Their Love I'm Finally Over It is a touching short drama about heartbreak, self-worth, hidden identity, and second chances. After years of sacrificing everything for the people she loved, she finally decides to leave the past behind and choose herself. As buried family secrets, unexpected romance, and long-overdue justice unfold, she discovers that true happiness begins when she stops chasing those who never valued her.
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00:07I had a notebook hidden in my drawer it only contained one number 99 the 99 times my family
00:18let me down on my wedding day my sister sylvia meyer suddenly flew back home my parents my brother
00:34zachariah and even my fiance eugene enderson all abandoned me to go pick her up at the airport
00:39while she posted group selfies on instagram showing off how adored she was I called them
00:46over and over yet every call was coldly declined the only one who picked up was eugene he said
00:52just one thing stop overreacting we can always hold another wedding
01:00so at the wedding I had looked forward to for so long they made me the biggest joke of the
01:04day
01:05whispered about and ridiculed by everyone
01:10I calmly wrapped everything up on my own then wrote a new number in my diary 99 it was the
01:1699th time they had disappointed me I no longer wished for their love
01:21I filled out my application to study abroad and packed my suitcase
01:27they all thought I had finally grown obedient but the truth was that I was preparing to leave
01:32the door to my room burst open
01:34zachariah walked in and let out a mocking snort when he saw me staring at my diary
01:40seriously how old are you writing a diary like an elementary school kid
01:47normally I would have snapped back
01:51but this time I didn't even raise my head
01:56annoyed by my indifference zachariah raked a hand through his hair grabbed the diary and flipped it open
02:03inside was only one number 99
02:07the number of times they had let me down
02:12he couldn't understand it
02:13he frowned tossed the notebook onto the floor and ordered me
02:17enough with your nonsense
02:18still wants your garlic butter shrimp
02:20go wash your hands and get cooking
02:23and take it as your apology for that snarky comment you made earlier
02:27i simply said okay and headed downstairs
02:35he was stunned that i didn't throw a tantrum
02:38in the past whenever the family asked me to cook shrimp for sylvia
02:42i would cry like i had suffered some great injustice
02:47why is she suddenly so quiet he thought
02:56rebecca what's with you
02:57you're not up to something right
02:59you're not planning to put something in her food are you
03:04suspicion flickered in his eyes as he studied me
03:09when he noticed my slightly reddened eyes
03:11he paused and finally shut up
03:17after a long moment
03:19he spoke again
03:23syl's been abroad for a year
03:24living on her own the whole time
03:27this is her first time back home
03:32of course we're eager to see her
03:34you should understand
03:38it's just a wedding
03:39we can throw you another one later
03:44i stayed silent while cleaning the shrimp
03:47right just a wedding
03:48in their eyes
03:49nothing would ever matter more than picking up sylvia
03:52not even the wedding i had dreamed of four years
03:58they knew it had taken me months to secure that couture gown
04:04they knew i spent half a year planning every detail with the wedding team
04:09yet in the end they turned me into the biggest joke of the entire event
04:14my family never showed up
04:16eugene never appeared
04:19while sylvia flaunted her airport welcome party on instagram
04:23i faced the guests ridicule and puzzled stares alone
04:29even the hotel staff noticed how pale i looked and pitying me
04:33urged me to go home and rest
04:38but when my family returned
04:39the first thing they did was ask me to cook
04:46a bitter smile tugged at my lips
04:50i had once thought that because my parents were getting older
04:53sylvia was abroad
04:54zachariah was busy
04:56and i was getting married
04:57i should decline my professor's offer to study overseas
05:01but now
05:02i knew leaving was the right choice
05:05unfortunately even with the application submitted
05:08i still had two weeks before i could depart
05:11i pushed past zachariah
05:13move you're blocking the way
05:17my coldness made him feel like he had swung a fist
05:20only to hit empty air
05:22he sighed
05:23about to speak again
05:24but sylvia's voice rang out from the living room
05:28zach i can't open this chestnut
05:33zachariah panicked instantly
05:35don't do it yourself
