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Their Love, I'm Finally Over It - Full Episode (ENGSUB) | Romance Drama #ARS
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00:07I had a notebook hidden in my drawer it only contained one number 99 the 99 times my family
00:18let me down on my wedding day my sister Sylvia Meyer
00:29suddenly flew back home my parents my brother Zachariah and even my fiance Eugene
00:37Anderson all abandoned me to go pick her up at the airport while she posted group
00:41selfies on Instagram showing off how adored she was I called them over and
00:46over yet every call was coldly declined the only one who picked up was Eugene he
00:51said just one thing stop overreacting we can always hold another wedding
01:00so at the wedding I had looked forward to for so long they made me the biggest joke of the
01:04day
01:05whispered about and ridiculed by everyone
01:10I calmly wrapped everything up on my own then wrote a new number in my diary 99 it was the
01:1699th time they
01:17had disappointed me I no longer wished for their love
01:21I filled out my application to study abroad and packed my suitcase
01:27they all thought I had finally grown obedient but the truth was that I was preparing to leave
01:32the door to my room burst open Zachariah walked in and let out a mocking snort when he saw me
01:37staring
01:38at my diary
01:40seriously how old are you writing a diary like an elementary school kid
01:47normally I would have snapped back but this time I didn't even raise my head
01:56annoyed by my indifference Zachariah raked a hand through his hair grabbed the diary and flipped it open
02:03inside was only one number 99 the number of times they had let me down
02:12he couldn't understand it he frowned tossed the notebook onto the floor and ordered me
02:17enough with your nonsense still wants your garlic butter shrimp go wash your hands and get cooking
02:23and take it as your apology for that snarky comment you made earlier
02:27I simply said okay and headed downstairs
02:35he was stunned that I didn't throw a tantrum in the past whenever the family asked me to cook
02:41shrimp for Sylvia I would cry like I had suffered some great injustice
02:47why is she suddenly so quiet he thought
02:56Rebecca what's with you you're not up to something right you're not planning to put
03:00something in her food are you
03:04suspicion flickered in his eyes as he studied me
03:09when he noticed my slightly reddened eyes he paused and finally shut up
03:17after a long moment he spoke again
03:23Syl's been abroad for a year living on her own the whole time
03:27this is her first time back home
03:32of course we're eager to see her you should understand
03:38it's just a wedding we can throw you another one later
03:45I stayed silent while cleaning the shrimp right just a wedding
03:48in their eyes nothing would ever matter more than picking up Sylvia not even the wedding I had dreamed of
03:53four years
03:58they knew it had taken me months to secure that couture gown
04:04they knew I spent half a year planning every detail with the wedding team
04:09yet in the end they turned me into the biggest joke of the entire event
04:14my family never showed up
04:16Eugene never appeared
04:19while Sylvia flaunted her airport welcome party on instagram
04:23i faced the guests ridicule and puzzled stares alone
04:29even the hotel staff noticed how pale i looked and pitying me
04:33urged me to go home and rest
04:38but when my family returned
04:39the first thing they did was ask me to cook
04:45a bitter smile tugged at my lips
04:50i had once thought that because my parents were getting older
04:53Sylvia was abroad
04:54Zachariah was busy
04:56and i was getting married
04:57i should decline my professor's offer to study overseas
05:01but now
05:02i knew leaving was the right choice
05:05unfortunately
05:06even with the application submitted
05:08i still had two weeks before i could depart
05:11i pushed past Zachariah
05:14move
05:14you're blocking the way
05:17my coldness made him feel like he had swung a fist
05:20only to hit empty air
05:22he sighed
05:23about to speak again
05:24but Sylvia's voice rang out from the living room
05:28Zach
05:29i can't open this chestnut
05:33Zachariah panicked instantly
05:35don't do it yourself
05:36you'll hurt your hands
05:37you're gonna be a pianist
05:38wait
05:39i'll help you
05:40that annoying buzzing finally left the kitchen
05:42i lowered my gaze to my hands
05:45my once slender fingers were now red and swollen from an allergic reaction
05:49when i set the plate of shrimps on the dining table
05:52i glanced toward the living room
05:54the atmosphere over there was warm and lively
05:56dad who was usually busy with business calls
