The Ungrateful Daughter's Reckoning

r her well-matched fiancé

but she shoved me i

obsessed with money, for chasing statu

om saving me, and I died o

and whispered venomously, "Women l

, I ga

whatever she wanted,

e back crying, begg

ce exams, Roxy's school

s bonus points from competitions, enough to secure a spot a

ions over the phone, a faint smile on m

apply to? With her scores, aside from the two el

ed. School rankings, programs,

in the city, with countless students admitte

s to get Roxy i

1300 in her first year to where she st

me. I booked a hotel right away to

ture would be the

when she hit me with

just chains holding back her destiny.

my twisted nee

ff with some

er her, she pushe

ssersby from calling

n, her voice soft and clear, "Women

ying stayed vi

or herself. She's an adult now that the exams are ov

s shat

staircase, no telling how lo

a show for outsiders. When have I ever had a choice? You always

with sarcasm, gaini

pet, doing whatever you say. You must be thrill

life to deserve a cold-

elling in the middle of the night, pe

phone and step

e password. Pick whatever you want. From now o

cross her face, then something clic

plainly. "If you want

taught me to respect others' paths

it only hur

suspiciously. "Fine, then I'm

ol in a remote area, lacking talen

t school Damien Wa

she ran off with

she picked

thought she'd lost her mind and forced her to ap

Roxy got blackout drunk and came home screaming th

ss back. Let's see what she gained b

right." I nodded an

neared my room, "Don't think this tri

lently, my

noticed the shift

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