All Chapters of I'm Leaving Before My Brothers Beg for Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

Dalton Scott, my second-oldest brother, opened the car door and said to me with a smile, "Come on. We're taking you home."I had barely taken half a step when Tina Lewis poked her head out from the back seat."Wait!" She called out to stop me before turning to my brothers. "Dad gave me this car for my birthday last year..."She glanced at the stained prison clothes I was wearing and frowned, her expression reluctant. "That stench coming off Isabel… It might seep into the leather seats. I won't be able to get rid of it…"I slowly withdrew my foot, which was still hovering in midair.Ashton Scott, my eldest brother, frowned as well. "Then we'll call her a cab. She can take a cab back to the house."Tina immediately waved her hands frantically. "No, no! Isabel has been locked up in there for almost seven years now! She only just regained her freedom. How could we let her take a cab home by herself?"She tilted her head, thought for a moment, then clapped her hand in realization bef

Chapter 2

Ashton knocked on the door. "Are you dressed yet? The guests will be here soon."I said nothing.He knocked again, his tone softening slightly. "Once tonight's party is over, you'll officially be a daughter of the Scott family."I glanced at the maid's uniform on the bed and put it on. In the mirror, I saw myself dressed in a gray maid's uniform, with a gold dog tag hanging from the collar around my neck.My name was engraved on the dog tag.By the time I went downstairs, the living room was already packed with people.There were even quite a few reporters, their cameras mounted on tripods. They had set up a live-streaming station in the corner."Isabel's here! Everyone, please welcome the eldest daughter of the Scott family home!"Tina stood in the center in a white evening gown. When she saw me, she smiled and led the room in applause.Dozens of faces turned toward me at once. Some people put down their wine glasses. Others covered their mouths and laughed. A few simply rais

Chapter 3

Everyone turned toward the door. Nathan Grady strode in, all decked out in a handsome suit. His face brimmed with anger.He cut through the crowd, grabbed my wrist, pulled me up from the floor, and shielded me behind him."Ashton, you and your family have gone too far!" He stared at Ashton, his voice ice-cold. "You were the ones who chose to acknowledge her identity and bring her home, so why are you humiliating her like this now?"The living room fell completely silent. Every live-streaming camera swung toward Nathan.I stared at him from behind. His back looked the same as it did 20 years ago.When I joined the orphanage at the age of four, Nathan was already there. He was a scrawny kid with a slight limp in his left leg, hobbling whenever he walked.When the older kids at the orphanage stole his food, he never fought back. I was the one who rushed forward and snatched his bowl back, only to be shoved to the ground by one of the older kids, scraping my knee until it bled.He c

Chapter 4

That night, I barked like a dog in front of all the guests and the live-streaming cameras. Nathan sat on the couch, holding a wineglass. Not once did he look at me again.It was almost midnight when the party ended. The guests left in groups of two or three. Some even snickered as they passed me."Isabel is pretty good at barking like a dog.""No kidding. With that dog collar and maid's uniform, you'd think she really was a dog."I'd been kneeling for so long that I couldn't feel my knees anymore. I used the wall to pull myself up and limped toward the guest room.The moment I stepped inside, I heard a sharp click behind me. Someone had locked the door from the outside.Almost at the same moment, the air conditioner overhead hummed to life. Freezing air poured from the vent, and the temperature began dropping rapidly.There were no blankets in the guest room. The sheets were thin as paper.I had no idea how low they'd set the air conditioner—the cold cut through me like knives,

Chapter 5

Even before James had stopped screaming, Nathan was already bounding up the stairs. He kicked the door to the guest bedroom out of his way and froze when he saw the curled-up figure on the bed.Blood had soaked into the bed. He saw the blackened lips and the stuffed bunny held close to the chest.Ashton rushed in right behind Nathan. He slammed into the doorframe and nearly collapsed to his knees, his legs going weak.Dalton pushed past everyone and threw himself by the bed. He checked for a breath and felt for a pulse.Nothing.There was nothing.He launched into a frenzy, placing his hands over my chest and starting CPR while shouting, "Call an ambulance!"Preston stood in the doorway. It took him three tries to just press the numbers, and his voice shook so badly he could barely give the address to the dispatcher.When the ambulance arrived, Dalton was still performing CPR. His palms slammed against my chest, his sweat dripping from his forehead onto my face. The paramedics

