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Chapter 3

作者: Nameless
Dad was peeling shrimp for her, and Justin was ladling some soup for her, while Mom kept serving her spoonfuls of food.

“Eat more, Jenny. You’re too skinny.

“I prepared this dish specially for you. I heard you like it.

“Take it slow. Don’t scald yourself.”

They stood around the table under the warm light, smiles stretching across their faces.

The sight was so heartwarming that it hurt.

They looked like a happy family of four.

My presence stuck out like a sore thumb, and I felt like an unwelcomed intruder who interrupted this moment of harmony.

Mom saw me standing there and was stunned for a while.

“Sit down, Melanie. What are you doing just standing there?”

I didn’t say anything as I quietly stared at what was supposed to be my seat.

Jenny sensed my gaze and looked up. She cast me a coy look before bowing her head down again.

She clearly knew that was my seat, but she continued sitting there, unmoving, as though not understanding what I wanted.

I chuckled.

I walked to the table, spooned some food into my bowl, and turned to walk upstairs.

“Stand right there!” Dad called me, looking displeased.

“What are you doing?”

“I don’t have a seat at this table. There’s no need to add one more for me.”

“Is this how you should be talking to your parents?” Mom said with a frown.

“This is Jenny’s first day at our home. Can’t you be more sensible?”

“I’m very sensible, and that’s why I’m leaving.”

Jenny’s eyes turned red in an instant. She bit her lip and said in a tearful voice, “I’m sorry…should I not have come? I’ve made Melanie upset…”

“It’s not your fault, Jenny!” Mom hugged her tight, her heart breaking.

“Melanie’s the one being insensible. Don’t mind her.”

Justin put his spoon down and said with disappointment as he looked at me, “Melanie, what’s with you today?”

I didn’t say anything further.

I simply turned to walk upstairs with my bowl in hand.

-

After dinner, Mom came to my room with a bowl of soup.

“Melanie, you didn’t have a proper dinner. I specially had the chef prepare this for you.”

She put the bowl of soup on the table with an ingratiating tenderness in her voice.

It was my favorite beef and barley soup, but looking at that bowl of soup didn’t bring any warmth to my heart.

That was because I could tell from that conflicted look of hesitation on her face that she clearly had a favor to ask from me.

“Mom, just speak your mind.”

I cut straight to the chase to save her time from thinking of an opening for herself.

Mom stood stunned before smiling awkwardly.

“It’s not anything major, just…”

She paused for a moment, choosing her words carefully.

“I want to discuss something with you. Can you switch from honors classes to regular classes?”

My spoon froze in midair.

“Jenny is from a small town and isn’t familiar with anything here,” Mom said almost pleasingly.

“You’re her elder sister, it’ll be great if you could take care of her in school. You do excellently in school, and it doesn’t matter which classes you attend, does it?”

I looked down at the bowl of soup.

Steam was rising from it, fogging up my glasses.

At that moment, swallowing a mouthful of the soup suddenly became a burden to me.

I put the bowl down and looked up at Mom.

“No.”

Mom frowned.

“Just help me this once, won’t you? Jenny is an introvert, and she might be lonely in school without anyone with her.”

“So you’d rather sacrifice me?”

I spoke every word calmly and clearly.

“I worked hard to qualify for honors classes as a means to enter the top colleges in the country.”

Mom was starting to panic.

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