Love is unrequited ch 4

Love is unrequited ch 4
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By the time the happy familyreturned from 

enrolling Lily in school, I had already moved 

my belongings to the spare maid’s room

vacating my old bedroom. Not to be 

magnanimous, but to preserve my own space

My father patted my head. “Good girl

Ashley,he said

A younger child might have been pleased by 

this praise. But I understood the underlying message: to be his good girl,I had to be 

like them, constantly sympathetic to Lily

sacrificing my own happiness for hers

Lily barged into my old room, her face paling 

at the sight of my art supplies, a complete set 

my parents had bought me. She rushed to my 

mother, sobbing dramatically

I want to paint like AshleyI want to be 

carefree like her‘ 

” 

My mother looked at me, hesitant. Ashley

honey,she finally said, could you put your 

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art supplies away for now? Just toyou 

knowspare Lily’s feelings?” 

Here we go again. Since Lily’s arrival, my 

space, both physical and emotional, had been 

constantly shrinking, to the point where

wasn’t even allowed my hobbies and dreams

It had been the same in my past life. Lily’s 

eyes couldn’t handle extended periods of 

drawing, so I was forced to curtail my own

artistic pursuits. Despite being the daughter 

of a painter, I wasn’t allowed to buy art 

supplies freely or attend classes, simply 

because it might upset Lily. Yet, Lily could 

snuggle up to my father, learning to paint 

from him directly. Each of her artworks was 

meticulously framed, while mine were hidden 

away

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The injustice had culminated during our 

college entrance exams for art school. Lily

experiencing an episode with her eyes mid- 

exam, couldn’t complete her piece. When 

submitting our work, she switched our names

When the results came out, I instantly 

recognized the outstanding piece attributed 

to Lily as my own. I begged my parents to 

intervene, but they simply comforted the 

hysterically crying Lily, urging me to be 

magnanimous

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Ashley, you can retake the exam next year, they had said. But Lily’s running out of time. You know her eyes could give out any day.” 

Lily’s had such a hard life. Just let her have 

this. You can definitely get in next year!” 

Easy for them to say. They had no idea how 

much time and effort I, the less talented one

had secretly poured into practicing, drawing 

in the dark every night, almost ruining my own

eyesight

She’s stolen my parents, and now she wants 

to steal my future?!I had screamed. Give 

me back my place, or I’ll leave this house and 

never come back!” 

My outburst only earned me a slap from my enraged father. If Lily’s eyes weren’t failing, you think you’d stand a chance against her? You have no talent! You’d just be at the 

bottom of the class at art school!” 

I couldn’t believe those words had come from 

my own father

losing to an adopted daughter with

disability. My artistic dreams shattered, I led

mediocre life

Now, reborn, I felt no passion for art. So, in 

front of my parents, I threw my art supplies in 

the trash. My father’s face darkened, but 

knowing they were in the wrong, he and Lily 

left without a word

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