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00:00When my parents packed up everything and moved abroad, they took all our belongings, took my 3-year-old sister
00:06Cece, but left me behind, because they thought I was the dumbest child in the world.
00:12Dad was a math professor at a prestigious university. Mom was a nationally celebrated physics prodigy.
00:20And Cece had gone viral online before she could even write her own name.
00:25The day they left, Cece had solved another math problem years beyond her age. That was the moment my parents
00:32made their decision.
00:37Lily, there's a gifted children's program at a university abroad. We're taking your sister. From now on, you'll have to
00:44learn to live on your own.
00:46I grabbed the hem of her pants. Instinct.
00:50Mom, please. I can't do it alone.
00:59Lily, you know our time and energy are limited. We can't afford to take care of an ordinary child like
01:05you.
01:06If you're so scared of being left behind, why didn't you try harder to be like your sister?
01:13Dad was cradling Cece in his arms. He looked at me the way you look at trash.
01:18You have an IQ of 92. You could never be as exceptional as your sister.
01:24Those words cut straight through me. I wanted to tell him, 92 is a normal, healthy IQ.
01:32But nothing came out. Dad's IQ was 139. In his world, anyone below his level was intellectually deficient.
01:42And even his own daughter.
01:44Let go, Dad said coldly. He pried my fingers off one by one.
01:50They were in such a rush that no one noticed my fingers had bent the wrong way when he forced
01:55them open.
01:56I stood alone in the middle of the house until night fell.
02:01I called out for Mom and Dad.
02:03No one answered. They were really gone.
02:06But the fridge was empty.
02:09It used to be stocked with Cece's nutritional supplements.
02:12They had meant to leave me some spending money.
02:15But just before they walked out the door, Cece fussed about her outfit.
02:20They scrambled to find her something else to wear.
02:23The money was completely forgotten.
02:26I lay down on the bed and pressed my palm against my hollow stomach.
02:30I told myself, fall asleep and you won't be hungry.
02:34Fall asleep and your fingers won't hurt.
02:37Fall asleep and you won't miss Mom and Dad.
02:41It took three days for them to remember me.
02:44And only because a neighbor called them, she'd spotted me digging through the trash for food.
02:49That's when they remembered a child still lived in this house.
02:52They said they'd find me a babysitter.
02:54Then they hung up.
02:56They also told me not to call them, unless it was absolutely necessary.
03:01What they forgot was this.
03:03A child that her own parents don't value won't be treated well by anyone else either.
03:08The babysitter's name was Mrs. Gable.
03:11My parents paid her a premium salary.
03:14But every meal she gave me was barely edible.
03:17When my bent fingers still hadn't straightened weeks later, she never once took me to a doctor.
03:21It was a teacher at school who finally noticed something was wrong.
03:26She called Mrs. Gable, who showed up reluctantly and took me to a small clinic.
03:31By then, we'd already missed the best window for treatment.
03:35The day Mrs. Gable forced me to drink a cup of laundry detergent powder mixed with water, telling me it
03:42was milk, I called my parents.
03:46It took a long time for anyone to pick up.
03:48When they finally did, I was buried under a wave of screaming.
03:53Lily, are you trying to ruin your sister?
03:56She was in the middle of an interview with international intelligence experts.
04:00Your call nearly destroyed everything.
04:04Your father was right.
04:05A child with genes as inferior as yours is nothing but a burden.
04:09The words I wanted to say jammed in my throat.
04:12Tears poured down my face.
04:15I just wanted to ask them to change my babysitter.
04:18Or even let me live alone.
04:20Anything.
04:22Because Mrs. Gable was cruel.
04:24Cruel like a witch from a fairy tale.
04:27Lily, I should never have been soft-hearted enough to give you our phone number.
04:32From now on, we're blocking you.
04:34Take everything to Mrs. Gable.
04:36We'll set aside one day per quarter to hear her report.
04:40A plain child like you never has anything urgent anyway.
04:44But before I could say a single word, Mom passed her verdict.
04:48No! Mom! Please!
04:51I screamed.
04:53Until my throat tore.
04:55She hung up anyway.
