It seems that the road has come to an end, and any hope could not be seen. James and I are finished. I am lying in bed and spend my father’s life-saving money. There is no way for my father to do anything.
Every road is blocked for you.
All I can do is shed tears in bed.
Why do I have a car accident? I don’t believe this is a coincidence.
“What about the driver?” I turn my head and look fierce in my eyes.
“He died on the spot.” My mother glances at me and says, “It is said that the brake has broken, and the trailer driver does not have any responsibility to this.”
My heart sinks suddenly.
Isabel is looking for the car, and the driver is found by her?
Is it true that Isabel does the tricks? I agree to stop seeing James, why should she do this?
I know that this is the most reassuring men in the world are dead people.
Mom stops talking, and finally couldn’t hold back and says, “Are there any more requests for you from James? Doesn’t he love you very much? Or your dad won’t be saved.”
“James and I are finished. He won’t help me, don’t forget, my father is trapped by him.”
“Okay, okay, I won’t say it anymore.” My mother says, “It’s destiny. I can’t do anything about it.”
This atmosphere is very depressing, so depressed that I can’t breathe. I don’t know what to do in the future. If my father really goes to prison, I will support this house.
My house is gone, my brother and sister are going to school, and I am the only pillar of the family.
Mom sits there as if in disgrace, with no expression, “Your father will be sentenced tomorrow.”
I bite my lip and don’t make myself cry. It is futile to cry at this time. It is useless.
Mom’s cell phone suddenly rings, and mom looks at it and answers the phone.
“What? How could this be? Why! No! We don’t have money.” Mom’s voice is desperate.
I anxiously ask, “What’s wrong?”
My mother is already paralyzed on the ground, crying out of breath. “Your father’s previous embezzlement of public funds is also found out, they say they would increase the punishment! It’s likely that your father would be sentenced for a lifetime!”
“Why does it suddenly look like this? What happened to this?” My mentality collapses. I hate everyone in my world.
I hate my parents, because they are too greedy, and they are the only ones who will force me to marry Neil! I hate Neil because he ruins my life! Even I will hate James, because of him, my dad will only go to prison! I hate Isabel! I hate myself even more!
I can’t bear so much, and I don’t know who should be to blame.
I lay on the bed without talking or eating, and open my eyes to the ceiling in front of me.
I can’t find a reason to live.
“Carolina, I only have you, three children. You have to be brave.” Mom is waiting by my side with a rice bowl.
“Sister, you can rest assured that I will make money. I am a man, and I can support my family!” The younger brother’s eyes are red.
I don’t speak, I’m so tired.
“Dad misappropriated public funds. No matter what punishment Daddy gets tomorrow, that is what he deserves, and he even ruins your happiness!”
My brother has been persuading me, but I can’t listen to anything. It seems that the culprit of all is me. If I didn’t fall in love with James, would it cause so many things?
The door of the room is suddenly pushed open, and both mother and brother look at it.
“Why are you here?” Mom says angrily.
“I’m here to see Carolina. She is my wife anyway?”
It is Neil.
That scum.
“Get out! You are not my son-in-law! Carolina will definitely divorce you!” Mother shoves Neil.
I don’t have any ideas. I am still lying on the bed without reacting. I just feel tired. I don’t want to participate in anything. I don’t want to argue again.
Neil puts the things at my bedside. But my mother takes it and throws it out with a strong force, “Get out! We don’t need what you send.”
The younger brother always guards me, afraid of Neil approaching me.
Neil is also not angry, so pleased, and says, “Mom, why are you so angry? We are a family, and Dad’s things have not been resolved yet!”
My mother is stunned for a moment, her expression freezes.
Neil says triumphantly, “I am going to send you the money today. I still pay the money this time. Tomorrow is the day of the trial. The money is handed in.”
This is really ironic.
I turn my head to look coldly and look at him and say, “The previous incident is reported by you, so Dad will increase the intensity of the trial, and then you come here to send warmth again? When we collapse, you think you would become the savior? ”
Neil says disapprovingly, “How can you say that we are a family, after all, I am not distressed for you, I’m sending you money, anyway, save my father-in-law first and talk about it later.”
Mother says nothing and cries while covering her face.
I can feel my mother’s emotion at this moment. She wants to stand beside me, but she is helpless in the face of her father’s affairs. She needs this money, and she is crying in guilt and helplessness.
“Carolina. I really can’t figure out another way!”
I know, I know, I know the feeling of powerlessness.
“What are your conditions this time?” I sneer,
“Okay, what I’m waiting for is this.” Neil takes out the check and places it on the table. He looks at me proudly and contemptuously and says, “My request is very simple, that is, you must not divorce me in the rest of your life.”
He looks down on me, even our whole family. His appearance seems to say if you don’t see me, what kind of family might you be? What can I do without it?
“As long as you sign this document, you can take the money.” Neil takes out a document from the document bag.
“Carolina.” Mom is helpless.
I stretch out my hand just to take it, and my brother suddenly stands in front of me. He says angrily, “Sister, don’t sign it! You can’t just live with this person for a lifetime! Dad, he deserves it. Why should you bear it? Sister, be selfish! ”
“Thank you.” I smile at my brother, who is the only one who really carries about me.
“It’s okay,” I say,
“Sister! Think about it again.” The younger brother snatches the file in his hand.
“Give me,” I say.
Mother says nothing and cries aside.
My brother still refuses to give me the file, he looks at me distressingly.
“I used to think that you would be very happy, but I don’t expect my brother-in-law to act that way. I don’t want you to go home and suffer again sister!” says my brother anxiously.
I say helplessly, “Don’t you want to save dad? Do you know that he will stay in jail forever!”
The younger brother says nothing and looks at me stubbornly.
I also want to be free, and I also want to stop living with this scum, but there is no way, I can only do so.
More importantly, James and I have no hope of being together at all. I take the file from my brother’s hand behind me.
Then sign it.
At this moment, I actually smile. You see I successfully sold myself.
Neil collects the documents with satisfaction, and suddenly he becomes more arrogant, “Oh, how can I make my mother suffer? I will take care of her.”
“No!” Mom and younger brother say at the same time.
Neil doesn’t think there is anything. He raises his eyes and says, “Aren’t you going to send money? The court is still waiting.”
Mom just wakes up, “Yes, yes, I will save your dad.”
It’s great that Dad is saved. I laugh for a while, thinking to myself that my sacrifice is right.
It must be right. James and I are wrong.
Mom and younger brother take the check and leave, only Neil and I are here.
Neil immediately revealed his true face, “Do you think you can get rid of me? It is impossible!”
I don’t even bother to say to him. He is chattering like a one-man show.
It’s really annoying.
I close my eyes and don’t look at him.
“You can only be my wife in your life, Carolina!” Neil shouts arrogantly.
I’m dead, don’t you know?
I have been thinking about my father for a long time, and I call my mother without thinking too much.
Mom answers my phone quickly, but her voice is very puzzled, “Money is useless.”
“What’s wrong?” I think it is late and ask anxiously, “Didn’t you catch up?”
“No, it’s just that someone just paid for your father.”
My mother’s words hurt me.
James, are you, right? Why are you doing this? why?