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While traveling abroad with my family, a sudden flood hit.
My fiancé, Eddie, immediately picked up my sister, Kyla, and
ran out.
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My parents didn’t even think to check on me, but they remembered to take the little parrot they’d just bought for Kyla.
They flew back home that night and didn’t forget to share the news in the family group chat, celebrating their narrow escape.
But they had forgotten something.
Their eldest daughter was still stranded in the flood, with no one. to help.
When I woke up, I made a resolute decision and called my
mentor.
“Professor, I’ve decided to join you as a doctor with Doctors Without Borders. I’m never coming back.”
Half a month later, I returned home, covered in scars.
Inside, the house was filled with laughter. Colorful ribbons and presents littered the floor, a clear sign of the family’s recent celebration.
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I saw it in the family chat. Relatives and friends had gathered to celebrate their survival.
When Eddie saw me, a flash of guilt passed through his eyes.
During the flood, his first priority had been to save Kyla, completely disregarding that I was his fiancée.
And my parents‘ expressions were no better.
They thought of everything while escaping, even remembering the parrot they bought for Kyla, but they forgot about their own daughter.
Eddie approached me hesitantly and said,
“Sophie, are you okay? The situation was so urgent. Kyla couldn’t move on her own, so I had to save her first.”
He reached out as if to pat my head just like he used to.
I subtly avoided his touch, looking at him coldly.
Mom’s eyes reddened slightly as she pulled me into a tight hug.
“Sophie, you’ve been through so much. Your dad and I never meant to leave you behind.”
Since Kyla had returned home, I hadn’t felt the warmth of Mom’s embrace in so long.
I would have been moved before, but now, I just took a couple of
- Leeping my distance
My mother seemed
I momier, Kyla bobbled over, wrapping har arms around Mom sympathetically.
“Sophie, how could you eat Mom he that when she’s an worried about you?
“I know youre angry!
because Dad and Mom focused on saving me, but you shouldn’t embarrass them in front of everyone
“Sophis, I don’t blame you for what happened when I got lost. So, please don’t blame Mom and Dad. Trs all my fault… If only they hadn’t taken me in.
Eyla cried so hard that it made Dad go from guilt to anger.
Sophos, what do you mean? Are you trying to make everyone think your mom and I didn’t care about you?
“You two are susters) When you caused your sister to go missing and get abducted, shouldn’t you be the one trying to make up for it now? Of course, we had to save Kyla first!
I thought you would have learned your lesson after all these years, but you’re still as vicious as ever!”
Eddie also stepped in, shielding Kyla behind him and joining Dad in scolding me.
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Sophie, tha in enough! Kyla has already suffered so much because of you. You owe her, and now you’re making things harder for her and your parents!”
I stared at them in dibebet. These people were my own parents and my fiancé, the person I trusted most.
I had been swept away by the flood, my body battered by branches and rocks, and dozens of cuts across my skin.
I barely managed to grab hold of a tree in the raging water, stranded on it for a whole day and night before finally being rescued.
“then I woke up, the first thing I wanted to do was let my family know I was safe.
But when I opened the family group chat, there was a message celebrating their safe return: [Really a close call. Thank goodness we were all together.] The dozen photos they posted were hike daggers to my heart.
My parents, my sister, and my fiancé, all huddled together, looking like the closest family.
Phile I was stuck in a
in a foreign land, nearly dead, my body was covered in deep scars.
The doctors said if I had been any later, I would have lost my hand.
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For a clinical doctor, those hands were everything.
I nearly died in this disaster, and when I barely escaped, my own father blamed me for being vicious.
Even Eddie, who had promised to always stand by my side, was now against me.
I suddenly had no desire to explain myself. I turned and went back to my room.
Kyla, still pretending to be sympathetic, continued to argue for me.
Daud, Eddie, don’t blame Sophie. She didn’t mean it.”
Dad sneered.
“Kyla, you’re still too understanding. Why was it you who got abducted instead of Sophie?
I slammed the door behind me, collapsing on the floor.
Since Kyla had returned, she had made vague accusations that I had intentionally let her get lost. Ever since, I had no place in this family.
My parents ignored my protests and gave my princess room to Kyla.
I was pushed into the small converted storage room.
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henever Kyla cried, they would stop listening to me.
I should have gotten used to their attitude by now.
My mentor sent me a message saying everything was ready. I could leave whenever I wanted to.
My parents didn’t know that, while in the hospital abroad, I had already made the call to my mentor.
Professor, I’ve decided to join you as a doctor with Doctors Without Borders. I’m never coming back.”
