge against me for not being able to resolve the issue on the family’s behalf. In another word, she held me accountable

situation?

I looked at her in the eyes and repeated, “Mom, haven’t I made it clear? I don’t have

to hold me accountable for the

for years! I’m sure you’re able to make more than a few hundred thousand within a year! You’re just selfish and unwilling to help your

convince her otherwise since she had already decided that I was the one responsible for the misery that had befallen

cold when I caught her staring at me with contempt. I wondered if she would react

family, yet an accident was all

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