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Chapter 6 The Family's True Faces

Author: Dreamreader
"If I were the one kidnapped, I'd never admit I was your son! Even if they tortured me to death, I wouldn't have let the kidnapper hurt either of you—not one bit!"

My mother was deeply moved. "Looking at it now, it must've been fate that he was the one taken. Will was nothing but trouble from the moment he was born. His delivery nearly killed me and ruined my future.

"You, Ezel, you're the real blessing. You've never once caused us trouble—only brought honor to this family."

My father lit a cigarette, exhaling a stream of smoke. "Don't bring him up again—it ruins the mood. We should've never acknowledged him back then. After all those years away, kidnapped and raised God knows where, he stopped being our son a long time ago. And now he has the nerve to think he deserves the same treatment as Ezel… What a shameless brat!"

My mother sneered. "He was born unlucky—never meant for a good life. This ending suits him. At least, before dying, he managed to take a hit meant for Ezel. That'
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