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When I was a little kid, I was being bullied, my
face got cut up.
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going to kill them!”
Dad rolled up his sleeves, and I remembered
the time I had been bullied as a kid.
I wanted to tell him that he already knew the
person who did it.
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When I was a little kid, I was being bullied, my
face got cut up.
My dad confronted them, and they ended up beating him.
He became my hero back then.
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But how simple–minded was I back then?
My dad was already the one who did it but
was still acting as if he was filled with rage.
I tried to hide my pain as I shook my head.
“Nobody did anything, I just fell.”
Mom started crying and hugged me.
“Be careful from now on, you are a piece of
my own flesh, if you get hurt, it hurts me too.”
I used that opportunity to say, “Hey, I got my
scholarship back, can I have it back? I want
to use it to study abroad.”
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Both of them were startled by my words.
My dad said after some silence, “Honey, what
good is it in other countries? We shouldn’t be so obsessed with other countries and stay here with Mom and Dad.”
“Mom and Dad are just trying to protect you, we don’t want anyone scamming you.”
Mom said, “That’s right, your dad is right.”
“Didn’t you have some side jobs recently? Why don’t you use that?”
“I heard you got a boyfriend recently, maybe
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he is the one giving you the idea? I’m advising
you to break up with him.”
They pretended that they were doing this for
me, but it just made me feel even colder.
The scholarship and the money from the two
jobs that I had got nothing left except my
living expenses.
I remembered that Tiffany was wearing
designer clothes and driving around, and
would even show off that she spent over ten
thousand dollars a night.
But all I wanted was to get my scholarship
back, and I was being turned down.
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It was obvious that Tiffany was more like their
child.
They even wanted me to get rid of the person
I loved.
During college, I was known as poor, and
nobody wanted to talk to me.
The only one who did was Dave, he was also
from a poor family, we depended on each
other, and we already saw each other as our
other half.
I lifted my mouth as I started feeling
disappointed.
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Dad patted me on the shoulder as he saw
that I was pale. “Hey, don’t worry too much,
you know our family situation, we have to
spend money everywhere, if you keep that
scholarship, it will be unsafe.”
“Yeah honey, we still haven’t paid back the
tuition fees, so don’t think so much and get
some sleep.”
I nodded as I walked into my room.
As soon as I closed the door, I heard Dad’s
phone ringing.
They looked at my room and ran to the
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bathroom to answer.
I went closer and listened to them talking.
“Tiffany, how come you are calling us? |
thought we said to not call us when we are at
home.”
“Dad, I need some money.”
They stared at each other.
“Didn’t your dad give you ten thousand dollars
earlier?”
Tiffany sounded impatient.
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“That isn’t enough, I just used it to order
some drinks, can you give me another ten
thousand?”
Dad hesitated as Mom stared at him.
“What are you still hesitating for? Tiffany isn’t like Sarah, you have to give it to her, she is going to inherit the family business.”
“Think about it, Tiffany is beautiful and
elegant, she is the whole point for us to adopt her.”
“Sarah has scars on her face, and we can’t afford that, and she can’t inherit the family business.”
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“Yeah, she got burned on her face and isn’t
suitable for the family business.”
Dad smiled as he listened to this.
“Ok, I will transfer you the money.”
I didn’t want to hear anything else.
I went back to my room and had all these
words on my mind.
They probably forgot how I got these scars on
my face.
When I was five years old, Mom and Dad
locked me in as they went to the amusement
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park with Tiffany.
They forgot that the stove was on, and when
the water dried up, it exploded and started a
fire.
I woke up to the smoke and hid in the balcony
and asked for help, if the neighbors didn’t
help me, I probably would have died.
However, my face got burned, and I got a lot
of mockery from it.
What I felt cold about was that as soon as
Mom and Dad came back, they thought that I
was playing with the stove and got beaten up.
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They never apologized for fifteen years.
However, I don’t care about it anymore.
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