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It turned out that Liam thought all my suffering was merely a charade—that I was faking it just to contend with Tina for things that were, in fact, rightfully mine.I stared at the blood on my hands and let out a bitter laugh. I remembered how, when Tina had simply twisted her ankle during P.E., Liam, being her homeroom teacher, had instantly dropped everything and abandoned all the other students to carry her to the ambulance waiting by the school gates.He didn't even bat an eye when he nearly got hit by a car, as all his attention was on Tina, his darling sister. How could he ignore me now, his biological sister, after I had been pushed down the stairs and was bleeding profusely from my head?Just yesterday, at the Johnson residence, I refused to relinquish my guaranteed university admission spot to Tina, causing my father, Henry Johnson, to slap me hard across the face. "You're clearly bad to the bone, always stealing what belongs to your sister! You ought to have been left to d

I merely stood still, feeling my body grow colder, inch by agonizing inch, unsure if it was from the blood loss or the pain in my heart. I had relied on my own efforts to leave that mountain village in the countryside and make it to the city.Before I came here, I had thought that Karen would welcome me with open arms. I had hoped my academic performance might elicit even a trace of their affection. I had put aside the fact that they had left me in that far-off countryside, where I had to get up at 4:00 am daily to feed the pigs, trek three hours through the mountains to get to school, and had almost died from malnutrition.I never held any of that against them. I always thought that I was somehow at fault and that if I just behaved better and achieved more in my life, they would eventually accept me into the family. Yet, no matter what my actions were, they would always view me as the inherently flawed one.I remembered when I was first sent to that mountain village, Tina didn't go

I held my posture, aiming to interact with them as an equal, not as someone in their debt.It seemed like my declaration had caused my parents to fall silent. They simply stared at me, leaving me rather perplexed. Why weren't they yelling or striking me? Why couldn't they accept me severing ties with them? Hadn't they always made it clear that I wasn't their daughter? I tried to call them "Dad" and "Mom" back then, only to be told to keep quiet to avoid upsetting Tina. Why were they suddenly reluctant now that I was finally severing ties with them?I continued, "I'll be transferring the 60 thousand dollars to you right away, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. I expect you to uphold your end of the bargain and allow me to formally sever all ties with the Johnson family."It seemed like my statement had caught Karen off guard. It wasn't long ago that even her physical and verbal abuse couldn't stop me from trying to call her "Mom". Yet, the fact that I now addressed her as "Mrs. Johnson" clearly

I wiped away my tears and made my way back to the Johnson residence to gather my belongings.I figured that even if they didn't allow me to take my few items of clothing and a blanket, I wouldn't fight it. I only wanted to take my notebooks, containing Ms. Zimmerman's invaluable mathematical problem-solving approaches, with me.She had personally compiled seven entire notebooks of relevant information for me since she was aware of my passion for mathematics and my limited educational resources. Those notebooks were what got me through those three years that felt like an absolute nightmare.Yet, when I stepped back into the Johnson residence, the sight before me instantly dragged me back into despair. Although the entire place was spotless and orderly, my room alone lay in complete disarray.Tina, with her husky in her arms, looked at me with what seemed like an apologetic expression. "I'm so sorry, Kiara. I genuinely had no idea that Hiccup would despise your belongings to such a

It wasn't long before the competition results were published. It absolutely floored everyone. I had clinched first place, while Zachary landed in second.Those who had previously branded me a cheat and wished me ill instantly shifted their stance, now showering me with praise.In a complete turn of events, Tina, formerly always in first place, was surprisingly dead last, with a score so abysmal that it left everyone stunned. I held my scholarship and touched my injured arm as I arrived at the Johnson residence. I then overheard a commotion from within the Johnson residence. Liam yelled, "Why, exactly, were you in my office the evening before the exam, Tina?"Tina, however, remained silent, her eyes welled up with unshed tears. She then looked pleadingly at Karen and Henry, only to find that neither of them responded to her pleadings. It was clear that the Johnsons valued a brilliant daughter, not one who resorted to cheating. In addition, given that they had reviewed the surve