04:57I called back.
04:58The line was dead.
05:00Then I heard Mrs. Gable's phone ring.
05:02In the living room.
05:04Understood, Madam.
05:06She's doing okay.
05:08Just a bit of a liar.
05:10Slight persecution complex.
05:12Don't worry.
05:13If she steps out of line, I'll discipline her for you.
05:17I stood frozen.
05:18Tears running silently down my face.
05:21My mother had handed power over me to this witch.
05:24How could she do this?
05:26Did having a smarter daughter mean I wasn't her child anymore?
05:31From that day on, my life fell into hell.
05:35With no one watching over her, Mrs. Gable dropped all pretense.
05:39She moved her husband and children into the villa.
05:42Her son claimed Cece's large bedroom.
05:45Her daughter looked at my small room, turned up her nose, and chased me down to the basement.
05:51I thought about reporting her.
05:53But in this house, Mrs. Gable was the only one who can contact my parent.
05:59Once per quarter, on the last day of the quarter, she would call them.
06:03Her reports always went the same way.
06:07She's manageable, a little picky about food, doesn't keep herself clean, won't wear new clothes, never smiles, and she's still
06:16a liar.
06:16I couldn't contradict a single word.
06:19I was too busy washing the feet of Mrs. Gable's daughter, who was only one year younger than me.
06:25I was picky about food because I only ever ate their leftovers.
06:29I was dirty because Mrs. Gable never bought me new clothes.
06:33Even though my parents sent money, I wore only what Mrs. Gable's daughter had thrown away.
06:38They wouldn't even let me shower, afraid I'd waste water.
06:42I didn't smile because I was a child, under 8 years old, doing every chore in that entire house.
06:49I swallowed my tears.
06:51I waited for my parents' reaction.
06:53They were so intelligent.
06:55Surely they could see through this witch's lies.
06:58But in fact, I was totally wrong.
07:02That worthless Lily.
07:03Stupid is one thing, but being this rotten, she's an embarrassment.
07:08Mrs. Gable, Lily is entirely in your hands from now on.
07:12Don't bother with the courtly reports either.
07:15It's a waste of time we could spend with Cisa.
07:17My parents abandoned me all over again.
07:20And yet I didn't hate them.
07:22They were being deceived.
07:24Once the witch's true face was revealed, they'd love me again.
07:27They'd apologize.
07:28But how was I supposed to expose her?
07:31If I were as smart as Cici, I'd know exactly what to do.
07:37Lily isn't stupid.
07:38She just hasn't reached the age where calculus makes sense yet.
07:41When the time comes, she'll learn.
07:44I decided the same logic applied here.
07:48When I was older, I'd find a way.
07:50So I went quiet.
07:52I focused on surviving and growing up.
07:55I never stopped looking for a way out.
07:57I tried to steal Mrs. Gable's phone, but she'd already deleted my parents' numbers.
08:02One night, drunk on wine, she laughed and told me straight to my face.
08:08Did you really think I didn't know what you were after?
08:11Your parents' number has been gone for a long time.
08:14I'd never give you that chance.
08:16I thought about telling a teacher, calling the police.
08:20But Mrs. Gable was a flawless actress in public.
08:23She treated me like a beloved daughter in front of the neighbors.
08:27Meanwhile, she spread rumors about me, painting me as a compulsive liar, a bad seed.
08:33No one would ever believe me.
08:35I lay on the basement bed night after night, turning it over in my mind.
08:40There was no way out, except to wait until I was old enough to leave on my own.
08:45Then I noticed Mr. Gable's eyes, the way he looked at me.
08:50He would come into the basement while I was asleep and stare at my bare legs.
08:55He'd knock on the bathroom door during my showers, claiming he needed to retrieve something.
09:00When I was home alone, he would reach out and try to touch me.
09:05I understood then.
09:06I might not live long enough to grow up.
09:10I was 12 years old when I locked myself on the balcony.
09:13The neighbors panicked.
09:15Mrs. Gable panicked, too.
09:17They all rushed toward the door, trying to break in.
09:20Every time they pushed it, I dangled one foot over the railing.
