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—”

I wasn’t even given a chance to finish my sentence. She slapped

out of

of teary eyes and bellowed

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

my mother’s scrunched-up face, my eyes started brimming with tears. The emotions I had

Natalie had to resist the urge to confront my mom. She tried her best to maintain her composure and asked, “Hey, how could

apology once again,

out of my sight immediately!

me out of the ward with all her

you say that? I’ll always be your daughter! How can you chase me away when you need someone

wasn’t the one at fault! I can’t believe she’s chasing me away! Has she

are you when we need you the most? Since you can’t be of much help, stop considering yourself a member of the family! I’ll just

not being able to resolve the issue on the

the one at fault for the family’s current situation? Does she think I’m having a great time when

clear? I don’t have the required sum! Over

accountable for the things that

you’re able to make more than a few

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

with contempt. I wondered if she would react the same

I was the breadwinner of the family, yet an accident

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