All Chapters of Five Years of Nothing: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

The younger relatives in the group chat were still asking Dawn Fowler for tips on how to win a guy over.[A lot of girls pursued him, but I wasn’t one of them. Yeah, he was the one who pursued me, so I don’t really have experience with that. Maybe ask Trisha instead?]I ignored the constant mentions blowing up my phone and simply muted the chat.So that was it. The reason Justin Baker had been so hard to win over was that he already had someone in his heart, and I had spent three whole years just prying open a crack in something that was never real to begin with.I let out a bitter laugh and went back to my room to pack. As I reached up to pull down a large suitcase from the top of the closet, something suddenly fell to the floor with a dull thud. It was an old phone. On instinct, I typed in Dawn’s birthday, and it unlocked. A group chat instantly popped up.[Justin, you’re not actually going to marry Trisha, right?][Seriously, are you even going to break up with her? We’re all

Chapter 2

The moment I stepped off the plane, the familiar air hit me, and for the first time in days, I could finally breathe. All the resentment I’d been carrying seemed to drift away with the wind. I looked out at the streets I knew so well, and my eyes stung. Yeah… As long as I was home, it’d be okay.I took a cab to Mom’s house. No one had lived there for a long time, but everything inside was exactly the same as when she was still alive, except the family of three was gone. The whole place felt quiet and empty.I had brought Justin here once before, wanting him to see the home I grew up in. However, he thought it was too cold and lifeless, so he didn’t want to stay long. Yet, compared to Dad’s new house, I thought this place still felt warmer.After Mom passed away, my stepmother showed up with her daughter. Not long after, Dad and she had a son together. Just like that, the small family Dad and I once had turned into a household of five. He was no longer just my dad, and that home wa

Chapter 3

Justin never called again, and I spent the next few days at home in a rare, quiet peace.On Christmas Eve, I was at the supermarket picking up groceries when Dad suddenly called.“Come home for dinner tonight to meet your sister’s boyfriend,” he said.I rejected his offer. “I’m not coming. I want to stay with Mom.”“You…” He choked for a second before he replied, “It’s just one meal. You only come back once a year, and you won’t even visit me? You’re getting more unreasonable the older you get.”I could hear the anger creeping into his voice. It was the holidays, and I didn’t want a fight.I let out a quiet sigh. “Fine.”… The moment I walked through the door, Justin froze. Meanwhile, Dawn, standing beside him, looked at me with a hint of amusement, like she’d been waiting for this.“You’re here, Trisha.”She took Justin’s hand and walked toward me.“Let me introduce you. This is Justin, my boyfriend and your future brother-in-law.”I looked at him. His Adam’s apple bobbed

Chapter 4

“You wouldn’t dare!” I shouted as I hugged my arms tightly and staggered backward.She kept closing the distance. “Why wouldn’t I?”Justin rubbed his temples and stood up, reaching out to stop her. “Enough. Don’t do this.”Her gaze flicked between him and me, and then suddenly, realization dawned on her face.“Oh, I get it now. “That necklace? Justin gave it to me.”She hooked a finger into the hem of his shirt, toying with it as if she owned him.“You’ve been pursuing him for so long. Now that he’s about to get married, you’re trying to steal something as a keepsake?”All the blood drained from my face. My whole body trembled uncontrollably as I said, “That’s a lie!”Instinctively, I looked at Justin. He froze for a moment and then slowly withdrew the hand that had been holding her back. Right then, Lisa came downstairs. The moment she saw the scene, she hurried over, trying to smooth things over.“I’m so sorry, Trish. Don’t blame your sister. This is all my fault. I’m gettin