09:24I waited until the fire department and police arrived.
09:27Then I wept.
09:29And I told them everything.
09:30And I showed them the footage.
09:32Security camera footage.
09:34Every single thing.
09:36Everyone saw Mrs. Gable's two faces.
09:38They finally understood what kind of family had taken over this house.
09:43A babysitter who had abused the child.
09:46She was paid to protect.
09:48Mrs. Gable and her husband were arrested.
09:51The police helped connect my parents' number.
09:55I listened to the dial tone, imagining their faces.
09:58When they finally heard the truth, they would be devastated.
10:01They might even fly back to see me.
10:04The call connected.
10:08That came through the line.
10:10Lily, are you causing trouble again?
10:13I, no, I didn't.
10:15Mrs. Gable is right.
10:17You and your stupid ideas.
10:19Tell the police that it's all lies.
10:21Dismiss the case.
10:23Let Mrs. Gable and her husband go home.
10:25But mom, I didn't lie.
10:27Mrs. Gable is hungry for me.
10:29She asked me to do all the housework.
10:31And her husband, he's trying to...
10:32Enough. You can deceive the police. You can't deceive us.
10:36You're jealous of your sister.
10:37You don't want her to own us alone.
10:41So you made up a farce to drag us home.
10:45Something cracked apart inside my chest.
10:47My biological mother?
10:52She would rather trust the Nersi than her own daughter.
10:56The question that had haunted me for years.
10:59They had left me so easily.
11:00They'd never worried about me.
11:03It's because they don't love me.
11:06Maybe they had once.
11:08Before they discovered my IQ was only 92.
11:11My tears fell again.
11:12I felt abandoned all over again.
11:16But I wiped them dry.
11:19Mom, there's surveillance footage.
11:21Everything they did to me was recorded.
11:24Everyone knows they are criminals.
11:26Do you still not believe me?
11:27The video can be forged.
11:29Cece can make AI videos.
11:31Did you forget?
11:33So that was it.
11:35Because she despised me?
11:37Be an honest person.
11:38You wouldn't even give it to me.
11:40I laughed.
11:41Okay, Mom.
11:42Whatever you want.
11:43But Mrs. Gable and her husband are going to jail.
11:46This matter cannot be discussed.
11:49Dad called later and said the same things Mom had said.
11:52I stared at their numbers on my screen and laughed again.
11:55The day I decided to stop needing them, I'd somehow gotten their phone numbers back.
12:00Unfortunately, I won't use it again.
12:02I was alone in the house.
12:04No one wanted me.
12:06I searched every corner until I found $50 Mrs. Gable had left behind.
12:10I bought a big bag of pasta and vegetables.
12:13I cooked.
12:14And I ate.
12:18A real meal.
12:20Did you see that, Mom and Dad?
12:22I feel better without you.
12:23You don't love me.
12:25I don't love you either.
12:29I was in 7th grade.
12:32Public school, no tuition fees.
12:34But living expenses and school fees were still a lot of money.
12:39I had to learn to support myself, so I started collecting recyclables from the trash.
12:44For the next few weeks, I woke up earlier than any of the grandmothers in the neighborhood
12:49and went to bed later than all of them.
12:51My stomach was still always empty.
12:54Once, I saw half a discarded burger sitting on top of a bin.
12:58I wanted to eat it.
13:00But I wasn't that kid on the floor eating scraps anymore.
13:03I refused to go back there.
13:05I looked away and kept searching for cardboard boxes.
13:08Surviving was hard.
13:10Because I spent so much time around garbage, I smelled.
13:15No matter how hard I scrubbed, the smell wouldn't wash off.
13:19My classmates didn't want to sit near me.
13:21They called me Trash Girl.
13:24The only person who sat with me was the chubby kid at the back of the room.
13:28His name was Sam.
13:30Do I actually smell?
13:31I asked him one day.
13:33Sam shook his head.
13:34I don't smell anything.
13:36Those kids just look down on people who have less.
13:39Ugly ducklings get picked on before they become swans.
13:41You don't smell, Lily.
13:43They're the ones who stink.
