Todos os capítulos de She's Their Princess, I'm the Disposable One: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 9

My parents' car grew smaller and smaller in the distance. I ran and tried to catch up. The icy wind rushed into my chest, making my windpipe burn with pain. I wanted to cry, but I instinctively held back my tears.My dad, Keenan Starr, and my mom, Faith Hudson, hated seeing me cry the most."Are you seriously feeling sorry for yourself now? It's all because of you that Maddie is in this condition. What right do you have to cry?"My sister, Amanda Starr, stuck her head out of the car window and made faces at me.She always said, "Just wait. Sooner or later, I'll make you disappear."This time, it seemed like they were really going to abandon me.Cars sped past me like arrows shot from a bow.One driver cursed, "What the hell? You nearly gave me a heart attack! What kind of idiot stands in the middle of the road?"I quickly backed into a corner while helplessly clutching the shabby gray rabbit plushie.I'd been very surprised that my parents had brought me along this New Year.

The car got off the highway and rattled its way toward our hometown. I drifted into the car in a daze.Beanie, the little dog, seemed to sense my presence. It kept sniffing in my direction and barking furiously.Mom was getting a headache from the noise. She had never been an animal lover. Once, I'd tossed a sausage to a stray cat, and the cat ended up following me home.Mom had grabbed me by the hair and scolded me harshly. "How expected. Trash like you attracts filthy animals. If it shows up at our door again, I'll throw you out with it."But her principles meant nothing when it came to Amanda.Amanda had merely mentioned wanting a puppy for company. Right away, Mom spent a fortune at a pet store to buy her one.Even when Amanda had giggled and called Beanie her son, Mom had smiled indulgently and said, "Sure. Then he's my grandson."Just like now.Mom was clearly so annoyed by the barking that she rubbed her temples, but she still asked Beanie gently, "What's wrong, Beanie?

"We're still investigating the exact circumstances. As her family members, you should come to the scene," said the police officer in a cold and serious voice from the other end.Dad looked confused. He checked the incoming call and saw that it was indeed the number of the Lareton police department.He was about to say something when Mom suddenly snatched the phone away. "What kind of stunt is Addie pulling now? The older she is, the more scheming she becomes."She turned on Kingston. "See? Even when she was little, she knew how to make Maddie depressed. Who knows what she'll turn into when she grows up. I dare not keep her around. If you like her so much, you can take her and raise her yourself."Mom insulted me without holding anything back. She made it sound as if I really were some unforgivable criminal.But I never understood.When I was little, Mom would say I cried too loudly on purpose just to lure her away from Amanda so she'd have to take care of me. She said I was manip

In the end, my parents went to the police station because the police had come to their door.People from the village came to watch the commotion. That was how everyone found out that my parents had abandoned me on the highway and left me there to fend for myself."How can they play favorites to this extent? They said they didn't bring their younger daughter the past few years because the older one had severe depression, so they couldn't handle having both kids around. Even if the older one is sick, how can that be a reason to leave the younger one there?""She's just a little girl, and they left her alone on the highway? Even human traffickers wouldn't do something this awful."The villagers whispered among themselves.My parents got into the police car under their disdainful stares.The police showed them the surveillance footage. In the video, I was left standing helplessly in the middle of the road, completely at a loss."It's not even that far. Couldn't she walk? She looks l

Mom reached over again and found a small, crumpled piece of paper beside my pillow. She unfolded it and saw that it was an essay.I had written the title in big letters. It read, "My Mom and Dad."In the essay, I wrote about how my parents would spoil me like I was a princess. They would buy me beautiful dresses and take me out for delicious desserts. Whenever Dad went on business trips, he would remember to bring me souvenirs. Mom would sew dolls for me and embroider my name into the side.The teacher had given my essay the highest grade. In her comment, she said that I had a very happy family, and that she could feel it through my writing.But only I knew that none of it was real.When I saw the title, I genuinely had no idea what to write.Was I supposed to write that Mom would show me period dramas and point to the maids serving the princesses? She'd said, "See that? You need to learn how to serve Maddie."Or should I write about how Dad would lift Amanda high into the air