Cerita Dewasa Family

Kakakku memanggilku sayang dan mentransferku uang. Calon istrinya mengira aku adalah wanita simpanannya. Dia membawa orang-orang ke rumah baru yang kudesain dengan indah. "Masih muda, tapi sudah jadi wanita simpanan. Hari ini, kugantikan orang tuamu mendidikmu!" "Aku akan memposting tindakanmu ini di forum universitas supaya dosen dan teman-temanmu tahu kamu wanita murahan!" Mereka menghancurkan rumah baruku, menarik bajuku. Mereka menggantungkan kartu pelajar di leherku, lalu memotretku. Ketika kakakku datang, matanya memerah. "Beraninya kalian menindas adikku! Kalian sudah bosan hidup ya?"

In my parents' hearts, there was always a "perfect son" who died too soon. I was just his flawed substitute, while my younger brother was their new hope. They pretended to be poor for 20 years, secretly funneling all their resources to him. While I was in the final stages of stomach cancer, writhing in pain, they were spending millions of dollars to build him a state-of-the-art study room. When the doctor told me to notify my family about hospital bills, I felt helpless, thinking they were just ordinary, broke workers. When my mom finally showed up at the hospital, she grabbed my hand, not out of concern. "Neville is under so much stress with his college entrance exams. Can you not die right now? He can't take it." My dad stood by, wearing a stern expression. "David was way more sensible than you."

A car accident leaves me unconscious for a full three years. When I wake up, my family bursts into tears of joy. They care for me with the utmost attention. But from their behavior, I sense something is wrong. There are women's clothes in the house that don't fit me. My mother's shopping cart is filled with mysterious baby items. My father's friends send congratulatory messages about a new child, and my husband is always working overtime. When my husband once again leaves me alone under the pretext that there is something urgent at the company, I secretly follow him. Inside a warmly decorated house, my parents and husband sit around a table. A woman who looks almost exactly like me is holding a baby just a few months old, gently coaxing the child to call my husband "Daddy".

Half a year after our divorce, my ex-husband became a trending topic online. His current wife, who had just given birth, jumped off a building. When she jumped, she was clutching a printed, 98-page copy of the "Cloves Family Code of Conduct." The reason for her suicide? She couldn’t buy discounted groceries online. A reporter came to interview me and asked, "Excuse me, were you also given the same family rules?"

Di malam pengantin, istriku bersikeras agar aku mengenakan penutup mata, karena tubuhnya hanya untuk orang yang dia sebut cinta sejati. Hatiku langsung hancur seketika, aku pun bertanya dengan suara tajam, "Kamu ini istriku atau istrinya?!" Istriku membalas dengan suara lebih keras. "Aku memang menikahimu. Tapi apakah itu berarti aku harus memperlihatkan tubuhku padamu? Paksaan dalam pernikahan tetaplah paksaan. Aku hanya akan menunjukkan tubuhku pada Charli, karena kamu sama sekali nggak pantas." Setelah itu, saat dia berkata ingin menjadi istriku, aku malah merasa dia tidak pantas lagi.

Ada yang menyatakan perasaannya kepadaku di laman web pengakuan kampus, tetapi pacar teman sekamarku malah mengomentari unggahan itu dengan pernyataan bahwa aku sudah pernah tidur dengan semua siswa di kampus. Saking marahnya, aku langsung lapor polisi. Teman sekamarku pun memohon kepadaku untuk memaafkan pacarnya. Dia bahkan bilang akan meminta pacarnya untuk mengunggah permintaan maaf di laman web kampus. Belum sempat permintaan maaf itu kuterima, sebuah video tidak senonoh keburu tersebar di kalangan siswa. Semua orang mengatakan bahwa akulah sosok perempuan dalam video itu. Aku pun diinterogasi pihak kampus dan akhirnya diminta untuk cuti. Saat aku pulang, orangtuaku menolak mengakuiku sebagai putri mereka. Kehilangan segalanya membuatku begitu putus asa dan depresi hingga akhirnya aku memutuskan untuk bunuh diri. Namun, saat mataku terbuka lagi, aku kembali pada hari di mana pengakuan perasaan itu terpajang di laman web.

“Jose, jangan… nggak boleh. Rasanya geli sekali di bagian itu….” Mulutku terus menolak, tapi tubuhku malah bereaksi jujur. Pinggul montokku bergerak genit, seolah menolak tapi sekaligus menggoda, mengikuti godaan menantu bodohku itu…. Suara tawa putriku dan sahabatnya sesekali terdengar dari ruang tamu. Diam-diam melakukan hal yang begitu menggoda dengan Jose di depan mereka membuatku merasa luar biasa terangsang.

I was a year old when I tried to get some food from my sister's plate. My parents were so angry that they slapped me, rendering me deaf in my right ear. They also hated me until the day I died. They called me a monster that only knew how to take her sister's things. The day I learn I have a terminal illness, I call Mom and tentatively say, "I'm sick, Mom. The doctor said it's a brain tumor. Can you come to the hospital?" She sneers. "You're better off dead. I hope it happens quickly and that you're not at home when it does. I don't want to touch your body." I know they've always looked forward to my death. But when their wish finally comes true and their birth daughter dies, they lose their minds.

When the flood came, my father, who was the captain of the rescue team, immediately rescued my cousin and cut my rescue rope. "Vivian can't swim, and there's not enough space on the helicopter. You won't die even if we rescue you a little later." I was rushed to the hospital while hanging onto a thread, but my mother, who was a doctor, gave the last bag of rare blood to my cousin, who was not even seriously injured. I begged with a weak voice, but my mother pried my fingers apart and said, "Your cousin is anemic and has always been in poor health. Must you fight for attention at such a time?" My parents had no idea that I stopped breathing when they abandoned me.

I suffer from a hereditary form of amnesia. By the time I found out, I had only seven days left. On the first day, I found my boyfriend had fallen for my younger twin sister. With a bitter smile, I suggested we break up. On the second day, my most treasured Lego set was smashed by my sister. Everyone laughed at me, saying I was disgraceful, unworthy of being a daughter of the Fleming family. On the fourth day, I forgot that my sister was allergic to mangoes. She ended up in the hospital, and my parents glared at me with resentment. Even my ex-boyfriend accused me of being heartless. On the seventh day, I woke up in a hospital bed to see my father walking in with a stern expression. He demanded that I quit my job and devote myself entirely to taking care of the family, as nothing more than a housekeeper. But I only looked at them in confusion and asked softly, “Who are you?” When they realized I had truly lost my memory, they lost their minds.