13:44I sniffled and smiled.
13:46But I still cared about the smell.
13:49I didn't understand why it wouldn't go away no matter what I did.
13:52I only understood much later.
13:54It was the smell of a child's deep, bone-deep shame.
14:00Every afternoon after school,
14:02I sold the day's recyclables at the depot.
14:05On a good day,
14:07I made about 50 cents.
14:08That meant three buns
14:10from the cafeteria
14:11the next day.
14:12Enough to last from morning to night.
14:14I was always hungry.
14:16I wanted to eat every good thing
14:18in the entire world.
14:19The recycling work became impossible
14:21once second semester started.
14:23The school mandated evening study sessions.
14:26Homework piled up every night
14:28and I had no one to help me.
14:30I sat alone with it until it was finished
14:32no matter how late it got.
14:34That meant I couldn't wake up early anymore.
14:37No early mornings meant no recycling.
14:40To survive,
14:41I started doing other students' homework for money.
14:44A few dollars here and there.
14:46But the work wasn't steady
14:48and I was still hungry
14:49most of the time.
14:51One day,
14:52I saw a snack on Sam's desk.
14:54What is that?
14:56Where'd you get it?
14:57Is it good?
14:58Sam broke off a piece
14:59and handed it over
15:00without a second thought.
15:02After that,
15:03whenever he had leftover
15:04instant noodle seasoning packets
15:06he didn't want,
15:07he'd pass them to me.
15:08I dipped my buns in the powder
15:10and it tasted amazing.
15:11I was still often hungry.
15:13But the hardest moment of all
15:15came at the end of each semester
15:17when school fees
15:18couldn't be postponed any longer.
15:23When my homeroom teacher
15:24came to collect money from me
15:26for the third time,
15:27I finally worked up the courage
15:29to call my parents.
15:30My civics teacher had told us,
15:32parents have a legal obligation
15:33to support their minor children.
15:36That money was owed to me.
15:38The line rang through
15:39to a disconnected number.
15:41They had changed their phone numbers
15:42and cut me off entirely.
15:44I curled up in the dark
15:45and cried for a long time.
15:47When daylight came,
15:48I dried my tears
15:49and told myself,
15:51no more crying.
15:52No money means
15:54I go earn it.
15:55I found a food stall
15:56on a street corner.
15:58The owners were hesitant.
15:59I was too young.
16:01But I kept showing up at the door
16:02day after day
16:03until they couldn't turn me away.
16:05Sometimes,
16:06I worked a morning shift.
16:07Sometimes,
16:08an afternoon.
16:0910 or 20 dollars each time
16:11plus two meals included.
16:12I held that money in my pocket
16:14and felt something warm in my chest.
16:17Mom,
16:17Dad,
16:18can you see this?
16:19There are still good people
16:20in this world.
16:21You didn't want me,
16:22but I want myself.
16:26The day I finally scraped together
16:28enough for my school fees,
16:30I walked to the teacher's desk
16:31with every dollar I had.
16:33My homeroom teacher stared at me.
16:35Lily,
16:36your parents are both
16:37celebrated professors.
16:39Your sister wears designer outfits
16:40that cost thousands.
16:42And you're turning in school fees
16:43in loose change
16:44after I've asked you three times?
16:46You and your sister
16:47have the same parents.
16:49How is the gap this wide?
16:51She won the National Junior Olympiad
16:53at nine years old.
16:54You nearly failed
16:54your last math test.
16:56I glanced at the teacher's phone.
16:58There was a news segment
16:59playing.
17:00My parents and Cece
17:02in an interview.
17:04They had moved back
17:05to the country.
17:05for Cece's development.
17:08They'd settled in the capital,
17:10only two hours
17:11from where I lived.
17:12They'd been back
17:12for over a year.
17:14They hadn't come
17:14to see me once.
17:15In the interview,
17:17they said having a child
17:18like Cece was the greatest
17:19pride of their lives.
17:20Yes, so proud.
17:22Proud enough
17:23to forget I existed entirely.
17:25Maybe a person
17:26as ordinary as me
17:27didn't deserve
17:28to be their child.
