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
hell out of my sight
eyes and
my eyes widened in disbelief. I had a hard time fathoming the rationale
brimming with tears. The emotions I had
had to resist the urge to confront my mom. She tried her best to
I expressed my apology once again, “Mom, I’m so
my sight immediately! You’re
my apology at all. Instead, she dragged me out of the ward with all her might, indicating she deemed me liable for Steven’s
can you say that? I’ll always be your daughter! How can you chase me away when you need someone by your
wasn’t of much help, I wasn’t the one at fault! I can’t believe she’s chasing me
you when we need you the most? Since you can’t be of much help, stop considering yourself a member of the
me for not being able to resolve the issue on the family’s behalf.
current situation? Does she think I’m having a great
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,
me accountable for
have been working for years! I’m sure you’re able to make more than a few hundred thousand within a year! You’re just
would convince her otherwise since she had already decided that I was the one responsible for the
caught her staring at me with contempt. I wondered if she would react the same if I was the one heavily injured instead of
I was the breadwinner of the family, yet an accident was
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