05:59suddenly had all the time in the world
06:01he sat comfortably on the couch
06:04listening patiently while Sylvia talked about her fun experiences
06:07studying abroad
06:10mom held Sylvia in her arms
06:12fussing over her
06:14saying she looked thinner and must have suffered overseas
06:18Zachariah was sitting next to her
06:19focused on opening chestnuts for her
06:23i didn't say anything
06:25i just watched that cozy little scene quietly
06:29the living room and dining room felt like to completely different worlds
06:34one side was full of laughter
06:36and the other was utterly silent
06:39Becca why are you standing over there
06:41is it because i messed up your wedding
06:43are you still mad at me
06:45Sylvia's soft pitiful voice carried across the room
06:48only then did the three in the living room finally notice me
06:52dad frowned instinctively
06:56wipe that look off your face
06:58get over here
07:00mom's expression held a flash of irritation
07:03your wedding mess happened because you picked a bad date
07:06it had nothing to do with slive
07:09if you dare stay mad at her
07:11don't call me your mother
07:13Sylvia pouted dramatically and tugged on mom's sleeve
07:16mom don't say that
07:18you'll make Becca sad
07:19she sounded like she was defending me
07:21but the smugness in her eyes was impossible to hide
07:25i knew better that Sylvia was far from innocent
07:29a week ago i told her the wedding date myself
07:32she saw the message and even replied that she was preparing a surprise
07:38and she did give me one
07:39it was just not the kind anyone would want
07:45this forced choice between us was a game she had played since childhood
07:51every single time i was never the one my parents or zachariah chose
07:58even eugene who was supposed to spend his life with me
08:01didn't choose me
08:03i should have been heartbroken but maybe i had gone numb
08:06hearing their words now barely stirred anything inside me
08:11i'm not mad
08:12the moment i said that everyone stopped and stared at me
08:17it was impossible that i wasn't mad
08:19i caught the expressions on their faces and felt a wave of irony
08:24they knew what they did was infuriating
08:26yet they chose to do it anyway
08:28and then acted like my emotions were the problem
08:32my calmness made my parents and zachariah uneasy
08:37after a moment of silence dad finally said
08:41good
08:42we're a family so stop taking everything so seriously
08:47yes i understand
08:49i nodded obediently
08:52seeing me act so unaffected
08:54they relaxed and turned back to fussing over sylvia
09:00aside from the shrimp i made
09:02the table was covered in seafood dishes prepared by the housekeeper
09:05they were everything sylvia loved
09:08sylv
09:09you're so thin
09:11eat more
09:13dad and zachariah's fork never stopped moving
09:16before long
09:17the food was piled high in her plate like a tiny mountain
09:24she beamed as she bragged to the family about her life overseas
09:29she claimed she had already secured a spot in an orchestra
09:32and would be performing with them soon
09:35my parents and zachariah showered her with praise
09:39i quietly continued eating my rice
09:42my silence must have finally stirred some guilt in mom
09:45because she suddenly remembered i had been humiliated today
09:52a shrimp was placed on my plate
09:55i looked up
09:56mom's expression was a little stiff
09:59eat
10:00don't think we only care about sylv
10:02didn't i just give one to you too
10:04i stared at the shrimp for a long time
10:07then set my fork down
10:10no need
10:11i'm full
10:16mom looked embarrassed and a little irritated
10:22what's wrong with you now
10:23just as she was about to say more sylvia
10:27who was sitting beside her
10:28suddenly grabbed her throat
10:30her facial expression changed instantly
10:35mom i can't breathe
10:39when my parents and zachariah rushed to sylvia's side and saw the hive spreading across her skin
10:44they panicked
10:48she's having an allergic reaction
10:51how could this happen all of a sudden
10:54mom's gaze flicked around then landed on me
10:59the next second she slapped me with all her strength
11:06i staggered
11:07couldn't steady myself
11:08and fell to the floor
11:09my head buzzed
11:13rebecca what did you put in the food
11:15don't you remember what sylv is allergic to
11:18zachariah looked at me with utter disappointment
11:20i knew it
11:21it was weird that you were acting so agreeable
11:25you were really planning to hurt syl
11:29rebecca
11:30how can i have such a vicious sister
11:35enough stop yelling
11:39take sylv to the hospital first
11:42dad slammed the table
11:44and only then did mom and zachariah tear their hateful glares away from me
11:48my whole family rushed out in a blind panic
