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Penulis: Alyssa J
The day I officially prepared to enter the classified research institute was my fifth day after landing in Southcrest.

The institute's director took us out for lunch.

After several rounds of drinks, everyone was getting tipsy.

By the end, many of those seated around the table had tears in their eyes.

Director Hayes let us make one final call to family and friends, then solemnly said:

"If you're afraid or can't bear to leave, it's not too late to back out now."

People around me began taking out their phones to dial, followed by occasional sounds of suppressed sobbing.

I sat in silence for a long time before finally taking out my phone and opening Facebook.

I saw that Matthew, Daniel, and William had updated their status.

They were already in Alaska with Sarah.

In their photos, the sky was filled with dazzling multicolored lights, like a giant spilled palette.

The Northern Lights illuminated the snowy night like daylight.

Sarah wore a thick white down jacket with a bright red scarf wrapp
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  • My Triplet Brothers Begged Me Back   21

    The heart rate monitor gradually flattened into a long, endless straight line. The steady beep became one continuous tone that filled the room.Daniel doubled over, his forehead touching his knees. William reached out and gripped the bed rail so hard his knuckles turned white.The nurse stepped forward, checked the monitors, and quietly noted the time of death: 2:17 AM.I gently placed Matthew's hand back on the bed and stood up. I straightened my jacket, brushed a strand of hair from my face."I'll give you some time," the nurse said softly, stepping out of the room.For a moment, nobody moved. Then Daniel looked up at me, his face raw with grief."He never stopped regretting what happened," he said hoarsely. "None of us did."I nodded once, acknowledging his words without accepting or rejecting them."Would you like a moment alone with him?" William asked, his voice barely audible."No," I said. "I've said what I needed to say."I walked to the door, paused, and looked back at Matthe

  • My Triplet Brothers Begged Me Back   20

    The hospital corridors were eerily quiet as the nurse led me to Matthew's room. Each footstep echoed against the sterile walls, counting down the moments to our final meeting.All these years, Matthew had similarly devoted himself to medical research, giving it everything he had. As both a mentor and a researcher, he'd thrown himself into work after I left. According to what I'd heard, he regularly stayed in the lab for 72-hour stretches, forgetting to eat or sleep.Now, not yet sixty, his body was already ravaged by numerous ailments. Liver failure. Kidney problems. Heart complications. His body had simply given up after years of neglect.I entered the hospital room and sat beside him. The antiseptic smell mixed with the unmistakable scent of approaching death.I suddenly remembered my daughter's birthday party yesterday. The colorful balloons, the laughter, the cake with three candles—and then seeing them standing there in the shadows, watching from a distance.He had come to see me

  • My Triplet Brothers Begged Me Back   19

    His voice broke on the word "sorry," and he had to clear his throat twice before continuing."I made it for you. Back then. I just... I never gave it to you."I suddenly remembered the image of William sitting by the window in a dim bedroom, staying up late to knit me a scarf.All because I had seen classmates showing off scarves their mothers had knitted for them.I remembered coming home from school in tears because Lisa Miller had laughed at me for not having a mother who could knit.My mother couldn't spare the time, Matthew was too busy with academics, and Daniel was too carefree to notice such details.So William had secretly asked one of his admirers who had given him a scarf to teach him how to knit.He'd pricked his fingers countless times, unraveled and restarted the project whenever he made a mistake.To me, it had never been just a scarf.And now, it wasn't a scarf that could make amends.Twenty-three years had passed. No piece of knitted wool could bridge that gap.But I s

  • My Triplet Brothers Begged Me Back   18

    When I was forty-three, Jake and I got married.It was a small ceremony at the research institute where we both worked. No fancy church, no elaborate decorations—just a simple exchange of vows in front of our closest colleagues.Jake held my hands tightly as we said "I do," his eyes crinkling at the corners with happiness. At our age, we'd both given up on finding someone to share our lives with."Never thought I'd be lucky enough to marry the brilliant Dr. Emma Matthews," he whispered as we signed the marriage certificate.I smiled at him. "It's just Emma now. Emma Carter."I had abandoned the Matthews name years ago. It was easier that way.Because of our age, Jake didn't want me to risk childbirth, so we adopted a daughter."Emma," Jake had said one evening as we sat in our living room reviewing research papers, "I've been thinking. Our house feels too empty sometimes."When he suggested adoption, I found myself agreeing immediately. There was an empty space in my life that research

