Semua Bab My Triplet Brothers Begged Me Back: Bab 1 - Bab 10

On my 18th birthday, my triplet brothers adopted a fifteen-year-old orphan girl and they claimed her mother died saving our parents.To make our new "sister" feel welcome, Matthew forced me to give her my coming-of-age gift, Daniel sent away the sheepdog that had been my companion since childhood because of her allergies.William coldly told me to get out of the house and stop making their little sister upset.I didn't argue. Just packed my bags and left.After they returned from their vacation with the orphan girl, they learned I'd enlisted in a twenty-year frontier medical program.They went crazy when they realized that I would never come home....The day I accepted the offer to research cancer treatments happened to be Christmas Eve. When our parents were still alive, our family had made a pact to gather every Christmas.My mentor warned me: "In ten days, you'll be departing for the secret research mission. You'll be isolated for twenty years, Emma. Remember to say a proper goodby

Daniel also heard my answer and froze for a moment.He must have thought I was just being dramatic, because his tone grew impatient:"You don't need to be like that.""We know you can be petty sometimes, but Sarah will return it after her graduation dance."I looked at them seriously: "If she likes it, I really can give it to her. I won't need it anymore anyway. I'll soon...""I'm always in the lab. I don't have many opportunities to wear a necklace. Sarah is young, at the age where girls love jewelry. It's perfect for her.""It's good you don't want that necklace anymore. You do owe Sarah," William's angry voice came through the phone."Can you come stay with me, I can't sleep..." Sarah's voice drifted through the phone, and the call quickly disconnected.I didn't even get the chance to tell my brothers that I was about to leave for a secret research mission with no fixed return date, and would never have the opportunity to wear that necklace again. But now it seemed like nobody cared

My eyes were so blurred I could barely open them.I couldn't tell if it was rain or tears. I have congenital asthma. My brothers had always been extremely protective of me because of it, but now, they seemed to have forgotten.My head felt foggy, and I could feel a fever coming on.Gradually, my body went numb as I dragged my suitcases toward the exit of our gated community.I wondered if the university dorms were locked by now.To be honest, I didn't know where I was going.Sarah ran after me, her voice dramatically tearful: "Sister, I'm sorry, don't go. If you don't like me, I can leave instead."Then came Matthew's urgent voice:"Don't you know your own health condition? What if you catch a cold in this rain!"For a moment, I thought he was calling out to me.In my dazed state, I vaguely heard his next words:"Daniel, tell the housekeeper to make some ginger tea for Sarah!"I tried to smile, but couldn't.Between staying up all night yesterday and rushing here this morning to pack m

I pulled myself from the memories.Jake, driving beside me, handed me a tissue.I stared at it for a moment, only then realizing my eyes were wet.When I agreed to join the professor's twenty-year isolated research project, I thought I had made peace with everything.Now I discovered that remembering the past still brought tears to my eyes.It's okay. It's okay.People just need more time to forget and let go.I returned to campus, moved into the dorm, and continued organizing my affairs.The next day, while heading to the library with Jake, I ran into my three brothers again.Matthew, now a mentor at the research institute, had become an associate professor at only thirty-five.His presence at the library wasn't surprising.I pretended not to see them, found a seat, opened my laptop, and continued typing, one word at a time.Sarah, however, dragged my brothers to sit not far from me.I kept hearing the girl's quiet laughter.Matthew and Daniel patted her head: "Be good, and in a coupl

My hand stopped mid-air as I was picking up food.Daniel peeled several shrimp and placed them in my bowl.William spoke in a gentle voice: "We promised you long ago."But we've been busy with work, as you know."I lowered my head as tears nearly fell.After all these years, they still remembered.I spoke quietly: "I have to go out of town with my professor this Saturday. I probably won't make it back in time."Daniel continued peeling shrimp for me, the oil staining his long, slender fingers.He replied: "Then we'll go before Saturday and come back early."Alaska isn't that far. We can return sooner."I wanted to refuse but couldn't bring myself to say the words.Deep down, I guess I still held onto a sliver of hope.After all these years, I just couldn't forget that Christmas Eve.My three brothers doting on me, tickets booked, promising to take me to see the Northern Lights. Our eyes full of anticipation for the future.That night, before our parents died, before Sarah moved in, whe