บททั้งหมดของ The Niece Who Nuked My Figures: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

Arlene's POVA muffled thud of something heavy hitting the floor came from upstairs again, and the whole house seemed to shake along with it.I dodged past my brother-in-law, Tyler Atwood, and rushed straight into the house.Tyler reached out to block the doorway."Hey, what's wrong with you? You just got back and you're charging into the house without even saying hello to me? Have you no manners?"I forcefully shoved his hand aside, causing him to stumble back a couple of steps."Arlene Manning, how dare you push me?"I bounded up to the second floor, taking the stairs two at a time.The door was slightly ajar.The "Do Not Disturb" sign that had been hanging on the door handle was broken in two and discarded on the hallway carpet.I pushed the door open to a room full of wreckage.The entire wall-length acrylic display cabinet had been pushed over onto the floor. Its doors were shattered, and shards of glass covered the wooden floor.The rare discontinued Labubu and limite

"Besides, there's nothing of value left in your room anyway. After all, it's all been smashed to pieces, isn't it?" Tyler added.I took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to flip over the coffee table."That was a fingerprint lock. If it ran out of battery, all it needed was a recharge. So, how could it be broken? Moreover, that's my room. What gives you the right to change the lock without my consent?"Alison shot to her feet. "Arlene, you'd better get this straight—this is Dad and Mom's house, and I'm the eldest daughter of this family! Since when do I need to report to you just to change a lock?"You live in another city and barely come home twice a year. This room is just going to waste sitting empty. After Christmas, I'm turning your room into Celeste's study."From now on, when you come back, you can sleep on the couch and rough it for a couple of days."Just then, Mom came out of the kitchen with a plate of hot food."What's all the shouting about? Go wash your hands for

The business class seats on the train were really spacious.I ordered a cup of hot milk.My phone screen lit up with a bank notification saying the payment had failed.Immediately after, countless unfamiliar numbers started blowing up my phone.After putting it on silent, I slipped on an eye mask and settled in for a nap.I could already picture the scene back at the restaurant.…Third-Person POVThe waiter walked into the private room with the long bill."Sir, your total comes to 86 thousand dollars. Will that be cash or card?"Tyler froze mid-bite while picking his teeth, and the lobster meat fell out of his mouth onto the table."Did you just say 86 thousand dollars? Are you running some kind of scam?"He slammed his hand on the table and jumped to his feet, instantly sobering up.The waiter maintained a professional smile as he pointed to the bill."Sir, this bottle of red wine alone is 50 thousand dollars, and the rest of the food comes to 36 thousand dollars. They

Alison and Tyler were taken into criminal detention.Mom and Dad sat outside the police station for an entire day and night, crying until their voices went hoarse.When I didn't answer their calls, they changed their numbers and sent me text messages instead."Arlene, Alison is your sister! How can you be so heartless? She has a child to raise. If you have them locked up, what's going to happen to Celeste? If you drop the charges, we'll make Alison apologize to you, okay?"I read those texts and felt nothing but irony.Back when they were scheming against me, did they ever think of me as family?When Celeste was destroying my things, did she ever think of me as her aunt?I had Marsha contact them instead.Marsha told them that without compensation and my forgiveness, Alison and Tyler would face at least three years in prison.The moment they heard about jail time and having to pay back 1.8 million dollars, Mom and Dad finally panicked.They sold the house back in their hometo

"Arlene, your mother doesn't have much time left, so she wants to see you one last time," Dad said.Through the phone, I could hear Alison yelling and things being smashed in the background.The familiar noise washed over me, and I remained unmoved."Dad, when you signed the declaration, I made it clear that none of us owes the other anything from that day on. I have money, yes. But I would sooner feed it to stray dogs than give you a penny."With that, I hung up and blocked that number.I moved to another city and got a new job.In this new city, no one knew anything about my past.I was just a survivor of a toxic family.There was actually more to the story about the house Alison sold.The buyer was a shrewd businessman.Not only did he drive the price down when buying the house, but he also discovered that Alison had cut corners during the renovation and illegally removed a load-bearing wall.The buyer then turned around and sued Alison, demanding compensation for the rep