  • My Triplet Brothers Begged Me Back   17

    I left the research institute twenty-one years later.Our drug development had achieved complete success. The specialized cancer medication had been approved and would soon be available at an affordable price.The day of the press conference, I stood alongside my colleagues and mentors.Many cancer patients and their families spontaneously gathered at the venue, overcome with emotion and tears of gratitude.That day happened to be Christmas Eve—the anniversary of my parents' sacrifice.Time seemed to have come full circle, rewriting their ending.I suddenly remembered that night so many years ago, when my mother held me gently and said:"If we could speed up the process just a little more, patients could afford the medication before Christmas and have a good year."Back then, I only half-understood many things.I couldn't fully comprehend the passion and mist in my mother's eyes.She had softly said: "There are too many patients in this world who choose to give up their lives because o

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    "That bitch Emma called last week, and I answered."I could tell from her tone that she wasn't coming back."From now on, they'll have only one sister—just me!""So what if she's their biological sister!"Over these years, I've broken so many of her things, and her three brothers only ever defended me!"I pretended she pushed me down the stairs, and that idiot tried to grab me."She fell and hurt herself, then got slapped for it. She deserved it!""She wanted to see the Northern Lights, but I made sure she couldn't go. They abandoned Emma for me!"Everything will be mine now. Everything belongs to me alone!"Perhaps she felt these achievements were too worthy of pride and boasting.As Sarah spoke, her eyes gleamed with triumphant satisfaction and wild joy.Her face twisted into something grotesque and fierce, completely at odds with her age.Their argument continued endlessly.Matthew wanted to rush forward.He wanted to tear them apart, to make them suffer a thousand cuts.But he coul

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    Matthew's voice was hollow: "There must be a way."I'll think of something, find a solution. I have to find her somehow."Professor Greene sighed softly: "Forgive me for being blunt."Your parents were killed because their research was leaked."The lack of security gave criminals the opportunity to act."This time, before the research concludes, no outsider will be able to find them."Matthew seemed like a man who had lost his soul, his voice stubborn: "I'll find a way."Professor Greene felt compelled to warn him: "If you make a public spectacle of looking for Emma, you might put her in danger."Professor Matthews, don't forget what happened to your parents."If you truly care about Emma... respect her choice."Matthew's pupils trembled suddenly.The heavy snow in the deep night had turned all of Northridge into a silver-white blanket.It seemed to have frozen him completely as well.He stood motionless, even his fingertips too weak to move.Emma was gone.He couldn't even try to find

  • My Triplet Brothers Begged Me Back   14

    Matthew opened his mouth, but it took a while before he could make a sound.As if comforting himself, he repeated Sarah's words:"She'll... she'll come back eventually."She's a grown woman. It's not like she's going to get lost."William's eyes turned bloodshot, misting over.His hands trembling uncontrollably, he suddenly grabbed Matthew's collar."She left with Jake!"I checked the university security cameras. She was dragging her suitcase, following Jake!"Daniel's voice also began to shake as he clutched Matthew's collar, nearly choking him."Do you understand? She left with Jake!"You know what Jake was going to do, don't you? Don't you?!"Matthew could barely breathe, but he forgot to move.After the tremendous fear and despair, all that remained was an endless, bottomless confusion.How could he not know what Jake was doing?As an associate professor and department mentor, Matthew had personally reviewed the list of participants for the twenty-year classified medical research p

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    In the midst of overwhelming fear, despair, and bewilderment, Matthew managed to pull back a thread of rationality.He instinctively objected: "No, she didn't contact me."That's right. After all, they'd been siblings for over twenty years.Even if things had grown distant between them, even with all her resentment.Before committing to a twenty-year isolated research project, she would surely have said goodbye to him.So she couldn't possibly have joined the project.Professor Greene insisted: "That's impossible."I personally saw her dial your number when I got up from the table."It was... last Saturday, around noon."Matthew was about to deny it again.But in a flash, he suddenly remembered something.Last Saturday, around noon.At that time, it would have been about five in the morning in Alaska.That day, at five in the morning, he had just finished watching the Northern Lights with Sarah.Sarah had insisted on taking many photos and excitedly played around until nearly dawn befo

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