“Even if you intend to leave, I’m not letting you. After all, our family dotes on me the most. Oliver, if you don’t witness my success, my victory would be hollow.”
I had experienced his two-faced nature all these years.
Whenever my parents were not around, he would always mock me like a bug he could squish to death.
Sometimes, I could not help but think, if back then, I did not get lost when I went out with Ruth and Camila, would my life have turned out differently?
Luther moved back into his bedroom, which was the most well decorated room in the house.
My small room was completely stuffed with random items.
My parents threw me a thin blanket.
“Luther said his life has been tough these past two years. He’s been having nightmares. You should sleep in front of his bedroom door to keep an eye on him.
“If it weren’t for you, he wouldn’t have suffered at all. This is how you’ll make it up to him.”
The sky had turned dark. I looked at the air mattress before Luther’s room. It was a huge contrast from the big, warm bed in his bedroom.
However, it was still far better than the cold basement.
It was going to be an eventful night.
Camila showed up.
She heard that Luther had returned, so she did not waste another second. She immediately flew back from overseas.
“Luther!”
She tearfully ran toward Luther. She hugged him tightly, just like how she hugged me in the past.
Camila’s voice trembled. She held Luther gingerly like a cherished treasure.
“Luther, you’re finally back. I thought you’d deserted me.
“Other than Nate, you’re the only family I have left in this world.
“Luther, let’s get married. I don’t want you to leave me again!”
Luther hugged Camila tightly and kissed her ferociously.
“I’m sorry, Camila. I made you worry.
“But Oliver never hurt me. He’s not like that.
“What happened two years ago must’ve been an accident. He didn’t mean it! Camila, forgive him. You love him, so you should marry him. I don’t deserve you…”
Camila interrupted him. She looked at me coldly and said without any hesitation, “He doesn’t deserve me. I was blind in the past.
“If it wasn’t for the sake of punishing him to avenge you and Nate, I wouldn’t have even laid my eyes on him. I’m utterly disgusted.”
I numbly watched them acting intimately. I was tired.
If they truly loved each other, they should be together.
It no longer had anything to do with me.
Camila and I were once neighbors.
Because my parents were busy with work, Ruth and Camila would bring me to the nearby park to play.
However, they were only children. They were no match against the human traffickers.
When I was one, I was kidnapped.
They only found me when I was eighteen.
By then, they had already adopted Luther to replace me.
They claimed that both families had suffered a lot because of my disappearance.
“Oliver, don’t blame us. When you were kidnapped, we were overwhelmed with sadness. Hence, we adopted Luther.
“From now on, both of you are my sons. Camila also said that she wants to marry you. Will you get engaged to her?”
I had nothing to complain about that arrangement.
Even though Luther always tried to trip me up, I did not pay much attention to him.
It was still a huge improvement over the horrific rural life that I had been experiencing.
However, I did not expect the performance from two years ago to ruin my peaceful life.
During that performance, Camila’s younger brother, Nate Reid, fell down almost ten feet from the stage.
There was a metal rod at the bottom of the stage. It pierced through Nate’s spine, and Nate became vegetative afterward.
Camila could not accept it, so she frantically pressed for the venue to look into the matter.
However, the findings were absurd.
