9.
That night, I went back to my room early,
leaving them space.
I couldn’t sleep.
The thought of them finally getting a taste of
the hell I had to go through was too exciting.
Last time, my only way out was to get the
company back on its feet.
I was barely an adult at the time.
To sign a deal, I, who had never drank before,
put down half a pint of Baijiu.
After the dinner, I squatted by the side of the
road, forcing myself to throw up.
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It wasn’t uncommon to get stood up in the
summer, and wait in the scorching sun for
two hours.
The creditors came up with a million ways to
collect.
They wrote on our front door with red paint,
smashed things, and even broke into our
house and tried to force me to do
threesomes.
During the time I was almost raped, Mom and
Dad were lying right next to me, motionless.
I couldn’t imagine what was going through
their heads.
They always favored my brother.
Their behavior had made me numb.
But that time, I was almost raped in front of
them!
My own parents just lay there!
Later, I worked at a diner, then DJed at a
nightclub, and finished the night delivering
food.
That was normal for me.
I had worked hard for three years.
I paid off our debts and the company started
to recover.
That was when Mom and Dad started to wake
up.
I cried myself to sleep so many nights,
thinking that I was finally getting a break.
But two months after the company recovered,
the “dead” Ethan came home.
He had a woman and a little boy.
Facing my shocked expression, he said, “This
is your sister–in–law.
This is your nephew.”
Mom and Dad were ecstatic.
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Just as I was about to land a huge deal, Mom
and Dad told me to step down.
“Your brother is the eldest son, the only man.
He’s the pillar of this family.”
“He should have inherited the company. Be a
good girl.”
“Your brother’s always been good to you. You
wouldn’t fight with him over the family
fortune, would you?”
I wanted to talk to my brother, but I overheard
that horrific truth.
That family pushed me off the balcony
without hesitation.
I was 21 years old when I died.
Now, I could finally watch them go through all
that pain.