When the Scapegoat Walks Away
I'm the scapegoat who was hired by the rich Shelton family to marry into that family under the guise of repaying them for their benevolence.
But my wife, Jenny Shelton, hates me for ruining the wedding meant for her and her first love, Jackson Wembley. She has hordes of treasure under her name, and yet she only gives me five dollars every day to survive.
I've starved to the point I'm all skin and bones. Jenny, on the other hand, goes through partners like mad. She even drives while under alcoholic influence in order to make her new boyfriend laugh, which results in her crashing into the generator powering in the hospital and causing my mother's death.
Later on, Jenny merely throws me a black card.
"Wow, you really have the heart to arrange for your mom to live in that small and rundown hospital, huh? Then again, a money-minded person like you is capable of doing everything in this world.
"Take this card and get your mom transferred to a VIP ward. Don't think about stealing from this card; I'll always check the bills."
But I just throw the black card away and start preparing for my mom's funeral.
What Jenny doesn't know is that Jackson had chosen to flee from the altar and abandon her back then. I was just a tool hired by her family in order to comfort her.
Now that my mom is dead and I'm done paying back the debt, it's time for me to leave.