The Fairness I Never Got Novels & Stories

Until Lina came to them. One fine day three years ago, her half-sister called her up and told her that she needed her help. Her sister Barbara Barry seldom called them nor asked for help. She said her check which comes every month was enough so that her presence is felt in her half-sister’s life. Ed blasted her sister about it. He said he could afford to keep her happy and contented but as usual, Barbara just raises her fine brows and ignored him. To Barbara, Ed is a non-entity. She hated him for taking away her sister and bringing her to this small town.

From his words, Nina gathered that he was aware of the situation and had tacitly approved it. "Penelope is talented. She's a good actress and stays out of trouble. Is this really fair?" Nina's voice grew more agitated. Nash looked at her and understood that she was defending Penelope. He responded seriously, "What is fairness? From the moment people are born, life isn't fair. Some people work hard all their lives and remain ordinary. If life were fair, there wouldn't be so many poor people." "I think it's unfair that Penelope was replaced," Nina retorted. "I know it's your company, and you're telling me not to get involved to avoid unnecessary complications. But in the end, you're still favo

The second she hung up, it felt like my chest had been hollowed out and filled with ice. That's when it hit me—I'd been played the whole time. Her promises to save my money? Total lies. From the start, she'd planned to use my savings for Chad's house. That night, I cried until I physically couldn't anymore. Then I begged, borrowed, and scrambled until I finally scraped together the ten grand I needed for treatment. The next five years were absolute hell. The pain was relentless, gnawing at me every night, leaving me clutching my pillow just to keep from screaming.

"Fraud." She lowered her gaze. "I tried so hard to break free from the curse of class, but in the end, I still failed. I always knew that God wouldn’t open doors for people like me. There's no such thing as fairness in this world. If I want something, I have to take it myself."

With everyone enjoying the moment, she glanced across the room with a smile and said in her mind, ' Life is unfair because of people, life is fair because of people, to whatever extent life unfairness may be, to whatever extent life fairness may be, just don't take these people away from me. Just don't take him away from me '.

This was the first time I had ever seen them this broken. They stared at me with urgency. "Jade, did you do it?" I shook my head firmly. "No." The moment I said that, they dropped to their knees. "Officer, there must be some mistake. Our daughter would never cheat. "Jade scored a near-perfect score on every mock exam in her senior year. She was already granted early admission to a top university. The college entrance exam was just a formality for her. Why would she buy answers from someone and cheat?"

She noticed people. Only yesterday she had pressed a pale blue ribbon into my palm and said, “It would be a shame not to see that color worn.” She had meant nothing by it — and that, somehow, made it worse. I found myself thinking, against my will, that she deserved honesty. That she deserved more than secrets whispered in shadow and stolen hours meant to leave no trace. Five months.

“You never did anything? You think you didn’t do anything? You were always there, Kayla. Always smiling, always being nice, always making everyone love you. Even when you had nothing, you had people who cared about you. And I had to work for everything, and even then, it wasn’t enough. You made me feel like I wasn’t good enough. And now, you have everything I ever wanted—money, power, love. It’s not fair.” “Life isn’t fair, Mia,” Kayla said. “But that’s not my fault. I worked hard for what I have. I didn’t get lucky. I fought for it. And I didn’t do it by hurting people. I did it by being kind, by being honest, by being myself.” Mia sneered. “Spare me the speech. You’re just as bad as everyo

"That's not fair." "Fair?" I laughed, and it came out harsh and bitter. "You want to talk about fair? Was it fair that I spent three years walking on eggshells in my own home? Was it fair that I had to hide a pregnancy from my own husband? Was it fair that you tried to have me declared mentally unstable so you could take my baby?" "No. None of that was fair. That's exactly what I'm trying to." "And now you want me to what? Forgive you? Thank you for firing lawyers who were following your instructions in the first place. Give you points for being horrified by your own actions when the only reason you're horrified is because you can't remember why you thought they were justified?"

"You want to talk about fair? Is it fair that I missed five years of my son's life? Is it fair that he doesn't know I exist? Is it fair that another woman got to raise him while I was broken and alone in LA?" Ethan flinched with each question. "Is it fair that I had to claw my way back from nothing while you and Hailey played happy family with her son?" I stepped even closer. "Is it fair that you got to know where my child was and chose to keep that information from me for THREE GODDAMN YEARS?" "No." His voice was barely audible. "None of it is fair." "You're right. It's not." I wiped furiously at my tears. "And your apologies don't change any of it."