17:29From that day on,
17:31I stopped dreaming
17:32about mom and dad.
17:36No money for food.
17:38I sold Cece's piano.
17:39No money for school fees.
17:41I sold mom's massage chair.
17:44Then I used the money
17:45to hire a math tutor,
17:47a first-year college student
17:49who charged very little.
17:51By the second practice exam
17:53in ninth grade,
17:54I scored 92 in math,
17:57the first time
17:58I'd ever broken 90.
18:00By the next exam,
18:01I was above 100.
18:03All my weak spots
18:05had been steadily filled in.
18:07When high school entrance exams
18:09came around,
18:09I got into a solid magnet school.
18:12On the first day of class,
18:13I found out my deskmate
18:15was Sam,
18:16except now he was six feet tall
18:18and genuinely handsome.
18:20Though he still loved food
18:21just as much,
18:22so snacks kept appearing
18:25mysteriously in my desk drawer.
18:27Things seemed to be getting better.
18:30Then came the first winter break
18:32of high school.
18:33An unknown number called.
18:35I almost didn't answer.
18:37But spending Christmas Eve alone
18:39was lonely enough
18:40that I figured
18:41even a scam call
18:42would be company.
18:43It was mom.
18:45Lily, why did you take
18:46so long to answer?
18:49I didn't know what to say.
18:51She didn't seem to need me
18:52to say anything.
18:53It's Christmas Eve.
18:55We were going to come
18:55see you this year,
18:56but your sister has
18:57an international competition.
18:58Did you know she's won gold
18:59in multiple Olympiads?
19:01They're calling her
19:01a true young prodigy.
19:03Dad cut in.
19:03The Olympiad
19:04is an international competition,
19:06a very prestigious one.
19:07You might not know much about it.
19:09You're a pretty ordinary kid.
19:10What grade are you in against?
19:11I put down my forks.
19:13The food had gone tasteless.
19:14I'm a sophomore in high school.
19:16Oh, right, right.
19:17You're getting older.
19:18You're practically an adult now.
19:20Your mother and I
19:20have talked it over.
19:21You were acting out before
19:22and we misunderstood you.
19:24Mrs. Gable and her husband
19:25are out of prison now.
19:26All you need to do
19:26is go apologize to them
19:28and we'll forgive you
19:28for everything.
19:29I'm not going to apologize.
19:31Lily, you are unbelievably stubborn.
19:34Fine.
19:35Don't expect us to acknowledge you.
19:38And don't expect any help
19:39when you fail to get into college.
19:41Don't you dare tell anyone
19:42we're your parents.
19:44We can't afford the embarrassment.
19:46Mom added,
19:47That's right.
19:48Don't mention us
19:49and don't expect a single cent of port from us.
19:52I looked around at the empty house,
19:54emptied piece by piece by my own hands,
19:57and laughed.
19:58Mom, Dad,
20:00haven't you already been doing this
20:02since I was 12?
20:03I hung up.
20:04Mom called back immediately.
20:06I pressed silent.
20:08She called three more times.
20:10Exactly what I'd expected.
20:12They'd never had any patience for me,
20:14but that was fine.
20:15The coldest winter was almost over.
20:18Spring was coming.
20:22Senior year was brutal.
20:23The house had nothing left to sell.
20:25I was going hungry again.
20:27Without money for a tutor,
20:28my math scores began to plateau.
20:30It felt like being six years old all over again.
20:34Helpless.
20:35Hopeless.
20:36Then Ms. Miller noticed something was wrong.
20:38She started coming to tutor me every evening.
20:41She always brought extra food and ate with me,
20:43saying she'd made too much for one person.
20:46I ate every bite with tears in my eyes.
20:49I promised myself I would repay her someday.
20:52Three months before the college entrance exam,
20:54my old tutor at the college student
20:58sent me a full packet
20:59of final sprint practice problems.
21:03He also sent a cash transfer of $50.
21:07When the entrance exams were finally over,
21:10I was honest with myself.
21:11I was ordinary.
21:13I wasn't like Cece,
21:14who could walk into any top school she chose.
