Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Family Forced Me To Submit A Blank Paper: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 8

The SAT was finally over.My mom stood at the entrance with a bouquet of flowers, my dad held a diamond necklace, and Martin had a brand-new phone in his hand.They all stood there and waited eagerly.I was not foolish enough to think that any of those gifts were for me.Sure enough, the next second, they walked right past me and went straight to Yvette.My mom gently wiped the sweat from Yvette’s forehead. “You’ve worked hard, sweetheart. Now you can take a good rest and wait for college to start.”Martin handed Yvette a brand-new phone, tablet, and all the latest accessories. “Latest models. You can give your old ones to Natalie.”He turned around and held Yvette’s old phone out to me.The affection in his eyes disappeared the moment he looked at me. All that remained was indifference.“Take it. Don’t say we favor Yvette.”I did not reach for it.I stared at the phone. It was still almost brand-new, but my eyes began to sting.For years, everything I got was something Yve

I contacted the admissions office and asked whether my SAT score would affect my admission.She replied right away, “No. Even if you didn’t take the SAT, it would not affect your admission through our special admissions program.”I breathed a sigh of relief.At first, I had hoped to get into Sanford University. I thought it would be even better if I could. So I had kept the University of Tolonto as a backup.But after everything that had happened, I could not believe I had ever thought that way.My family had always used me to teach Yvette a lesson. They were willing to ruin my future just to push her to do better. Thankfully, I still had this way out.I had just checked my admission results in my email. I told the admissions office that I would attend the University of Tolonto.Then Martin pushed open my bedroom door.He glanced at my laptop screen and froze. “What are you doing?”I quickly closed my laptop. “Nothing. What do you want?”He had my favorite cake in his hand.

Martin stood there in shock for a few seconds. His grip on his phone tightened. “She’s not there?!”Ryan replied, “She isn’t, and the security guard said he saw Natalie leave with a backpack. She didn’t get into college. Where could she have gone?”The call was on speakerphone, so my parents heard everything.They all froze.Martin tightened his grip on his phone. “Wait. I’ll call Natalie. She’s not the kind of kid who would just disappear like this.”After he hung up, my mom quickly asked, “What does he mean? He couldn’t find Natalie?”Then she seemed to realize what had happened and got angry. “That girl went against us again!”But Martin was not angry this time. He was worried.Something about this felt different from before.He quickly called my number.His palms grew cold and sweaty as he waited.The phone rang three times.Then, the ringing stopped. A robotic voice told him that the number could not be reached.Martin froze.He stared at his phone in disbelief. A gr

I thought it was ridiculous. The way they acted as if they had done nothing wrong made me sick.My mom’s eyes turned teary.“But Natalie, you’re still our child. You’re my daughter.”She reached for me.I took a step back and quickly moved away from her. Her eyes filled with even more tears.“If you had told me sooner, we would have changed the way we raised you. We would have never sacrificed you.”I listened, but her words did not affect me at all. I felt nothing but endless hatred. It was the hatred that the old Natalie had carried for all those years.“You’re all so hypocritical.“Tell me, what child would ever want to be abandoned on the street?”I looked at Martin.“Who would ever want to be beaten, humiliated, forced to kneel, and slapped? Did you really think I wasn’t human? Did you think I couldn’t feel pain?”Then I looked at my dad.“Who would ever want to be tied up and locked in a dark room for three days? Did you really think I couldn’t be afraid?”The more I