"This is the internet café run by Tobias. He's so handsome and kind—he's my dream guy, and I'm going to win his heart."
Emma didn't say much, just gave a perfunctory smile.
But I could see the change in her eyes.
Once she started realizing that everything I had was better, it would awaken her twisted greed.
Whether it was an object or a person.
A few days later.
My stepfather found the internet café flyer in my room, with the heart I had drawn on it.
Coupled with my deliberate avoidance of his calls, he immediately ran to my mom to complain.
"Susan might have gone to the internet café! Didn't she say she was going to buckle down and prepare for the final interview?"
Remembering my past misbehavior, my mom easily believed him.
"At a time like this, she's still slacking off? Is she trying to give me a heart attack?"
My stepfather pretended to stop my mom from going to the café to catch me, but he didn't try too hard. He even grabbed a clothes hanger on the way out.
They did catch someone.
But it wasn't me.
It was Emma, fully made up, being taught how to play video games by none other than Tobias.
My stepfather's veins bulged in anger as he dragged her home by her hair.