11:51and i was the only one left sitting on the floor
11:53holding my swollen cheek in a daze
11:57it wasn't me
11:58i wanted to say it so badly
12:02but things like this had happened too many times
12:04and i knew they wouldn't believe me even if i said it
12:09so i would just forget about it
12:13one of the house staff came running over after hearing the commotion
12:16she tried to help me up
12:18but froze when she saw my hands
12:20miss rebecca
12:21what happened to your hands
12:24why are they so swollen
12:26i'm fine
12:28i rejected her help
12:29stood up on my own
12:31and went upstairs to my room
12:36i picked up the notebook on my desk
12:38as a flood of memories surged through me
12:40when i was eight
12:41our family had very little money
12:43all five of us squeezed into one old cramped house
12:51my parents were overwhelmed with work and couldn't take care of three kids at the same time
12:55they decided one of us needed to be sent to our grandparents in the countryside
13:01but zachariah was about to start high school at a critical time
13:04and sylvia was too young and frail for them to feel at ease sending her away
13:11i didn't want to see my parents looking so stressed
13:13so i lifted my hand and volunteered
13:18and just like that i was sent to the countryside
13:23before i left mom stroked my head and said i was the most sensible child
13:29but no one told me the price of being sensible was that i would stay there for eight whole years
13:35for eight years
13:36except for the new year
13:37i didn't see my parents
13:40zachariah or sylvia
13:44i watched their clothes get nicer every year
13:46and could guess that life at home had improved a lot
13:50i kept waiting for mom and dad to bring me home
13:53but i grew from an elementary schooler into a high schooler
13:57and even after my aging grandparents passed away
14:00they still hadn't come for me
14:04i only returned once there was no one left to take care of me
14:07the tiny rundown house in my memories was gone
14:12in its place stood a three-story villa
14:17the room they gave me was on the first floor corner
14:19it was nothing like zachariah's room filled with books and gaming gear
14:23nor like sylvia's room overflowing with girlish decorations
14:29it mirrored my place in this family never important enough to matter
14:32and always easy to overlook
14:37i packed the few belongings i had and stuffed them into my suitcase
14:43the wedding leave i had requested from my advisor
14:46rayden delian was useless now
14:50i was about to call him to say i would be back tomorrow when my phone suddenly rang
14:56it was eugene
14:59i thought he was calling about wedding follow-ups
15:02but the moment i picked up
15:04he started yelling
15:06rebecca what did you do to syl
15:10why is she in the hospital
15:13the man who was always calm and composed had lost it twice in one day
15:19the first time was when he heard sylvia was back in the country
15:23the second time was because she went to the hospital
15:34she had an allergic reaction
15:38so it was you wasn't it
15:39how could you do that to your own sister
15:43his voice was thick with anger
15:45rebecca i always thought you were a kind person but just because of something this small
15:51you sent syl to the hospital
15:53do you even have a conscience
15:56i listened to his accusations
15:58too tired to bother explaining
16:02yeah
16:03guess i don't
16:05it's my fault
16:07i'll apologize to her when she gets back
16:10are you happy now
16:12if you've said everything you needed to say i'm hanging up
16:15i have things to do
16:20eugene froze he clearly didn't expect this reaction
16:25before this we had fought countless times over sylvia
16:30on dates he would get lost in conversation with her
16:34at meals he would forget my food allergies but always order her favorites
16:40whenever i accused him of crossing lines he would respond with
16:44you're overthinking she's your sister i'm just looking after her for you
16:51his indifference made me look like some controlling jealous lunatic
16:56my parents and zachariah took his side every time saying i was too possessive
17:03so when sylvia left the country for a year i shamefully felt relieved
17:09but i had been starving for affection for so long that i forgot broken glass cuts
17:15i kept clutching those shards long after they should have been dropped
17:18and now all i was left with were bleeding hands
17:24rebecca you'd better mean what you said
17:28if anything happens to syl again you can forget about our wedding
17:33eugene's voice carried a clear threat
17:38i heard him get out of the car the door slamming shut and the noise around him suddenly growing louder
