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His Celebration Left Me in Debt

His Celebration Left Me in Debt

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Family Emotions

Face Slapping

Girl Power

Bias

Familial Bond

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The SAT results have been released, and my younger brother, Alvin Bellamy, got a score of 1400. To celebrate his achievement, I set aside my usual frugal habits and throw him a party. Amid the lively cheer, he suddenly says, "Sandy, I'm legally an adult now. It's time for you to give me Mom's life insurance payout, yeah?" I shake my head in response, but just as I'm about to explain why, he flies off the handle. "I've had enough of the pressure of studying in this country! I didn't even bother applying to any colleges, and the application deadlines have closed, so I'll be stuck attending a community college. If you don't want to ruin my future, you have to give me the money so I can study abroad instead!" Feeling disappointed and disheartened, I transfer Alvin 5,000 dollars on the spot. However, he assumes I'm keeping the lion's share of the money to myself. Not only does he threaten me in front of everyone, but he even teams up with our biological father, who cheated on our mother many years ago, to spread lies about me. "You've been hoarding all of our dead mom's life insurance payout, living it up this whole time while refusing to give any of the money to me, your own brother! What did I do to deserve a sister as vicious as you?" Looking right into the eyes of the nasty ingrate I've doted on for over a decade now, I scoff and throw out a pile of invoices. "Where do you think the money that's been spent on you all these years came from? In fact, if we're going to settle the score properly, you owe me 580 grand."

