Chapter 103 The Price of Sympathy

Chapter 103 The Price of Sympathy

Mergan fell in his memory.

Maybe it was her sincerity that moved the heavens. The doctors had already told the family to prepare for the worst, but after she came back with the Cross Necklace, I miraculously woke up and eventually recovered.

I really did care about Lily like a little sister.

But as I got older, as feelings got more complicated, I started to feel something different.

I was ashamed of having romantic feelings for someone I called my foster sister. And after everything she supposedly did to our long–lost biological sister, I couldn’t forgive her.

What I really couldn’t accept was the fact that when I told her to get out–she really left. She never came back. Not once in over four years.

“I didn’t bully Lily…”

Mathilda sobbed for a while before choking out the words, “I admit the video is real. I stepped on Lily’s face.

But I did it because Lily did so many awful things to me. Bodger, Taylor, Mergan… do you remember when

head? I fell down the stairs at school and hit my

I told you it was an accident.

.. but it wasn’t. Lily pushed me.

“What?”

The three brothers all shouted at once.

“Mathilda, what did you say?”

you down the

“Yes.”

up again

it was a

that didn’t stop me from trying to twist the truth into something that would work in

mad at Lily, so I panicked and stepped on her. I swear, I never meant to hurt her… I care about you all. And I care about Lily. I wanted us to live peacefully together as a family. So even when she kept hurting me and humiliating me, I still wanted her to stay with us. I’m not a bad person. I’m

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luxurious vanity sat

grabbed it in a flash and slashed at her

“Mathilda!”

expressions shifted

ripped the razor from her

was fast enough that she only managed to cut

when they saw the tiny beads of blood on her wrist, their hearts

They all softened immediately.

please don’t

you wouldn’t hurt someone for no reason. If you lashed out at Lily, there

wrong too,” Taylor added. “I’ll never

was too harsh,” Mergan said. “I’m sorry. Forget about what the internet is saying. No matter how people try to smear your name, you’ll always be

“Mergan…”

collapsed into his arms, sobbing

more broken she looked, the guiltier

care of everything online and never let her

about Lily–that heartless thief. All they

were warm, comforting, and full

Mathilda couldn’t fully trust

about Lily, then why did Bodger still keep those silly birthday gifts

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