17:44i could tell he was going to the hospital probably rushing in to check on sylvia
17:50he was using my name as an excuse just so he could fuss over the woman he actually cared about
17:55did he really think i was stupid enough to fall for it
18:00i let out a dry laugh hung up and called raiden
18:07by the time my parents and zachariah finally dragged themselves home
18:11exhausted i had already finished packing and was ready to move into the dorms
18:18just in time to hear mom sigh
18:21if only gino's family were better off he and syl would make such a good match
18:28look at him he's so attentive my steps faltered then dad spoke
18:38yeah he's decent looking too i think selve actually likes him
18:46if i had known earlier i wouldn't have arranged for eugene and rebecca to meet
18:55don't overthink it mom said i can't bear the thought of syl suffering with him
19:01better for eugene to be with rebecca they match each other
19:08besides sil is going to be a pianist
19:13even if he's her brother-in-law he can still spoil her
19:18she kept talking then lifted her head and saw me standing on the stairs
19:23she jolted back a couple of steps in panic
19:28rebecca
19:31what are you doing here mom must have assumed the lights were off because i was asleep
19:37who knew how much of their conversation i had heard
19:41i ignored the faint sting in my chest and walked right past her
19:48i have things to take care of at school i'm heading back
19:52seeing that i looked calm my parents exchanged a glance and finally relaxed
19:57zechariah frowned when he noticed the suitcase at my side
20:01you're taking luggage to school what are you afraid we'll accountable for sylv's allergy
20:06are you planning to run away the moment he brought it up my parents who had looked guilty just seconds
20:12earlier straightened their backs and towered over me with righteous indignation
20:17right we almost forgot rebecca do you realize sel ended up in the hospital because of you
20:25you won't apologize and now you want to walk away
20:32do you think you can get off that easily
20:38irritation crept up my spine when i saw they were worked up and clearly unwilling to back down
20:42i pulled out my phone dialed sylvia and put the call on speaker she was awake now
20:50at that moment she was basking in eugene's attentive care the moment she picked up her voice dripped with
20:57faux innocence becca why are you calling me did someone tell you gino is here taking care of me
21:05are you upset about that the moment sylvia's voice came through my parents and zechariah both froze
21:13they could hardly believe that such petty spiteful words were coming out of the mouth of the daughter
21:18and sister they adored i didn't care what they were thinking nor did i care about eugene hovering over
21:25her i said flatly eugene's taking good care of you
21:32everyone listening was stunned
21:36sylvia too sounded confused becca are you serious of course i replied without hesitation
21:49i don't know what exactly triggered your allergy but i'll apologize anyway i'm sorry
21:59before anyone could react i hung up cleanly then looked at my family every one of them was dumbfounded
22:07can i go now i asked calmly this time no one even tried to stop me
22:15i didn't bother taking zachariah's snide remark why aren't you throwing a fit now to heart
22:22back at school i switched my phone to airplane mode and locked myself in the lab
22:27working non-stop for 13 straight days
22:33i didn't step out of the lab until the day before my departure when i finally finished my experiments
22:41the moment i turned my phone back on it exploded with notifications
22:48there were messages from everyone my family eugene and a flood of texts from my friends
22:55i opened my friend eleanor hamilton's conversation first
23:01she was furious she had sent 70 or 80 messages in a row all cursing out eugene and sylvia
23:09then she sent a screenshot from sylvia's instagram
23:15it was a family portrait my parents zachariah sylvia and even eugene were in the photo
23:22he was standing next to sylvia staring at her like a knight guarding his princess his eyes were
23:29soft and full of devotion sylvia's caption read with the people i love most the audacity nearly sent
23:38eleanor over the edge she ranted endlessly and even commented under the post
23:45your sister isn't even there it looks like your brother-in-law is taking good care of you
23:52i soothed her with a few replies before opening the rest of my messages
24:00without exception every message scolded me for letting eleanor bully poor syl
24:07i apologized one by one just as i was about to lock my phone zachariah called
24:15rebecca what the hell is going on why haven't we been able to reach you