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Chapter 1
"When it comes down to it, you just don't want to give me the money! How can you have the nerve to call yourself my older sister when you're trying to keep all of Mom's life insurance payout to yourself?"Alvin Bellamy, the younger brother whom I'd painstakingly taken care of for ten long years, was now glaring resentfully at me. My throat tightened. I couldn't speak.Our relatives, who'd come for the party, all assumed I'd been caught in the act, so they started chiming in at once."You're definitely in the wrong here, Sandra. Sure, you've worked hard taking care of Alvin all these years, but what kind of older sister doesn't look after her younger brother? Keeping the money for yourself is such a heartless thing to do.""Alvin scored 1400 on his SAT! Just give him the money. As long as you two maintain a good relationship, he'll definitely repay you in the future.""That's right. We know you've had a hard time all these years, but that's no excuse to keep all that money to yours
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Chapter 2
My face instantly paled as I stared at Alvin in disbelief. "Are you out of your mind? How can you joke around with your own future like that?""Just tell me whether you're giving me the money or not!" Impatience flashed in Alvin's eyes. "You've been controlling every aspect of my life all these years."If you really care about me, you'll send me abroad instead of expecting me to continue struggling in this country's cutthroat academic environment. I wouldn't even have been able to hang in for so long if Dad hadn't been there to give me the guidance and support I needed."I looked at Alvin—and the smug Jimmy standing beside him—and scoffed.Alvin had always been in poor health. He even had several surgeries done when he was younger. Because of that, I devoted all my time and attention to taking care of him. I couldn't even sleep soundly at night for fear that I wouldn't hear him call for me.It took years of sacrificial care and unfailing attentiveness to nurse him back to health.
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Chapter 3
"How's that possible?" Jimmy snatched the phone from Alvin's hand. After seeing the transferred amount on the screen, he frowned grimly before suddenly pointing at me as if he'd realized something."Sandra Bellamy! How can you steal your own brother's money? Have you no shame? The money comes from your mom's life insurance payout!""Oh, so you do know it's the life insurance payout for my mom's death, huh?"Clutching my phone tightly, I scoffed at Jimmy. "Sure, it seems like you're speaking up for Alvin, but anyone who isn't aware of the situation might think you're trying to take the money for yourself instead."After all, if I hadn't held a knife to my throat back then, this money would have already ended up in his hands. Now that he and his mistress had another son, it was hard not to suspect it was his own pockets he wanted to line with that money.Jimmy's gaze flickered, but I didn't bother with him anymore. I simply looked at Alvin, still hoping to see even a trace of realiz
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Chapter 4
Alvin attended a boarding school. Ever since he demanded the money at the party, he stopped coming back to the house, choosing to stay at his dorm instead. That being said, he'd called me a few times, pressuring me to give him the money each time, of course.I didn't give him another cent.Meanwhile, I went to work as usual, but I kept getting the feeling that my coworkers were gossiping about me behind my back.A few days later, I finally understood why."Sandra, if you can't resolve this matter, you should just resign on your own." My superior threw me a resignation letter he'd prepared for me and sent me straight home.The gossiping didn't stop. After checking my phone to see the social media post a coworker had sent me, I finally found the reason for all the contempt and malice I'd been receiving from them.Alvin had posted about what happened at the celebration party, only he'd embellished it with more lies than I could count. Every word he wrote was an accusation. He claime
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Chapter 5
Jimmy pushed his way through the crowd and put his arm around Alvin before putting on a tearful performance as he listed out my "awful deeds"."Just look at yourself! You've been living such a comfortable life that your skin is practically glowing! Meanwhile, Alvin looks so frail. "Why do I get the feeling you've been abusing him all along, huh? And now you're hoarding the life insurance payout and trying to use emotional blackmail on him! How dare you talk about family, huh?"I scoffed in anger.At home, I had always given Alvin the best of everything. If he looked frail, it was because of his health condition. But that was somehow my fault?However, thanks to Jimmy's claims, the crowd that had briefly settled down after my counterattack seemed to snap back to life. Holding their banners, they began to condemn my "heartless" behavior."I have to admit she's pretty tough. Look at how she took down that burly guy with one move.""Yeah, she looked pretty cool just now, but that d
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Chapter 6
Rage bubbled up in my chest, but I forced myself to stay calm. "I'll say this one more time—I did not take your money. Five thousand dollars truly is the entirety of your share of the life insurance payout.""How could it be that little? Dad told me Mom's life insurance payout was two million dollars!" Alvin blurted out.All at once, he thought of something and immediately forced some tears out. He launched into another bitter tirade about my domineering ways until the crowd couldn't stop empathizing with him."I pity him so much. His mom is gone, and his sister ignored his feelings, forcing him to study just to bring honor to the family. I can't even imagine the pressure he's under.""This sister of his is absolute trash. She doesn't like studying either, yet she can't empathize with how difficult it is for her brother. And now she's even withholding the money meant for his education abroad."As the voices of condemnation grew louder, Alvin seemed to gain confidence. "Give me the
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Chapter 7
Just as I was about to hand my phone over to Alvin, it was forcefully snatched away from me."Drop the act!"Before I could react, Jimmy grabbed my phone and raised it high before throwing it down. Upon hitting the ground, the screen shattered. He proceeded to stomp on it with all his might, his heel grinding into the glass, sending shards everywhere. It wasn't until the entire phone had been reduced to a mangled mess that he finally stopped, panting heavily."How dare you try to sully our eyes with your embarrassing fake evidence, huh?" Jimmy snarled in between pants. He turned to the crowd with a pained, heartbroken expression. "See that, everyone? Can you believe that's my daughter? She'll make up all sorts of lies just for money!"With the evidence gone and Jimmy's baseless accusations riling everyone up, the crowd grew even more frenzied. Two people rushed forward, grabbing me by force.I struggled with all my strength. "Let go of me! You're breaking the law! I'm calling th
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Chapter 8
The invoices for 3.58 million dollars were scattered all over the ground. As the crowd began to pick up the papers, they gradually fell silent.One of the passersby picked up one of the invoices without thinking much of it, but after seeing the details, he exclaimed, "Whoa! This is a very serious health condition. The fact that your brother recovered enough to live a normal life is nothing short of a miracle. "You must've put in an incredible amount of effort into taking care of him."He was right about that. I'd devoted such an unthinkable amount of effort into caring for Alvin until I nearly paid for it with my own life.But in the end, I'd spent all those years raising a heartless ingrate.Bitterly amused by this situation, I said, "Alvin, you have no idea what I had to do just to pay for your treatments. I had to sell off Mom's house. I worked my butt off every single day of my life, taking on all the side jobs I could find."There were times when I almost dropped dead of ex
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Chapter 9
"Don't joke with me like that, Sandy. I don't have any money!" Alvin's eyes widened, and his voice rose sharply. "I've spent all these years doing nothing but study! Where am I supposed to get 580 thousand dollars from? You're backing me into a corner right now!""I'm doing no such thing. There are plenty of ways for you to get the money—you can work, beg, borrow, or steal the money for all I care." As I looked at the tearful Alvin, I took a step back with complete indifference. "That's what you owe me."The live stream comments had already turned completely in my favor. Alvin and Jimmy tried to use public opinion to force me into giving up the money, but instead, they'd handed me the perfect chance to clear my name.The crowd also began condemning the two of them for their despicable actions.Moments after I'd finished speaking, the faint sound of police sirens came from afar. Alvin's and Jimmy's faces turned increasingly pale. Even as the police took them away, they tried to use
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