“Lately, we might have focused too much on Brielle and overlooked you. Dad and Mom apologize.”
“We’ve been learning how to be good parents. You should also give us time to learn, alright?”
My eyes stung.
I looked at my childhood nickname written on the cake. And the blessing words. [Happy Enrollment, Bright Road Ahead].
My eyes reddened. “…Okay…”
It was the nicest cake I had ever tasted.
For the first time in my life, Mom gently soothed me to sleep.
I cried in shame. And drifted off with the softest rest I had ever known.
But the next morning, the instant I opened my eyes, I heard Brielle sobbing.
“My diamond necklace was a present from Dad and Mom for my enrollment day! It can’t just vanish!”
The door swung open loudly.
The nanny suddenly pointed toward my pillow. “Miss, what’s under your pillow?”
Brielle’s breath tightened. “M–my… my necklace?”
The necklace was pulled out from under my pillow.
I stared blankly. “How could it show up….”
A slap struck my cheek.
Mom went mad. “We thought you finally got things straight! How can you be so disobedient? You just want to take everything!”
“Call the police! Call them right away!”