24:20you have no idea how worried we have been the past few days
24:27right after he said that i heard sylvia's bright sugary voice in the background
24:31dad mom jenna look at this carousel it's so pretty so they were at an amusement park
24:38i asked softly worried that single word made zachariah choke up it took him a long time to respond
24:49well yeah we couldn't reach you if you were around you could have come too
24:58besides it's all your friend's fault sylva's sensitive she cried for hours after seeing
25:04that comment we had to bring her out to cheer her up i already apologized he went quiet again
25:10as if he had no idea what to say next after a long pause he muttered good you finally learned
25:18to behave the next second eugene snatched the phone his deep annoyed voice cut through the speaker
25:25rebecca did you tell your friend to leave that comment why is your mind always so dirty i've
25:32told you so many times that sylvia is your sister i'm only looking after her for you your whole family
25:38does that i know you're jealous because everyone likes syl more but that's not her fault
25:46maybe you should think about why no one likes you
25:51my grip on the phone tightened when i heard him run his mouth like that
25:57when we first started dating i had told eugene about how my family treated me
26:03back then he held me and said he would always be on my side
26:09now he told me to reflect on why myself
26:16but i didn't feel sad a little over 10 days ago back at my parents place
26:23i finally learned the truth that eugene had never liked me
26:29he had just been playing a part
26:33and once the act landed he could stay by the woman he actually wanted protect her spoil her and never
26:40let go what i thought was fate had never been anything more than a script they rehearsed together
26:51sometimes i wanted to ask why
26:54but there was no point love that wasn't there was simply not there whether it was family or romance
27:01it didn't need a reason
27:04on the other end of the line eugene started stammering apologies clearly realizing he had gone too far
27:12it didn't matter anymore
27:17i glanced at the flight information my colleague had sent me and spoke calmly
27:27eugene
27:30let's break up
27:31i was done being someone's tool
27:34i was leaving
27:36hearing my words
27:37the other end of the call went dead silent
27:42just as i was about to hang up eugene suddenly laughed
27:46he was full of confidence like he had me completely figured out
27:51rebecca are you sure you spent so long preparing for that wedding
27:55there's no way you actually want to break up
28:00i sighed
28:03so you do know i spent a long time preparing
28:07he seemed convinced i was just throwing another tantrum and spoke helplessly
28:12stop it
28:13i already told you that i'll make it up to you
28:20acting like this won't work on me
28:23i didn't have the energy to explain anything further
28:26when i heard him and zachariah arguing in the background
28:32i simply hung up
28:34then i blocked every number belonging to my family and to eugene
28:42that night i slept deeply and had a dream
28:48in my dream
28:50a little girl dressed differently from her siblings sat at a desk
28:54writing in her diary
28:56she held a pen and wrote the number one in a new notebook mumbling to herself
29:01if it ever reaches 99 i won't want mom dad zach or sill anymore
29:08she paused then crossed out the number and wrote 0.5 instead
29:11mom and dad forgot to buy clothes for me again
29:14the kids at school laughed at my old outfit
29:17i felt sad
29:19but this is the best i have
29:22today sill said i stole her things
29:25mom and dad beat me
29:28i didn't steal anything
29:31i was trying to clean it for her
29:38mom and dad forgot i'm allergic to seafood
29:44my hands swelled
29:46it hurts a lot
29:47it's sill's birthday
29:49the cake is so pretty
29:51i want a birthday too but mom and dad forgot mine comes two days earlier
29:58i watched silently as she filled the notebook page after page
30:02sometimes listing fractions
30:03sometimes whole numbers
30:06she made excuses for her family over and over
30:09her face grew increasingly numb
30:12when the notebook was almost full
30:14the wedding she had hoped for fell apart too
30:17the number stopped at 99
30:19i found myself staring straight into the eyes of the girl in the wedding dress
30:24i should have left
30:26earlier she said
30:27i nodded
30:28but it's not too late now
30:33when i boarded the plane
30:34all those heavy feelings i had recorded all the resentment
30:39disappointment
30:40and wounds stayed behind on that land
30:44i threw myself into studying with everything i had
30:49being alone in a foreign country could feel lonely
30:52but unlike sylvia
