“See? You can’t survive anywhere. You must come back to me.” A smug smile played on Renata's lips as she shoved a phone into my hands. “Rein, we’re brother and sister. The path I arrange for you is the best one.”
She reached out and touched my messy hair and soon her hand became covered with dust. She seemed happy when she grabbed my hand. “Come on, go home with me. Don’t disappear again.”
I didn’t move and that caused her to turn. Upon meeting my icy gaze, she got confused.
“Renata, what do you want me to do so that you'll finally let me go?” I asked.
Obviously, she didn’t think she did anything wrong. Her smile disappeared. “What do you mean, ‘let you go’? Haven’t I treated you well? I’ve been looking for you for more than twenty days. I ignored my company! Do you know how much money I lost?”
She didn’t give me a chance to speak and just pulled my arm hard. “Come home with me!”
She pushed me into the car and took me back again.
On the way, she answered a call. The moment we reached home, she hurried to the company and told Leonhart not to let me run away.
As soon as she left, Leonhart’s face changed. “She actually brought you back home again? Ah, so she still cares about you in the end?”
I fought the urge to punch him and asked the question I had kept inside for years. “Why did you frame me for stealing your watch? I treated you pretty well before, didn’t I?”
Leonhart let out a cold laugh. Malice was completely reflected in his eyes. “Because you told her not to spend money on me. She already said her company will be yours someday. Nothing for me.”
“You have such a good sister taking care of you, yet you still didn’t want her to spend money on me. Why should you get everything?” he sneered.
I clenched my fists. “Do you even know how she earns that money? She never went to college. People in the company look down on her. She has to work twice as hard to move up.”
“Those old businessmen force her to drink with them. She throws up and then has to keep drinking. Several times she even threw up blood!”
“And you? You always ask for millions like it’s nothing. I told her not to give you too much, what’s wrong with that?”
“So what?” he said, staring at his new shoes with no shame. “Even if she drinks herself to death, her company still won’t be mine. Only if you disappear can I get anything.”
I stared at him in disbelief as chill running down my spine. I used to think he framed me because he wanted my sister’s attention. But no! He only cared about money!
“You’re really a heartless bastard,” I said through my teeth and walked toward my room.
Behind me, Leonhart laughed again. “I framed you once, I can do it a second time, a third time even! Just wait, Reinhart. I’ll get you kicked out again without you noticing!”
I stopped walking and looked back at him for a long moment. Then I turned off the voice recording on my phone.
“No need. I’ll leave this place on my own.” I said. Afterward, I sent the voice recording to Renata.
I had learned from my mistakes and would not let Leonhart frame me again.
I had already turned on the recorder on my home with Renata earlier. Leonhart didn’t realize that and maybe he thought I was just being angry. In the end, he laughed loudly as he returned back to his room.
My phone started buzzing soon after. Renata was messaging me again and again, the texts anxious and panicked. I glanced at them but didn’t reply.
Instead, I took Dad’s belongings from under the bed, put them in my pocket and left the house again.
Rosetta would be released from prison soon. I needed to pick her up.
