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Last time around, I was worried Ashley was headed down a bad path, so I told Mom and
Dad she was pregnant.
All that got me was her hating my guts.
I couldn’t expose her now, otherwise, Ashley would set the fire like she did before. I could ensure my own safety, but that would put the building’s residents in danger.
Thinking of the neighbors being trapped in that fire, I silently grabbed a tissue and
covered the pregnancy test in the trash.
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badly, I might as well be nice and let her g
her wish.
After gathering my belongings, I went back
school with my old backpack on.
I bought a SIM card for my phone on the wa
Then, using a number that Ashley wouldn’t
recognize, I sent her a message.
[If you don’t want your parents to know you’re
pregnant, you’ll get 20,000 to make a trade.]
I hadn’t had the message out for long before
my phone received a barrage of messages,
with Ashley questioning me like crazy about
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who I was.
I knew her so well. She was afraid of being
dragged in for an abortion by Mom and Da
I didn’t bother to respond.
Instead, I asked her to prepare the money an
put it in a storage locker. I’d naturally keep
her secret if she did.
Ashley was protected too well by her parents.
Her heart might have been that of a snake,
but she was fearful as a mouse.
I had no problem taking the 20,000 in cash
from the locker.
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dating that hoodlum before the college
entrance examinations.
Ashley had looked at me dismissively and said, “Do you really think you’re my older
sister?”
“At best, you’re just my servant.”
She showed off proudly. “Mom and Dad gave me 10,000 in lucky money. Do you have any?”
Now I did.
I pinched the thick wad of money, feeling
much more at ease.
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studying.
Though I managed to get into MIT last time
around, my grades weren’t enough to get m
into my chosen major.
Now that I was lucky enough to be reborn, I
had to work even harder than I had before.
I didn’t go home anymore. I spent every weekend in the dorms, buried in practice tests. No one was welcome at home anyway.
My dormmates called me an obsessive freak.
Near the end of the year, I saw Ashley on
campus.
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become a bit round, and she walked heavil
but the loose down jacket hid her pregnan
When she saw me up ahead, she spoke
louder:
“Mom and Dad bought this down jacket for me. It cost over two thousand.”
Listening to the flattery from those around her, she raised her chin and smiled at me.
“Emily, if you’d listen to Mom and Dad, maybe they’d buy something for you too!”
I looked down at my old cotton jacket.
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Even though we had the same face, all m
life, I had only been able to wear the clot
Ashley didn’t want, carry the backpack As
didn’t want.
Fortunately, now that I had another chance had long accepted that I was an unwanted
child.
On New Year’s Eve, I called Ashley from a
number she didn’t know.
I used a voice changer and spoke in a low
voice.
“Ashley, you’ll put 50,000 in the storage locker at the bottom of your apartment
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“Or I don’t mind letting your parents and
teachers and classmates know you’re
pregnant.”
By the time she called in a rage, I had alre
turned off the phone.
If she wanted the 100,000, the only way she
could get it was to steal the money from
home.
As expected, when I turned on the security camera that I had secretly installed, I saw Ashley rummaging through the closets.
She found the money, then quietly opened the front door. In a panic, I rushed into the room
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Then, clapping loudly, I shouted, “Mom and
Dad, something’s wrong! Ashley is gone!“.
When we rushed downstairs, we saw Ashley being pulled back and forth by a man in
black.
Mom screamed and rushed to protect Ashley
The man pushed her back and she pulled on Ashley, falling with her to the ground.
“Ah!”
The neighbors who had gathered downstairs to watch the fireworks all crowded around,
and someone pointed at Ashley and
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and someone pointed at Ashley and
exclaimed:
“Look! She’s bleeding between her legs!”
“Is that little girl pregnant?”
Mom and Dad looked in terror at the red blood slowly flowing down Ashley’s legs.
The man in black removed his hat in shock, revealing Ashley’s favorite face.
It was her boyfriend, Chris.
How interesting.
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All I did was use an unfamiliar number to tel
him there was 50,000 in the storage locker.
He could take the money and give me 10,000
and he believed me.
By the time Ashley was in the hospital, the
doctor had hinted that the child could not be
saved.
Mom muttered in confusion:
“How could this be? Ashley is such a good child. She must have been tricked by some
bad man!”
Dad took out his phone and was about to call the police, but Ashley struggled and snatched
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the police, Dul Ashley Struggled anu salutie
it from him.
She struggled to the window.
“Don’t call the police or I’ll die!”
Mom was scared and hastily said that she
wouldn’t call.
Ashley’s face was pale as she lowered her
head and murmured to herself, “Chris must
have had a reason.”
My foolish sister.
She didn’t love her parents or sisters. She
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was only hung up on an unreliable hoodlum
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