Chapter 5

I spent three days in the hospital, and no one called. My pathetic pride kept me avoiding them in the halls, but somehow, I was still found.“Trisha? What are you doing here?” Justin grabbed my arm, his face full of surprise. “Your head…?”Then, as if something suddenly clicked, he froze.“I was the one who pushed you that day…”I didn’t want to deal with him. I just wanted to leave. However, he followed me all the way to my bed.“I’m sorry. I didn’t notice at the time.”I sneered. “Of course you didn’t. Your attention was on her.”At the mention of Dawn, he sighed, his brows knitting together.“Then why did you steal Dawn’s necklace? If you’d just handed it over back then, it wouldn’t have ended like this.”I clenched my teeth and said, “I’ll say this one more time. I didn’t steal it.”Over the past few days, I had finally figured it out. I never even went into her room, so how could the necklace have ended up missing? The one explanation was that when she stopped me upstair

Chapter 6

“I didn’t do it!” Dawn shouted before turning and storming off in a rage.Lisa quickly grabbed Ben and chased after her. Dad stood there for a moment, hesitating. In the end, he said nothing at all. He just sighed and walked away, too.With only Justin in the hospital room, he reached out, as if he wanted to touch my head. However, I dodged him immediately, irritated.“Does it hurt?” Did it hurt? Of course, it hurt, but what hurt more was my heart.I said coldly, “I don’t need your care.”“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.” His head lowered as he choked, “I really didn’t expect her to do that.”“You didn’t expect it?” You grew up with her as childhood friends. And you’re telling me you didn’t expect it?”“I really didn’t…” He grabbed my hand again. “You know me. I’ve always stood up for you before!”“Stood up for me?” I shook his hand off without hesitation and sneered, “When she pinned me down, where were you? When everyone was blaming me, where were you?”It was true. Once upon

Chapter 7

I opened the door beforehand and stepped forward, stopping the relatives from entering the house.“Merry Christmas, everyone. Please, just listen to me for a moment.”I didn’t bother with small talk. Instead, I climbed up onto the edge of a flowerbed and raised my voice.“Today, I, Trisha Fowler, will cut all ties with my family!”The announcement came so suddenly that everyone exchanged confused looks.“Huh? What’s going on?”“Trisha, what happened? Just have a good talk with your dad.”I took a deep breath before further explaining, “Dawn, my stepsister, has hated me since childhood because she thought I took her dad away. And so she teamed up with her childhood friend and my ex-fiancé, Justin, to deceive me for five full years.”“What? Justin?” one cousin exclaimed. “Isn’t that Dawn’s boyfriend?”Without hesitation, I posted everything into the family group chat—the screenshots I had taken from Justin’s phone, along with the record of returning the engagement gift I had sen

Chapter 8

On the last day of the Christmas holidays, I was packing my luggage when there was a knock at the door.“Trish, it’s Dad.”I hesitated for a moment before opening it. He stepped inside, glancing around the house naturally, then took a pair of house slippers from the shoe rack and put them on.“It’s still the same here. Do you remember? There used to be a swing here.”He walked to the corner of the living room and tapped lightly on the table again and again.“When you were little, you saw that the other kids had swings at home, so you insisted I get one for you too. But later you changed your mind and said you wanted it gone, and instead demanded that huge teddy bear be placed here.”He let out a small, helpless laugh.“You always liked lying on it–”“What are you here for?” I cut him off.His body stiffened slightly, but he didn’t turn around. After a long silence, his voice came out choked with emotion.“I was wrong. I’ve neglected your feelings the past few years. I didn’t

Chapter 9

Not long after, my overseas paperwork was fully processed. I pushed my suitcase through the airport and had just finished checking in when, suddenly, hurried footsteps came rushing from behind.“Trisha!”Before I could even turn around, I was pulled tightly into someone’s arms.“Trisha, don’t go. Don’t leave me.”I struggled hard and broke free, turning around and lifting my arms to stop him from getting closer.“Trisha…”Justin stood there. His usually perfectly styled hair was a mess, his jaw was unshaven, and his red eyes were filled with panic and despair as he looked at me.“Please don’t go. Let’s go home, okay?”“Go home?” I found it ironic. “Which home are you talking about? The one you share with Dawn?”“No! It’s not like that.” He shook his head. “I’ve cut things off with her. You’re the only one I love!”I scoffed. “Didn’t you say you’ve liked her since you were a child? After all these years, you’re just going to cut it off like that? You’re really ruthless, aren’t

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