บททั้งหมดของ Left Without My Fair Share of Love: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

"So, I'm the only one who doesn't get any?" I pressed, holding her gaze."Your dad and I work ourselves to the bone to support this family," Klara argued. "Are we not entitled to eat the heart of the watermelon?"I shook my head. "I never said that."Klara pressed on. "Ever since you and Evie were born, Calvin was already forced to share our affection, so we couldn't let him feel neglected. And Evie is a picky eater. I have to beg her just to get her to swallow a bite."It sounded like everyone had a compelling reason why they had to eat the heart of the watermelon."What about the dog?" I asked slowly. "The heart of the watermelon is so small, yet there's enough to give to a dog, but not enough for me?"Klara's face flushed red with guilt and embarrassment."I paid your way through college so you could come home and pick fights over food?" she stammered. "Someone has to eat the watermelon rinds."I was unimpressed. "Does it always have to be me?"She insisted, "You don't even

I thought it was just someone playing a prank on me.But shortly after, a delivery guy arrived at the door with a beautifully packaged cake. The card tucked inside the box bore Luther Grant's name.Luther was the boy next door when I was little. He was also my childhood crush.When I was 16, Luther and his family moved abroad, and my quiet crush faded away without closure. Now, as I stared at that familiar name, my heart skipped a beat.Before I even had time to process my emotions, my fingers had already typed out and sent a reply.[Luther, thank you so much for the cake! Do you have time to meet up?]An affirmative reply came back almost instantly.In a chaotic rush, I slapped a label onto the cake box, crammed it into the refrigerator, darted out the front door, and hurried to our meeting spot.Luther was already waiting for me there. The moment I laid eyes on him, I froze in place.He had outgrown his teenage boyishness, yet his facial features remained unchanged. When he

I walked straight inside without answering them.I was headed to the Mistolstone Research Institution, thousands of miles away from home. There were no direct flights, so I had to take this flight to transfer to another city.My family would never find out where I was truly flying to, but my parents could sense that something was not right.For the first time in their lives, they looked panicky on my account. They tried to break past the gate to chase after me, only to be stopped by airport staff.All they could do was yell frantically at my receding figure."Vivian, where are you going? Taking a flight without telling your parents. Are you out of your mind?""Vivian, get back here right now!"...No matter how loudly they screamed, I didn't look back once.It wasn't until the plane rocketed into the clouds and the buildings on the ground shrank away that a tinge of melancholy set in.It felt just like the first time I had left for college. I didn't know if I would ever retur

Luther let out a sigh, then turned to Evie, who was cowering into silence."Who put the peanut butter on the cake?" he demanded. "Oh, I remember now. Right after Vivian received the cake, she came out to meet me."Said she was afraid of damaging the cake, so she didn't even open the box. She only snapped a picture of the box to show me."She told me that it was the first time anyone had ever bought her a birthday cake and that she treasured it deeply. Without ever opening the box, there's no way she could have smeared peanut butter on it."Evie's voice began to tremble with guilt. "I didn't, Luther. You have to believe me. Why would I lie and hurt myself?"Luther was unimpressed. "You don't lie? Then why did you lie about me sending the cake to you? I even unwittingly helped you carry out that lie."The truth is that I only asked you to help me pick out a cake that Vivian would like. You really are an expert liar. When you saw the cake in the fridge, you deliberately ruined it an