21:16I was admitted to a solid national university.
21:19Not elite, but real.
21:21I was satisfied.
21:25I chose a school in the warm south,
21:27nearly a thousand miles away.
21:30The villa, I rented it out.
21:33The rental income would cover four years of university.
21:37As I cleared the last of my things out,
21:40I felt it, total separation.
21:42Every day of being abandoned and abused
21:44was permanently in the past.
21:47The morning I boarded the train,
21:49my parents called.
21:52You need to work hard.
21:54With your IQ,
21:55you won't get into anything prestigious.
21:56But don't embarrass us
21:57by going to a community college.
21:59If you don't do well,
22:01repeat a year.
22:02We'll pay for it.
22:03The irony.
22:04After all these years,
22:05they'd finally remembered
22:07their parental obligation.
22:08I let out a short laugh.
22:10No need.
22:11I don't need anything from you.
22:14I hung up,
22:16blocked them both,
22:17then I turned
22:19and stepped onto the train
22:20without looking back.
22:27University kept me too busy to breathe,
22:29studying,
22:31working three part-time jobs,
22:33joining every activity I could find.
22:37My roommates watched me
22:38like I was some kind
22:39of supernatural being.
22:41Lily,
22:42you are genuinely terrifying.
22:44Three jobs
22:45and your papers are still on time?
22:47Does it have to be this intense?
22:49Yes.
22:50It had to be.
22:51If I stopped moving,
22:53I was afraid I'd turn back
22:54into the girl
22:54digging through trash cans.
22:56When I received
22:57my first scholarship,
22:58I used part of it
22:59to buy Ms. Miller
23:00a new laptop.
23:01She'd always complain
23:02that her old one
23:03was too slow
23:04for less than planning.
23:05I bought my old college tutor
23:07the latest smartphone.
23:09His camera had been broken for years
23:11and he loved photography
23:13but could never bring himself
23:15to replace it.
23:16And Mrs. Davis,
23:18when I'd first received
23:19the Villa Rental money,
23:20I had tried to pay her
23:21for all the tutoring.
23:22She refused every cent.
23:24Instead,
23:25she bought me clothes,
23:26shoes,
23:27a winter coat.
23:28It was the first winter
23:29I'd spent without feeling cold.
23:32When she received
23:33the laptop I'd sent,
23:34she mailed back
23:35a package of makeup.
23:36A girl should look beautiful.
23:38Stop spending on me.
23:40Spend it on yourself.
23:41As long as you're eating well
23:43and staying warm,
23:45Mrs. Davis is happy too.
23:47I cried,
23:48reading that message.
23:50I didn't know
23:51what my mother's version
23:52of love looked like.
23:54But in that moment,
23:56I understood
23:57what it felt like.
23:58I think I liked Mrs. Davis
24:00more than I'd ever
24:01liked my mother.
24:06Junior year winter break.
24:08Mrs. Davis invited me
24:09to spend the holiday
24:10with her family.
24:11I said yes.
24:13That was the best decision
24:14I ever made.
24:16I arrived and discovered
24:17that Mrs. Davis' family
24:19and my own family
24:20lived in the same city.
24:22Mrs. Davis was wonderful.
24:24Her husband,
24:25Mr. Davis,
24:26was wonderful too.
24:28And their son,
24:30Sam,
24:30the same Sam,
24:31from the back row
24:32of seventh grade,
24:34the one who had defended me
24:35and shared his snacks,
24:37he was wonderful.
24:39Every morning,
24:40Mr. Davis prepared breakfast
24:41for all of us.
24:42After we ate,
24:44Sam would plan a route
24:45and take us
24:46somewhere nearby.
24:47A walk,
24:48a local restaurant,
24:50a lazy afternoon
24:51of card games at home.
24:52Just the four of us.
24:54No comparisons.
24:55No contempt.
24:57Only warmth,
24:58love,
24:59and generosity.
25:00This was what
25:01a normal family
25:02looked like.
25:03I finally understood.
25:08Christmas Eve,
25:09as Mrs. Davis' family
25:10and I were making
25:11dumplings together,
25:12my parents called.
