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Chapter 1

When Liam Carter came back with Vera Sterling, I was still standing beside the bed with his phone in my hand.His expression changed. He hurried over and snatched the phone from me. He had seen the messages on the screen too.Liam quickly regained his composure. He frowned and said, "Since you already know, there's no point in hiding it anymore."You know Vera has always been afraid of you. She's always walking on eggshells around you. She even has to watch your reaction before she dares to say anything.""You were going away to college anyway, so going somewhere far away is for the best for everyone."He spoke as if his reasoning were perfectly sound. He did not look guilty at all. He acted as if he was a completely different person from the one who had promised to be my boyfriend and tricked me into applying to Williams College.I looked at the girl behind him.Vera held on to the hem of his shirt and hid half her body behind him. When she noticed me looking at her, she seemin

Chapter 2

When I got home, I closed my bedroom door and started packing a few select items.As I sat alone in the quiet room, I realized that every item I picked up held memories from the past several years.I had to let go of all those memories with my own hands.I picked up the stuffed rabbit beside my bed and stared at it for a long time. Then, I walked to my parents' bedroom.When Mom opened the door, I saw colorful wrapping paper scattered across the floor. Dad was trying to hide something behind his back.When he saw me, he visibly relaxed."Perfect timing. Go get the scissors from the living room. We're preparing a graduation gift for Vera to celebrate her acceptance to Silverton State University."Vera and I were both graduating that year. I had even gotten into a more prestigious university with tougher admission requirements, yet they had only prepared a graduation gift for her.Mom looked a little embarrassed. She said to me in a softer voice, "You know Vera lost her parents b

Chapter 3

The research institute's car was due to arrive that evening.That morning, I returned to school to collect my graduation documents.As I was about to leave, several girls stopped me at the entrance."You're Audrey, right? Principal Bennett's precious daughter?"The moment one of them spoke, the other two burst out laughing."What precious daughter? I heard Audrey got kicked out of her own home and is about to be sent off to some remote place in the mountains!"I recognized the girl who had spoken first. She was Vera's closest friend at school.She stared at me for a moment before suddenly grabbing my wrist and ripping off my bracelet."I heard this is your most treasured bracelet."Dad had given it to me when I was fifteen. It was also the only gift he had given me in the five years since Vera came to live with us. I wore it every day."Give it back."I tried to snatch it back, but the other two girls blocked my way.The girl shot me a malicious look. Her voice was sharp an

Chapter 4

Mom blamed me too. "Audrey, what has gotten into you? Do you really have to make everything about yourself on such an important day for Vera?"Just then, I saw Vera slip something into my cabinet.Then, she shouted, "Oh my God! Here it is!"She acted surprised and held up the necklace with my portrait on it. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at me."Audrey, if you didn't want me to have the necklace, you could have just said so. Why pretend to give it to me willingly, only to steal it back later?"I was about to expose her lies when Ethan let out a cold laugh."Looks like stealing the necklace wasn't enough for her."He pointed at my computer screen, where I had saved the birthday videos I had copied earlier."I gave you that hard drive so you could edit the videos for Vera's party. What are these videos doing here? Were you planning to play your own birthday videos at her party?""I didn't plan to do that," I protested.But Liam cut me off. He looked at me with disappointm

Chapter 5

Vera had invited many of her classmates and friends to her party.The two-hour party was lively, but Liam could not shake the feeling that something was wrong.He checked his phone over and over, but I never messaged him.I had stayed away from Vera's party, just as they wanted. I had not cried or made a scene, yet he still felt that something was off.As the party drew to a close, he could not resist sending me another message.[Audrey? Why aren't you replying?]The moment he sent it, a notification appeared in the chat.[You are no longer this person's contact.]He stared at the notification in disbelief. He could hardly believe his eyes.He could not wait for the party to end. He rushed upstairs without a second thought. Vera called after him several times, but he did not stop."Audrey!" He pounded on my bedroom door."What in the world are you doing? Are you really blocking me over something so trivial?"The room was dead silent. There was no response from inside.He f

Chapter 6

The next day, Liam and the others drove for more than three hours before they reached a small town in the mountains.They found an administrative staff member at Williams College and asked to see me.She greeted them with a smile at first. But when Liam mentioned my name, she stopped searching through the records.I was the only student this year who had received special admission to the research institute's classified program. Of course, she knew who I was."May I ask who you are?""I'm Audrey's mother. We heard she arrived at the school early, so we came to take her home."The staff member eyed them warily. "You claim to be a student's family. Do you have any proof?"Liam handed her the document I had left behind. "She left this at home before she came here. It even has her signature."The staff member checked the document but still refused to reveal anything about me."Audrey Bennett is a specially selected student at our school. I'm afraid we can't disclose any information

Chapter 7

Vera held her phone out for everyone to see.The screen showed a new post from the Williams Research Institute. In one corner of the photo was the side profile of a girl. Anyone who knew me would recognize me at once."See? I told you her running away was just an act. Audrey was only throwing a tantrum. She went to the school ahead of time, that's all."She acted as if she were defending the others, but every word she said was an attack on me."How could she do this? She deliberately played this cruel joke on you and made you worry about her all night. I'm sure she'll be back soon!""That's enough, Vera."Ethan pushed her phone aside."It's not fake. We went to the school and asked them ourselves. Audrey agreed to cut ties with us. She isn't going to Williams College. She's going to the Williams Research Institute.""She isn't coming back.""What?!" Vera was stunned. For a moment, she almost lost the composure she had maintained for years."What right does she have to get i

Chapter 8

Vera was about to pick up the report, but Liam got to it first."What's this?" My parents hurried over to look.The moment they read the report, their faces changed.It was a rescue report from five years ago. The names of the deceased were Vera's parents.But the contents of the report shocked them even more."…When the rescue team arrived, the victims showed no signs of life…"Vera's parents had already died by the time the rescuers reached the scene. They could not possibly have told the rescuers to save my parents first. They could not have given up their chance to survive for my parents' sake.Yet for the past five years, our entire family had believed that Vera's parents had sacrificed their lives to save mine. We thought their sacrifice was the reason my parents had survived and our family remained whole.Mom stared at Vera in disbelief.Five years ago, when Vera was thirteen, she had come to our door in tears and told us that her parents had sacrificed themselves.My

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