30:54i didn't look for someone to complain to
30:56i used every spare moment to fill myself up again
31:00like a sponge i absorbed everything i'd never had the chance to learn before
31:04eventually my lab mates begged me to stop overworking and forced me to take a break
31:10i returned to my dorm and lay on my bed
31:14while chatting with eleanor
31:16she suddenly mentioned my family and eugene
31:19sounding gleeful
31:21becca you won't believe it after you left eugene and the meyer family practically went crazy
31:28crazy
31:29i murmured
31:32i typed a casual reply
31:34impossible
31:36they don't care about me that much
31:37eleanor sent a quick message back
31:40who knows but apparently they've been trying every possible way to contact you
31:45i nodded
31:47that finally explained all the recent unknown numbers calling me
31:51but since i never answer unfamiliar calls i always ignored them
31:58it turned out they were from my family and eugene
32:03as i was thinking this another unknown number came in
32:08i hesitated then answered to my surprise it was mom
32:12the moment the call connected she sounded emotional
32:16becca you finally picked up where did you run off to
32:19why did you block all of us we thought something happened to you
32:25she paused then spoke stiffly
32:29we shouldn't have ignored your feelings before
32:32come home we'll celebrate your birthday
32:37her sudden change in tone was too abnormal
32:40i immediately thought of the notebook i had tossed into the trash before leaving and figured they
32:45must have fished it out and read my diary
32:4799 numbers and far more than 99 wounds
32:52no wonder they were suddenly drowning in guilt and desperate to make it up to me
32:56but what did it change
32:59doing something that hurt me and then coming back asking for forgiveness didn't prove they cared
33:06it only proved they wanted to soothe their own conscience
33:09i said coldly
33:11no need
33:12i don't like celebrating birthdays
33:16mom choked on my words and was left speechless for a long moment
33:21when she finally spoke again she tried to persuade me to come home soon
33:26i looked around my small dorm room
33:29it wasn't big but everything inside it was mine i had chosen them
33:35this place was where i finally felt i belonged
33:41no need
33:42i'm already home i said it calmly then hung up
33:47i had assumed my refusal that day was clear enough
33:51but one afternoon
33:53after finishing my experiments and stepping out of the lab
33:57i saw the very last group of people i wanted to face standing at the entrance of my apartment building
34:05it was dad mom zachariah and eugene
34:11when they saw me all of them looked shaken
34:15beck you're finally back
34:19zachariah started toward me but eugene shoved past him and planted himself directly in front of me
34:26becca long time no see
34:29he looked haggard eyes red like he hadn't slept in days the old me might have felt a sting of
34:34sympathy
34:35now i only felt annoyed we already broke up why are you here eugene's eyes reddened even more
34:44i didn't agree to break up
34:48we just had a misunderstanding
34:52a breakup doesn't need your consent
34:55i said calmly
34:57then looked toward my family standing awkwardly to the side
35:03i heard everything you said that day my parents and zachariah went pale in an instant
35:07and even eugene's eyes widened as the truth finally hit him
35:11i continued with the truth i had pieced together
35:15eugene has always liked sylvia you didn't think his family background was good enough for her
35:23so you pushed him towards me instead
35:26that way you could still keep someone around to spoil sylvia right
35:33no no that's not
35:36mom tried to deny it
35:40but even she had no strength to argue
35:44dad and zachariah both lowered their heads shame painted across their faces
35:49as for eugene he rushed to explain himself
35:54i did like sile in the beginning but that was only at the start
35:58we're about to get married how could i not have feelings for you
36:03i nodded as if acknowledging it relief briefly flickered in his eyes then i struck cleanly
36:13but you didn't show up to our wedding so we're not getting married anymore
36:17no we can have another wedding i i already ordered your dress it's it's still from your favorite
36:23designer i already contacted the wedding planner as long as you agree we can redo everything
36:32it'll be even better than last time eugene held my shoulders voice hoarse with pleading
36:39becca please just listen to me i only take care of cell out of habit the person i love is
36:47really you
36:48i never thought you would actually leave i was a jerk i hurt you it's my fault i gently pushed
36:58his hands
