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Her tears made her seem so pitiful, that my
dad softened.
“Okay, okay, that’s enough. It’s the
depression talking. Don’t overreact.”
“But what about your brother, can you try to help him?”
Polly shook her head sadly. “What can I do? I
don’t have any money. Tom won’t give me
any either.”
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My brother’s eyes lit up. “You do! Your dowry
and wedding gifts, you must have at least 30
grand right?”
My dad laughed, agreeing immediately. “That’s right! 30 grand would really help out, Polly, you have to lend it to your brother!”
Polly stood there in shock, sweat pouring
down her face.
“I… I need that money for a new place! I
already picked one out!”
“That’s BS, I heard you talking to your
husband, you guys didn’t have any plans to
buy a house. You just put that money in your
account.”
My brother got more and more agitated
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Polly, caught in her lie, became enraged, “So
what if I don’t want to? It’s my money!”
My dad was shocked at her outburst.
“Polly, how can you be so selfish? We’re
family, your brother always loved you the
most.”
“Family?”
Polly pointed at herself, laughing. “You think I
don’t know that I’m adopted? Jenny was your
real family!”
“You got everything you wanted from her.
And now you want to do the same thing to
me? No way!”
She started yelling, her face twisted with
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My dad couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
He looked at her as if seeing her for the first
time.
“You… you ungrateful brat!”
“We have given you everything since the day
you came to us. We’ve been better to you
than if you were our real daughter.”
Polly scoffed. “That’s why Jenny had a miserable life, with parents like you!”
My parents‘ faces went pale.
My brother slapped her hard across the face. “How dare you mention Jenny’s name?!”
“And what about you? Don’t forget how much
you bullied her, cut her hair, ripped her
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homework, stole her money! When she was
kidnapped you didn’t want to give a single
jenny ” penny.
“Now that she is dead, you want to play
nice!”
My brother slowly lowered his hand.
He stumbled back, face white as a ghost.
The past flashed in front of his eyes.
“It wasn’t on purpose, when she was born, I
actually liked her a lot. I even held her.”
“It was all your fault, you kept telling on her,
saying bad things to me. How could I believe
you?”
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“She was… she was my real sister!”
He covered his face, sobbing, full of regret.
Polly laughed at him, pushed open the door
and left.
My dad watched her leave, his heart breaking.
He suddenly clutched at his heart and
collapsed.
Screams broke out.
Mom was sitting on the floor, laughing and
crying.
“Retribution. It’s all retribution…”