25:13They'd been reaching out
25:14more frequently lately.
25:16Earlier that year,
25:17Cece had been recruited
25:18by Harvard.
25:19This time,
25:20my parents hadn't followed her.
25:21Cece was fully established now.
25:23She didn't need them anymore.
25:25With Cece gone,
25:26they finally seemed
25:27to remember I existed.
25:30Hello?
25:31Lily,
25:32where are you spending
25:32the holiday?
25:33Come stay with us.
25:35Send us your ID
25:36and Dad will book your flight.
25:37You've never seen the Capitol,
25:39have you?
25:40We'll take you
25:40to the historical sites.
25:41I had waited 15 years
25:43for those words.
25:44Now they didn't move me at all.
25:46I wiped the flower
25:47from my hands.
25:48I'm doing well here.
25:49Anything else?
25:50If not,
25:50I'll go eat pizza.
25:53Dad seemed to want
25:54to say more.
25:54I had already hung up.
25:56Another year was ending.
25:59After that holiday,
26:00Sam and I stayed in touch.
26:02His university
26:03wasn't far from mine.
26:04At Mrs. Davis' request,
26:06he would take the hour-long
26:07train ride
26:08to check on me.
26:09During our senior year,
26:11he proposed
26:11building something together.
26:13We co-developed
26:14a mobile romance
26:15simulation game.
26:17Mom called
26:18during one of those stretches.
26:19She'd slipped
26:20and fractured
26:21her left leg.
26:22Dad was traveling
26:24for work.
26:25Cece was still
26:25in America.
26:26Mom lay in the hospital bed
26:28describing how lonely
26:29she was.
26:30How every other patient
26:31had family crowding
26:32around them
26:33and her side
26:34was cold and quiet.
26:36I looked down
26:37at my right ring finger,
26:38the one that had
26:39never straightened
26:40properly.
26:41I let out a slow yawn.
26:43Mom's voice
26:44cut off mid-sentence.
26:46She hung up herself.
26:47The game launched
26:49and immediately
26:49became a hit.
26:50With money in our accounts,
26:52Sam and I
26:53made things official.
26:54We registered our marriage
26:56before the new year.
26:57I could finally,
26:58openly,
26:59legitimately,
27:00call Mrs. Davis
27:01Mom.
27:03That new year,
27:04we went home
27:05loaded with gifts.
27:06Gold,
27:07rare health supplements,
27:09everything.
27:09The whole neighborhood
27:11saw us come home.
27:12Everyone praised
27:13Mrs. Davis
27:14for her good fortune.
27:15A wonderful son
27:16and an excellent
27:17daughter-in-law.
27:18I'm the lucky one.
27:20I got a daughter
27:21like Lily.
27:23Mrs. Davis beamed.
27:25That evening,
27:26as we made dumplings
27:27together,
27:27someone knocked
27:28on the door.
27:29My parents.
27:32I almost didn't
27:32recognize them.
27:33They looked older.
27:34Their shoulders
27:35had curved.
27:36But my memory of them
27:37was still locked
27:38in childhood
27:38and 20-something
27:40years of time
27:40stood between us.
27:42When they saw
27:43the living room
27:43full of gifts,
27:44their faces
27:45twisted with rage.
27:47Linju told us
27:48you were back.
27:48I didn't believe it.
27:50Lily,
27:50you've really
27:51grown bold.
27:52You come home
27:53for Wajanay
27:54and you bonk
27:55Sinariwas.
27:56Anz,
27:56you can bring gifts
27:57for someone else's family?
27:59We raised you
27:59all these years
28:00and you can't even
28:01bring us something?
28:02I hadn't expected
28:03them to show up.
28:04Retirement had left
28:05my parents with
28:06nothing to fill
28:06their days.
28:07So they'd come back.
28:09Cece hadn't returned
28:10home in years.
28:11Hadn't even called
28:12by all accounts.
28:15Mom pressed on.
28:18All this time,
28:19if you had just
28:20said one soft word,
28:22do you think
28:22we'd have ignored you?
28:23It's not too late.
28:24Come home with us.