Chapter 6

Everyone froze.Ashton was the first to speak. "Froze to death? It's August! It's 95 degrees outside, and you're telling me she froze to death?"The doctor spread out the report and pointed to the rows of data."The deceased's core body temperature was only 78 degrees Fahrenheit. The extensive frostbite on her extremities is consistent with exposure to subzero temperatures for at least four to five hours."He turned to the next page."As for the wounds on her body, they were not inflicted as a form of self-harm. She was using her own blood to keep herself warm."The hallway fell silent for a moment."What does that mean?" Dalton's voice tightened.The doctor pointed to the wound analysis in the report. "The wound on her wrist wasn't caused by horizontal or vertical cuts. It was caused by repeated friction."She pressed her wrist against the edge of a hard object and rubbed it back and forth, scraping the skin and flesh open to make it bleed, then smeared the blood over her bod

Chapter 7

In the interrogation room at the police station, Ashton, Dalton, and Preston sat in a row, with Nathan at the far end next to them.The detective sitting across from them opened a folder and pushed a stack of documents across the table."During our recent investigation into an insurance fraud case, we found clues that led us to Christy Fuller, the victim in that school poisoning case back then."He pulled out a medical examination report. "According to the medical report at the time, Christy suffered severe liver and kidney damage from the poisoning and would need to be on medication for the rest of her life. Based on that diagnosis, she filed a massive disability claim with the insurance company."But during her medical examination last month..."He turned the report around and pointed to the figures."All of her organs are fully functioning. She suffered no lasting effects from the poisoning whatsoever. The medical report and disability claim had been forged."Ashton took the

Chapter 8

The car hadn't even come to a complete stop when Preston flung the door open and stormed into the house.Tina was sitting on the couch in the living room, looking at her phone. Hearing the commotion, she looked up with her usual sweet smile."You guys are home!"Preston snatched her phone from her hand and threw it onto the floor. The screen shattered."Did you set Isabel up back then?"Tina froze for a moment, then her eyes immediately reddened. "What are you talking about, Preston? I don't understand..."Ashton and Dalton walked in, with Nathan following behind them. Ashton stood in front of her, staring down at her as he spoke, his voice clear and sharp."Christy Fuller has confessed everything."For a moment, Tina turned pale. Immediately, tears spilled down her cheeks."Ashton... I know what you're talking about..."She dropped to her knees and wrapped her arms around Ashton's leg."I was wrong, but I was genuinely scared… You guys had only just brought Isabel back home

Chapter 9

Dalton closed the diary. Ashton stood motionless, the muscles in his face twitching. Preston crouched on the floor, both hands clasped over his head.Nathan leaned against the wall. His face was completely expressionless, but blood had splattered down his chest, soaking into his shirt. He didn't know why, but it felt as though his heart had been torn apart, and he couldn't stop coughing up blood.At the same time, all three brothers doubled over. The pain that shot through their hearts intensified. It was as though someone were ripping their hearts straight out of their chests.Ashton's knees slammed into the floor with a dull thud. He braced himself against the floor, lifted his head, and stared at Tina, who was standing at the foot of the stairs.Blood spilled from his mouth. "You killed my sister."Tina dropped to her knees with a thud and crawled over to Ashton, clutching his leg desperately."That's not what happened, Ashton! I was just afraid you wouldn't want me anymore! I

Chapter 10

On the day of my funeral, the sky was a beautiful shade of blue, and there was no breeze.My brothers and Nathan sat before my grave. White chrysanthemums covered the ground, and my name, Isabel Scott, was engraved on the gravestone.Dalton placed the mended stuffed bunny in front of the gravestone. He'd spent the entire night stitching it back together, carefully stuffing the cotton back inside and sewing its chewed-up ear back on. He had retraced the words "Izzy's Bunny" with new embroidery thread."Here you go," he said quietly. "I didn't keep it safe for you, but I've mended it for you now."Beside him, Preston was clutching the pair of racing gloves. He'd always thought Tina had bought them. Now he knew that I had earned them by working a part-time job for three months.He wanted to say something. He opened his mouth several times, but not a single word came out.Ashton sat at the very front, her back perfectly stiff and straight, looking like a statue. He stared at the name

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