36:59off his red rimmed eyes stirred something inside me after all he was the person who stayed with me during
37:06the loneliest years of my life and he was the one who made me believe i could be loved and
37:11maybe that
37:12was exactly why i could never forgive him forgiving him would mean betraying the girl who once waited so
37:19desperately for her wedding day you love me no you don't love doesn't look like this love means always
37:30feeling indebted not taking advantage of someone's feelings and hurting them again and again love is
37:40two people trying to understand each other not one person doing all the giving
37:46eugene we can't go back you know very well what i wanted what i wanted was someone who chose me
37:53without
37:53hesitation but he had never done that eugene staggered back like he had been struck by lightning
38:02he slumped over and covered his face it looked like he was crying i didn't comfort him he was an
38:08ex-boyfriend
38:08now he wasn't worth my energy that was all that needed to be said as long as he wasn't blocking
38:14my path
38:15to the dorm that was enough just as i turned to go my family stopped me that was when i
38:22recalled there
38:22were still three more people i hadn't dealt with i rubbed my temples irritated then looked at the three
38:29guilty hesitant faces he's here to beg me to get back together what about you what are you here for
38:40dad exhaled heavily becca only when we read your diary did we realized how much you've suffered all
38:47these years are you done you can go now i have things to do this afternoon don't waste my time
38:55how is this wasting time we're apologizing zachariah's voice trembled with frustration just because
39:01you're apologizing doesn't mean i have to accept it i said firmly zachariah opened his mouth but had
39:08nothing to say you keep saying you shifted your love for me onto sylvia but why i was the one
39:16you
39:16owed she was the one who benefited in your house i wasn't even as happy as i was living with
39:22grandpa
39:22and grandma now i've left i'm far away from you we can live our separate lives isn't that better for
39:31everyone mom was already sobbing becca you're our daughter you can't just cut us off like this i'd
39:45rather not be your daughter after saying that i turned and walked upstairs not bothering to look
39:50at the three of them crying in a pathetic little huddle during my final year of grad school a huge
39:58scandal
39:58exploded in our overseas student circle it turned out that after sylvia went abroad she immediately
40:06tossed aside the piano she had bragged so much about all the claims about orchestras and teacher
40:13recommendations were lies she didn't learn anything valuable what she did pick up was a chaotic lifestyle
40:21and an std then at some party she got involved with things she shouldn't have touched
40:31to get money from my family she lied that she was seriously ill my parents and zachariah rushed over out
40:38of worry only to walk in on her partying wildly apparently she was still high when they confronted
40:44her and she snapped aren't i your favorite why would you give money to that bitch rebecca instead of me
40:52if you had given me money i wouldn't have had to lie during the argument she became delirious
40:59grabbed a knife and stabbed zachariah
41:04he survived but the damage was permanent
41:17his body would never fully recover for the rest of his life
41:21my parents called it a family disaster and finally cut off her allowance
41:27without money she slid even further down the wrong path
41:32she passed her disease to several people then returned home looking for someone to take responsibility
41:39and guess who her target was eugene
41:46even though he claimed to love me
41:50when his first love came knocking
41:53he didn't refuse
41:56except that first love turned out to have an std he got infected too
42:05unable to accept what his life had become he snapped and stabbed sylvia
42:12she stabbed him and he stabbed her
42:16in the end
42:18one was dead
42:20and the other one was injured and imprisoned
42:24i stared at those familiar names and felt nothing but a faint distant sigh
42:31whatever emotions i once had were long gone
42:34after graduating i returned to america and became a key researcher at a pharmaceutical company
42:40my parents and zachariah eventually tracked down where i worked
42:44they tried to visit but they never even made it past the front gate because the security stopped them
42:50and so they lived the rest of their lives in regret
42:55they regretted never cherishing the girl they once brought home
43:00and they regretted losing the daughter and sister who once looked at them like they were her whole world
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