“Mr. Blackwood, why are you doing this to
me?” he asked.
“How will I explain this to my father? You
guys have been friends for years!”
My dad grinned.
“Friends for years?”
“Is that what he tells everyone?”
“I will ask him how many bad things he has
said about me. He is lucky that I even speak
to him!”
Michael realized that he had made a mistake.
If my dad was angry, nobody in the city would
live to see the sun.
He started begging.
“Please! Please spare me!”
My dad said, “You did not anger me.”
Michael looked at me.
“I do not understand, Mr. Blackwood. Why do
you like Katherine so much?”
“Everyone knows that Amanda is your
daughter!”
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Everyone else agreed.
My dad slammed his cane on the ground.
Everyone was silent.
Then, my dad looked at me and asked, “Did
they all hurt you?”
Everyone gasped.
They were in trouble.
Some were crying, hoping that I would say no.
But I wouldn’t let them go.
“Yes,” I said.
Many people started crying.
My mom yelled, “Be quiet!”
The crying stopped.
My mom said, “Take them all away. Hurt the
men and women.”
“How dare they hurt my daughter?”
They started crying.
Some were angry.
“Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood, why?”
“If you are going to punish us, can you please
tell us why you like the orphan that you took
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My dad pointed his cane at the one who
spoke.
Two bodyguards dragged him and made him
kneel in front of my dad.
My dad raised his cane and slammed it on the
guy’s head. My dad shouted,
“Katherine is my only daughter.”
“From now on, I will crush anyone who says
she is an orphan!”
Everyone was shocked.
They started cursing themselves for being
blind.
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“Get out!”
My dad shouted. Everyone stood up and ran.
Now, only Steven and Amanda were left.
Amanda started begging for forgiveness.
“Mom and Dad, please! Please have mercy!”
“I will never do it again.”
She looked up, saw my parents‘ glares, and
looked down.
She pointed at Steven.
“This was all Steven!”
“He said that if I could prove myself in the
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city, then I could kill Katherine and replace
her.”
I was shocked.
Amanda was blaming Steven.
Steven looked like he was freezing. He
kneeled.
“Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood, do not listen to her
lies!”
“I know that I was not born to you. But I am a
Blackwood. Why would I ever hurt my sister? I
would never do that.”
“Amanda is saying all this to make you think I
did it.”
I laughed.
Steven turned pale, “Katherine, what are you
laughing about?”
“I have been good to you. Tell them the
truth.”
“We are family, and we should stand
together.”
He was only saying this now.
I pointed to the corner of the room, “Steven,
there is a camera.”
“You might want to change what happened.”
Steven looked.