05:36you'll hurt your hands
05:37you're gonna be a pianist
05:38wait i'll help you
05:40that annoying buzzing finally left the kitchen
05:42i lowered my gaze to my hands
05:45my once slender fingers were now red and swollen from an allergic reaction
05:49when i set the plate of shrimps on the dining table
05:52i glanced toward the living room
05:54the atmosphere over there was warm and lively
05:56dad who was usually busy with business calls
05:59suddenly had all the time in the world
06:01he sat comfortably on the couch
06:04listening patiently while sylvia talked about her fun experiences studying abroad
06:10mom held sylvia in her arms
06:12fussing over her
06:14saying she looked thinner and must have suffered overseas
06:18zachariah was sitting next to her
06:19focused on opening chestnuts for her
06:23i didn't say anything
06:25i just watched that cozy little scene quietly
06:29the living room and dining room felt like two completely different worlds
06:34one side was full of laughter and the other was utterly silent
06:39becca why are you standing over there
06:41is it because i messed up your wedding
06:43are you still mad at me
06:45sylvia's soft pitiful voice carried across the room
06:48only then did the three in the living room finally notice me
06:52dad frowned instinctively
06:56wipe that look off your face
06:58get over here
07:00mom's expression held a flash of irritation
07:03your wedding mess happened because you picked a bad date
07:06it had nothing to do with slive
07:09if you dare stay mad at her
07:11don't call me your mother
07:13sylvia pouted dramatically and tugged on mom's sleeve
07:16mom don't say that
07:18you'll make becca sad
07:19she sounded like she was defending me
07:21but the smugness in her eyes was impossible to hide
07:25i knew better that sylvia was far from innocent
07:29a week ago i told her the wedding date myself
07:32she saw the message and even replied that she was preparing a surprise
07:38and she did give me one
07:39it was just not the kind anyone would want
07:45this forced choice between us was a game she had played since childhood
07:51every single time i was never the one my parents or zachariah chose
07:58even eugene who was supposed to spend his life with me
08:01didn't choose me
08:03i should have been heartbroken but maybe i had gone numb
08:06hearing their words now barely stirred anything inside me
08:11i'm not mad
08:12the moment i said that everyone stopped and stared at me
08:17it was impossible that i wasn't mad
08:19i caught the expressions on their faces and felt a wave of irony
08:24they knew what they did was infuriating
08:26yet they chose to do it anyway and then acted like my emotions were the problem
08:33my calmness made my parents and zachariah uneasy
08:37after a moment of silence dad finally said
08:42good we're a family so stop taking everything so seriously
08:47yes i understand
08:49i nodded obediently
08:52seeing me act so unaffected they relaxed and turned back to fussing over sylvia
09:00aside from the shrimp i made the table was covered in seafood dishes prepared
09:04by the housekeeper they were everything sylvia loved
09:08sylv you're so thin eat more
09:13dad and zachariah's fork never stopped moving
09:16before long the food was piled high in her plate like a tiny mountain
09:23she beamed as she bragged to the family about her life overseas
09:29she claimed she had already secured a spot in an orchestra and would be performing with them soon
09:35my parents and zachariah showered her with praise
09:39i quietly continued eating my rice
09:41my silence must have finally stirred some guilt in mom
09:45because she suddenly remembered i had been humiliated today
09:52a shrimp was placed on my plate
09:55i looked up mom's expression was a little stiff
09:59eat don't think we only care about sylv
10:02didn't i just give one to you too
10:04i stared at the shrimp for a long time then set my fork down
10:10no need i'm full
10:16mom looked embarrassed and a little irritated
10:22what's wrong with you now
10:23just as she was about to say more sylvia who was sitting beside her
10:28suddenly grabbed her throat her facial expression changed instantly
10:35mom i can't breathe
10:39when my parents and zachariah rushed to sylvia's side and saw the hives spreading across her skin
10:44they panicked
10:48she's having an allergic reaction
10:51how could this happen all of a sudden
10:54mom's gaze flicked around then landed on me
10:59the next second she slapped me with all her strength
11:06i staggered couldn't steady myself and fell to the floor
11:09my head buzzed
11:13rebecca what did you put in the food
