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—”
even given a chance to finish my sentence. She slapped me in the face without holding back the
out of my
pair of teary eyes
my senses, I looked at her with my eyes widened in disbelief. I had a
eyes started brimming with tears. The emotions I had been
had to resist the urge to confront my mom. She tried her best to maintain her composure
expressed my apology once
out of my sight immediately! You’re not
she dragged me out of the ward with all her might, indicating she deemed me
be your daughter! How can you chase me away when you need someone by your
much help, I wasn’t the one at fault! I can’t believe she’s chasing me away! Has she never
can’t be of much help, stop considering yourself a member of the family! I’ll
was evident 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
that I’m the one at fault for the family’s current situation?
clear? I don’t have the required sum! Over the years, I have given you
accountable for
more than a few
was nothing I could say that would convince her otherwise since she had already decided that I was the one responsible for the misery that
cold when I caught her staring at me with contempt. I wondered if she would react the same if I was the one heavily injured instead of
yet an accident was all it took to nullify
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