My calf bone had pierced my skin, yet I still stood on the broken leg. Something no normal person could do. Luckily, the system activated pain defense, so I didn’t feel any pain.
My mother covered her mouth, crying. “Katherine, how did you get hurt so badly?”
My father’s eyes showed pain. “Why would you do this to yourself?”
Even my brother, who’d just yelled at me, was stunned into silence.
Albert pushed through the crowd and saw me on the ground. “Katherine?”
I lifted my bloodstained face and looked at him. “You came just in time. I have some questions for you.”
Emily arrived too, looking pure in her white wedding dress, but tears covered her face. “Katherine, today is the most important day of my life. Do you have to ruin it?”
She cried, shaking. “Why are you doing this to me? You’ve taken everything! I just want Albert… Can’t you let us be?”
My brother tried to lift me. “I’ll take you to the hospital.”
“Brother!” Emily cried. “The ceremony’s starting soon. Are you really leaving? This is just Katherine hurting herself. Do you think I’d beat my own sister?”
My brother pushed my hand away. “Katherine, you’re cruel. You hurt yourself just to frame Emily. Go to the hospital alone. Don’t worry, the Blake Family won’t keep a cripple. We’ll get you the best doctor.”
I knew talking was useless, but I stood up. “I just want to ask one thing, then I’ll go. Albert, from the start, being with me was just a bet, wasn’t it? You never really cared about me.”
“Yes.”
Tears streamed down my face. I once thought I was the luckiest, having loving parents, a caring brother and a lover who cherished me.
It turned out everything was just an illusion, easily broken. I could’ve stayed in this world with my family, but now I wanted to return. “One last question; why did you wait until the wedding day to tell me the truth, after already having me?”
“Because Emily couldn’t accept it, she made me keep it a secret.”
I laughed. “How thoughtful! She told you to reveal it on the wedding day, so I’d sit there in my dress like a fool. Wasn’t that just to humiliate me?”
“Nonsense! Emily isn’t as cunning as you think!”
I gave a bitter smile. “Not scheming? She’s faked suicide countless times since coming home. Anyone who truly wants to die doesn’t need saving!”
“Shut up! How can you talk about your sister like that!” Dad raised his hand to hit me, but Mom stopped him.
“Stop! Katherine’s badly hurt. Don’t hit her.”
“Dad, I’m your daughter too. You raised me with love. Just because I’m not your biological child, doesn’t mean I don’t deserve your trust.”
