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Chapter 5

Author: Solo Frog
Early the next morning, before the sun was even up, everyone heard the housekeeper, Eleanor Hicks, scream. "Someone is sitting in a corner! They're not moving! It looks like Jeremy!"

Mom, Dad, and Alan came out into the yard and looked at me from a distance.

After a night of continuous rain and a sudden drop in temperature, my hair was coated in frost.

With a frown, Mom said, "Look at the state he's in after living out there on his own. His hair's practically covering his whole face. Couldn't
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    Alan looked deeply displeased. "Why should the whole house have to look like this just because Jeremy died?"I even went out of my way to have a designer put up all the New Year decorations this year. Honestly, the way you two are acting is incredibly disappointing. Do people just become useless trash when they get old?"Mom never expected him to say such things to them. She pointed at him, trembling so badly she couldn't get a word out. Suddenly, she clutched her chest, her face twisting in pain.Dad was too far gone in his madness to notice anything wrong. As for Alan, he simply stood there, watching her coldly.It wasn't until Eleanor came back from running errands and saw what was happening that Mom was rushed to the hospital.Mom was diagnosed with a heart attack. Luckily, she got there in time and survived. Yet, she suddenly seemed like a shell of her former self.As Alan put it, she'd become a complete good-for-nothing now. With a lunatic and an old woman who could b

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    Dad, who had been barely holding himself together, finally broke down. He pounded the wall, sobbing uncontrollably. "It's all because he was terrified of you! Jeremy had been afraid of you since he was a little boy!"He didn't have to die! He was sick and freezing, but he still shoved all that food into his mouth! He came back last night just to see us one last time!"The officers looked both helpless and bewildered by what they heard. "Seriously? Are you telling me the youngest son of the family that runs Barton Group couldn't afford medical treatment?"And that he was crouching outside his own home in sub-zero weather because he was too afraid to go inside?"Fed up with being detained for questioning, Alan walked over to the police, planted his hands on the desk, and said, "What's so hard to believe? In our family, everyone has to earn their keep."He simply didn't have what it took. He was worse than me at everything, so naturally my parents weren't going to waste money on hi

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    Even after my body was brought into the mortuary, Mom, Dad, and Alan were still arguing.Dad pointed an accusatory finger at Mom. "Look at what you've done to the kids! His own brother just died! And he doesn't even seem to care! You're the one who drove Jeremy to his death!"Mom shoved him away, flying into a rage. "I didn't do anything wrong! It was his own fault that he was useless! He couldn't do anything right! He didn't even have the guts to say a single word to my face! "Anyone who could actually kill themselves like that doesn't deserve to be my son!"Her voice was still echoing in the mortuary halls when two police officers approached her. "We got a report from the staff here about a body with an unknown cause of death. We're here to investigate."When Alan heard that, he said coldly from the sidelines, "He knew he was useless, so he poisoned himself."The officers ignored his arrogant attitude and took all three of them into an office. "We just need to confirm some bas

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    As I watched Alan relentlessly tear into Dad, I couldn't help thinking that I'd already heard such words at his college acceptance party.Mom's summary of those words back then was that I was utterly worthless. And what she said was what drove me out of the house. After leaving home, I hadn't the slightest idea where to go.In the end, I snuck into my old high school dorm, which was completely empty.I slept on the floor and lived on cold water, but without Mom constantly lecturing me, I actually felt lighter than I ever had.Still, the fact that no one ever came looking for me hurt more than I wanted to admit. I swore to myself that I would make something of my life, just to make them regret it.As my family was considered wealthy, I didn't qualify for student loans or financial aid. Thus, I did whatever it took to make money, whether it was working in a coffee shop, delivering food, or tutoring.I had to earn enough for tuition before the semester started. But going to co

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    Upon hearing that, Dad let out an anguished cry. He pounded his fists against the floor.Only then did Alan call an ambulance. The vehicle that came right after it was a hearse.Mom, Dad, and Alan sat in the car. They avoided each other's gaze like they were strangers.Suddenly, Mom's phone rang. She answered it mechanically. A man's voice came through the speaker. "Excuse me, are you Jeremy Barton's mother? I'm calling from the bank. Your son's credit card payment is overdue. We haven't been able to reach him. Please remind him to make his payment on time."In the deathly silent hearse, the voice was piercingly clear. Alan suddenly lit up, looking almost excited. "I knew there had to be a reason he died. Turns out he killed himself because he was drowning in debt!"The blood around his mouth proves it. He must've poisoned himself. That good-for-nothing was pathetic right up to the very end!"He was in such a rush to get Mom to do the car loans, and he even tried to get Uncle

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    But Dad didn't do as Mom said this time. He pressed, "Shouldn't we take Jeremy to the hospital?"Mom, completely frazzled, shoved him away. "I told you he's fine! He can pull through this himself! There's no way a son of mine is so weak that he can't even handle something like this!"The three of them just sat on the couch in silence, just waiting for me to wake up. Then, a low buzzing drifted into their ears. It was a fly.Mom shot up and instantly swatted it dead.Dad asked, his voice trembling, "Why are there flies in this weather?"No sooner had he finished speaking than a second fly appeared. Then, more kept coming. They landed on my head, becoming too many to shoo away.Mom and Dad flailed their hands wildly to swat the flies away, only to knock into me by accident.My body jolted, and a gurgling sound escaped my throat as trapped gas was released. Everyone turned deathly pale.Mom nudged Dad, looking completely dazed. "Go check on him."Dad nudged Alan instead. "You

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