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—”
finish my sentence. She slapped me in the face without holding back the moment she reached my
the hell out of my
yelled at me with a pair of teary eyes and bellowed at me to leave the ward
at her with my eyes widened in disbelief. I had a hard time
scrunched-up face, my eyes started brimming with tears. The emotions I had been holding back almost came
the urge to confront my mom. She tried her best to maintain her composure
once
my sight immediately!
dragged me out of
I’ll always be your daughter! How can you chase me away when you need someone
help, I wasn’t the one at fault! I can’t believe she’s
considering yourself a member of the family! I’ll just
against me for not being able to resolve the
situation? Does she think I’m having a
I looked at her in the eyes and repeated, “Mom, haven’t I made it clear? I don’t have the required sum! Over the years, I have given you everything! I don’t even
accountable
been working 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
could say that would convince her otherwise since she had already decided that
staring at me with contempt. I wondered if she would react the same if I was the one heavily injured instead of
family, yet an accident was all
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