A Disqualified Family
I always knew my family hated me. But when I
lost my baby sister at twelve, they banished
me to a foreign country.
After four years of scraping by in the slums, I
was finally dying.
I called my brother, begging for money to buy
painkillers, only to find out I had been
blocked.
Reborn on the day my sister disappeared, I don’t hesitate to run away from this twisted family.
Except this time, the people who never saw
me before have lost their minds.
- 1.
It happened again. I’m back, reliving the day Lily vanished.
Last time, she told me she needed to pee and to wait for her.
I waited. And waited. Hours went by, and I
was crying my eyes out, frantically searching.
I didn’t know she was right there, watching me panic and laughing her little head off.
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When Mom and Dad found out I lost her,
Mom didn’t hesitate. She slapped me so hard,
my ears rang. Her eyes were full of hate.
“You can’t even watch your own sister? What good are you? You’re just extra baggage!“________
I was stunned, but Mom’s words cut deep. “Extra baggage” really hit home.
The Jones family has three kids. My older brother, Carter, is responsible and the heir to the family fortune. Lily is a spoiled brat and the apple of Mom and Dad’s eye.
And then there’s me, Rain Jones, the invisible girl.
Mom and Dad hated that I was quiet and
didn’t fawn over them like Lily. They hated
that I wasn’t as pretty.
My grades sucked too, not like my genius
brother. I was worthless.
Carter used to throw me in the basement as punishment every time I messed up.
Claustrophobic, I would beat on the door, my nails ripping.
The door had layers of blood and scratches, souvenirs from Rain Jones‘ five to twelve years old.
Carter said I was just being dramatic about
the dark. He claimed I’d get used to it.
I passed out in the basement that day. Later, Lily walked in like nothing had happened.
She burst into tears and ran to Mom and Dad, claiming, “Rain said she’d buy me cotton candy, and then she disappeared!”
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“I was so scared! I thought I’d never see you again!”
