To stop them from bothering me, I took out
$3,000.
“Mom, Dad, this is my allowance. Use it to
pay off some of the debt.”
“What can you do with that little money?!”
Mom took the money anyway.
I clutched my shirt and said, “Mom, Dad,
maybe I shouldn’t go to school.
Even if I can’t help much, I can wash dishes.
At least I can earn something.”
They knew I couldn’t give them anything else.
I went back to my room and went to sleep.
This time, I could just sit back and watch the
show.
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- 14.
The rest of the creditors came to the house
one after another.
They wrote on the door with red paint, left
dead mice, or smashed the door.
The family was disturbed, and Mom had a
nervous breakdown.
I ran away from home, saying I was working.
I had a little allowance, but not much.
I knew how to get through this crisis.
But I didn’t want that family to get what they
wanted.
Instead of helping them, I should keep the
benefits for myself.
That family wasn’t having an easy time.
I made Mom’s jewelry and bags worth money.
They all went to work.
They were looking for relations to attempt to
reverse the crisis, just like me and my father.
How could I let them get past the crisis and
back to their old life?
The three of them pushed me off the balcony.
I’ll never forget the image of my mom
squeezing my neck and pushing me out the
window.
“You want to fight with your brother over the
inheritance?
Stop struggling, just go! This is your brother
and sister–in–law’s family.”
I didn’t enjoy anything in this family.
They favored Ethan.
They planned an escape route for everyone,
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except me.
I was already coming from hell.
I had to push them down.
- 15.
I heard that they were planning to run away
again.
They were so sick, I wanted to scream.
Of course, they had decided to sacrifice me
again.
Before I was called back home, I called a
man.
I picked up the phone and called a bad man.
“Who?!”
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He almost raped me in my past life.
I would sell him the information.
They both needed money.
I used a voice changer and said, “The Zhous
owe you money. Do you want it or not?”
The man became excited.
He used curses. “Of course I want it! Those
animals aren’t giving me anything!”
“They don’t have any money. How can they
pay you back?”
I talked about the fact that they had just
given another man one million.
He got angry and wanted to find them.
I laughed and said they were planning to run
away.
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“How do you know so much?”
I didn’t answer and hung up.
People will do anything if they’re desperate.
He only had two paths.
Take the money or turn into a stray dog like
my parents.
He was in a worse situation.
I stared at the phone number.
Don’t let me down.
- 16.
When I got home, the family had cooked a
feast.
My mom was putting food on my plate. “I’m
so sorry. You can’t keep going to school.”
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It didn’t matter, they would have to pay me
back soon.
“Eat a lot. You’ve been so tired. You’re so
thin.”
I had almost never seen this kind of
gentleness.
“Ashley, your dad and I discussed it. You’re
so young. You don’t need to work and pay off
our debts.”
