บททั้งหมดของ Banished Child: The Regret My Parents Can't Undo: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 8

I was rushed to the operating room with five to six doctors around me, who were hastily stemming the bleeding as they stitched me back up. I was only successfully wrenched from the sweet embrace of death around dawn.My parents, Bruce Smith and Dana Orwell, had been waiting outside all night and only let out a sigh of relief when they saw me being wheeled out.Andrea Smith sobbed when she saw me wrapped in bandages, choking out, "I never imagined Cassandra would be so cruel! She pushed me down the stairs! Everything hurts... When I opened my eyes, I saw her with her throat slit wide open. I swear I didn't do anything!"My brother, Tobias Smith, immediately shielded Andrea, saying, "None of this is Andrea's fault. Cassandra has clearly done this to get your attention! I've seen her do this plenty of times. If she really wanted to die, she would've sliced her head off. "Why didn't she do that and instead make such a shallow cut?"I was suffering from severe blood loss and was curre

During my dazed state, I fell into another dream. Well, a dream of my past.Back then, I was still the apple of my parents' eyes. As an Alpha King's child, I had lived a carefree life in the pack.Everything changed when Bruce and Dana brought Andrea home.Andrea was the captain of the guard's daughter. More specifically, he'd been the captain of the guard tasked with Bruce's protection. He'd gone to battle with Bruce and died in the line of duty, leaving his child an orphan. Bruce pitied her, so he brought her home and adopted her.I greatly sympathized with her. So, I shared everything I had with her, from my toys to my snacks. I had hoped we would get along.However, my parents found her in the outdoor pool the very next day.Fortunately, she was discovered in time and rescued.Still, my parents started to view me with a veil of suspicion ever since that day.Soon, Andrea was hospitalized for poisoning.When my parents questioned her, she always played the innocent wolf.

Tobias froze when he heard it, but he quickly recovered as he drew his blade at the poor servant's neck."What nonsense are you spewing? A rogue? Pups? Keep this up, and I'll rip your head off!"The servant practically crumbled as he blubbered, "Why would I lie about this? I'm telling the truth! If you don't believe me, then you can see them for yourselves!"Tobias still refused to believe a word coming out of that servant's mouth. Still, he did just that and went home. When he got there, he saw an old rogue and two pups standing at the entrance. It was a boy and a girl who bore an uncanny resemblance to me.The old rogue broke into a leer the second he laid his eyes on Tobias."My, my, it sure was hard to get an audience with Cassandra nowadays. Still, the pups miss their mother. I had no choice but to put in the elbow grease to make that happen. Go on, then. That's your uncle."Then, he roughly shoved the two pups at Tobias.Tobias stared at the two tanned pups standing before

The doctor examined my body and inquired about my injuries. I answered her as honestly as I could.After all, some of them were self-inflicted. There was a time my mind was tearing at the seams. The only thing that could cut through the fog was pain. So, I would use a silver knife to carve into my body whenever I lost control.Still, some of the deeper knife wounds were inflicted by others.I remembered that I had a lot of fight in me in the beginning. So, they would threaten to kill me to gain my obedience.The number of those wounds equated to the number of times I'd been taken non-consensually.Eventually, I became the meek little thing they wanted. I had learned that there was no escape. So, I began to cooperate. At least this way, I would suffer less.As for the burn marks and the bruises… Well, I couldn't remember how I got them.I had no idea how many times I had been round with pups, nor how many times I'd miscarried. Perhaps the knowledge was too painful for me, so my