28:26We can still
28:27forgive you.
28:28I smiled.
28:30No.
28:31Their faces flickered.
28:34We parted ways
28:35a long time ago.
28:37Didn't we?
28:38I took Mrs. Davis' hand.
28:40I took Mr. Davis' hand.
28:42These are my new parents.
28:44I have a family now.
28:45I don't need you anymore.
28:47What abuse?
28:48You made all that up.
28:49Mrs. Gable
28:50never did a thing to you.
28:54You're still just as stupid
28:55and rotten as ever.
28:57Come home.
29:00Made it up?
29:01If they were innocent,
29:02why did they go to prison?
29:04Not once did you
29:04ever take care of Lily.
29:06Do you know how
29:06she survived all those years?
29:08You have no right
29:09to stand here
29:09and lecture her.
29:10You only ever cared
29:11about your gifted daughter
29:12and your own reputation.
29:14Lily was right.
29:15People like you
29:15don't deserve
29:16to be her parent.
29:17Mrs. Davis and Mr. Davis
29:19wrapped their arms around me.
29:20We are her parents now.
29:22She has nothing
29:23to do with you anymore.
29:24Get out.
29:25You are not welcome here.
29:27My parents were
29:28escorted out.
29:29Mrs. Davis
29:30and Mr. Davis
29:31held me tightly.
29:32I felt as though
29:33I had been given
29:34a second life.
29:34They hadn't given me
29:35the first one,
29:36but they had given me
29:37the flesh and blood of her.
29:38Mom sent a text message
29:39later that night.
29:40Lily, I had no idea
29:41how you were living.
29:42That woman,
29:43Mrs. Gable,
29:44deceived me.
29:44I truly didn't know.
29:46Can you find it in yourself
29:47to forgive me?
29:47Dad wrote too.
29:50They had used money
29:51to try to control me
29:52at 12.
29:52Now they were using
29:53the same tactic.
29:54They'd also forgotten.
29:55At 12,
29:56I already didn't want
29:56their money.
29:57They tried a few more times.
29:59When they couldn't reach me,
30:00they gave up.
30:00They told anyone
30:01who would listen
30:01that their children
30:02were heartless ingrates.
30:04Their first vacation ended
30:05with their tour bus crashing.
30:07Both of them were trapped
30:08beneath the vehicle.
30:09When they were pulled out,
30:10neither of them
30:11could have moved
30:11below the waist.
30:12They were confined to beds,
30:13unable to care for themselves.
30:15Then they called me.
30:16Lily, please come to the hospital.
30:18We can't reach your sister.
30:19The care workers here
30:20are terrible.
30:21They're hurting us.
30:21We're scared.
30:22You're all we have.
30:24I could hear the fear
30:26in their voices.
30:27These people who had been
30:28untouchable my entire childhood,
30:30now they were crying
30:30so quietly,
30:31as if they didn't even dare
30:33to make sound,
30:33just like a six-year-old.
30:35I stared out the window
30:36at the dark sky.
30:37Why would care workers
30:38only target you?
30:39Are you sure
30:39you're not exaggerating?
30:40Mom and Dad,
30:41I know how smart you are.
30:43You always told me
30:43I was too slow,
30:44but even you shouldn't
30:45try to fool me
30:46with something this obvious.
30:47And you know,
30:48I'm just an ordinary person.
30:49I can barely manage
30:50my own life life.
30:51I don't have time
30:52and energy to spare for you.
30:53Be good.
30:55Get along with the care staff.
30:57Don't be book smart
30:58and life stupid.
30:59I hung up.
31:0020 plus years later,
31:01I had finally given back
31:02everything they had once
31:03said to me.
31:04I thought they probably understood.
31:05After that,
31:06they called endlessly.
31:07They admitted they had been wrong.
31:09They said they never
31:09should have only cared for CZ.
31:11They said they understood now
31:12that a person's IQ
31:14was not their work.
31:15They went on and on,
31:17conversation after conversation,
31:19until one day
31:19they interrupted my work
31:20one too many times
31:22and something snapped.
31:23I don't know.
31:23I don't know.
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