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Three days before the wedding, I handled my discharge procedures by myself.
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As I walked out of the hospital, no one was there to pick me up.
Everyone was busy at the wedding venue, helping with the rehearsal.
My dear sister Zara was afraid I wouldn’t know, so she sent me pictures of all the sweet and warm moments.
After seeing so many of them, the pain in my heart started to numb over time.
I took a cab back home, intending to pack my bags for the trip
abroad.
But when I entered the password, one I hadn’t changed in years, it was actually incorrect.
The original password was Cassian’s and my birthday.
When we set it up, Everett and Seraphina said it would ensure they would never forget our birthdays.
But over time, even with that password, they’d forgotten my birthday countless times.
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And now, they’d changed it without telling me.
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I tried several more times before giving up and calling Everett and Seraphina.
After two rejections, the call finally went through.
It was noisy on the other end like they were eating.
I could hear Cassian teasing Damien, saying his eyes were glued
to Zara.
The next moment, Seraphina’s voice rang out.
“Don’t you know we’re eating? Can’t it wait?”
I listened carefully. Her tone wasn’t just impatient. It carried a hint of guilt.
Probably because of Damien.
I thought to myself but didn’t say anything.
“The password to our house has been changed. I can’t get in.”
There was a pause, and Seraphina seemed surprised. “You’ve been discharged?”
Realizing how silly the question was, she went silent for a moment but still didn’t tell me the password.
“You should go stay at the house in the south of the city.”
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Her avoidance made me sharply aware that something was off.
“Did you do something to my room?”
The question slipped out with suspicion, and immediately, Seraphina flew into a fit of rage.
“Why are you so paranoid? What’s there to do with your little.
room?
“Enough! We’re trying to eat!”
The call ended abruptly.
I stood at the door, staring at the password lock for a long time.
After entering Cassian and Zara’s birthdays, the door opened.
I couldn’t quite put my feelings into words.
Was I sad? It didn’t feel like it.
Angry? Not really.
It was more like… Everything was expected.
Entering the home that I had lived in for over twenty years, I realized how much had changed.
At my last wedding, Seraphina, Everett and Cassian had found it troublesome, so they had me get married at the hotel with no
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decorations, not even a wedding banner.
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But this time, the house was decked out with festive decorations, even the bathroom had something posted on the door.
The family portrait next to the TV had been replaced with another four–person photo I had never seen.
My heart skipped a beat, and I walked straight to the tiny bedroom in the corner, the one that was supposed to be mine.
I opened the door, and the bed was gone, along with the desk and the cabinets. The room was now full of wedding supplies.
No wonder Seraphina wouldn’t tell me the password.
It seemed this house no longer had anything belonging to me. No space left for me either.
I found it strange. At this point, I actually found myself smiling.
Though my face felt oddly itchy.
As I stepped outside, the wind blew, and I realized my hands. were sticky. I had been crying without even noticing.
I guess I was just unlucky. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I happened to run into the five of them returning from dinner.
Everett, Seraphina and Cassian were walking behind, while
Damien and Zara walked hand in hand in front. They looked like
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a loving couple.
When they bumped into me, they awkwardly let go of each. other’s hands.
“Nelia, it’s not what you think.”
Zara put on a look of innocence, though the smugness in her eyes was nearly overflowing.
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Damien, standing beside her, protectively moved in front of her, as if afraid I might do something.
“Zara is right. Nelia, we were just following the photographer’s. advice to work on our chemistry.”
I looked at him, the man I had loved for seven years, and forced a smile.
“Mm, it’s all right.”
Everett, Seraphina and Cassian hurried over, immediately starting to scold me.
“Nelia, can’t you be a bit more understanding?”
“Look at how you’re acting now. If it weren’t for you, Zara wouldn’t be with Damien…”
“I know!”
I cut them off, my voice louder than theirs.
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“I know it’s all for my own good. I really appreciate you all.
“Mom, didn’t you want me to go live in the house in the south of the city? I’m leaving now. My taxi is almost here.”
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