11:14don't you remember what sylv is allergic to
11:17zachariah looked at me with utter disappointment
11:20i knew it
11:21it was weird that you were acting so agreeable
11:25you were really planning to hurt sylph
11:30rebecca how can i have such a vicious sister
11:35enough stop yelling
11:39take sylv to the hospital first
11:42dad slammed the table and only then did mom and zachariah tear their hateful glares away from me
11:48my whole family rushed out in a blind panic
11:51and i was the only one left sitting on the floor
11:53holding my swollen cheek in a daze
11:57it wasn't me
11:58i wanted to say it so badly
12:02but things like this had happened too many times
12:04and i knew they wouldn't believe me even if i said it
12:09so i would just forget about it
12:13one of the house staff came running over after hearing the commotion
12:16she tried to help me up
12:18but froze when she saw my hands
12:20miss rebecca
12:21what happened to your hands
12:24why are they so swollen
12:26i'm fine
12:28i rejected her help
12:29stood up on my own
12:31and went upstairs to my room
12:36i picked up the notebook on my desk
12:38as a flood of memories surged through me
12:40when i was eight
12:41our family had very little money
12:43all five of us squeezed into one old cramped house
12:51my parents were overwhelmed with work and couldn't take care of three kids at the same time
12:55they decided one of us needed to be sent to our grandparents in the countryside
13:01but zachariah was about to start high school at a critical time
13:04and sylvia was too young and frail for them to feel at ease sending her away
13:11i didn't want to see my parents looking so stressed so i lifted my hand and volunteered
13:17and just like that i was sent to the countryside
13:23before i left mom stroked my head and said i was the most sensible child
13:29but no one told me the price of being sensible was that i would stay there for eight whole years
13:35for eight years except for the new year i didn't see my parents zachariah or sylvia
13:44i watched their clothes get nicer every year and could guess that life at home had improved a lot
13:50i kept waiting for mom and dad to bring me home
13:53but i grew from an elementary schooler into a high schooler
13:57and even after my aging grandparents passed away
14:00they still hadn't come for me
14:04i only returned once there was no one left to take care of me
14:07the tiny rundown house in my memories was gone
14:12in its place stood a three-story villa
14:17the room they gave me was on the first floor corner
14:19it was nothing like zachariah's room filled with books and gaming gear
14:24nor like sylvia's room overflowing with girlish decorations
14:29it mirrored my place in this family never important enough to matter and always easy to overlook
14:37i packed the few belongings i had and stuffed them into my suitcase
14:43the wedding leave i had requested from my advisor rayden delian was useless now
14:50i was about to call him to say i would be back tomorrow when my phone suddenly rang
14:56it was eugene
14:59i thought he was calling about wedding follow-ups but the moment i picked up
15:04the man who was always calm and composed had lost it twice in one day
15:19the first time was when he heard sylvia was back in the country
15:23the second time was because she went to the hospital
15:28i found it funny considering he was supposed to be my fiance
15:35she had an allergic reaction so it was you wasn't it how could you do that to your own sister
15:43his voice was thick with anger rebecca i always thought you were a kind person
15:49but just because of something this small you sent syl to the hospital do you even have a conscience
15:56i listened to his accusations too tired to bother explaining
16:02yeah guess i don't it's my fault i'll apologize to her when she gets back
16:10are you happy now if you've said everything you needed to say i'm hanging up i have things to do
16:20eugene froze he clearly didn't expect this reaction before this we had fought countless
16:27times over sylvia on dates he would get lost in conversation with her at meals he would forget
16:36my food allergies but always order her favorites whenever i accused him of crossing lines he would
16:43respond with you're overthinking she's your sister i'm just looking after her for you
16:51his indifference made me look like some controlling jealous lunatic
16:56my parents and zachariah took his side every time saying i was too possessive
17:03so when sylvia left the country for a year i shamefully felt relieved
17:09but i had been starving for affection for so long that i forgot broken glass cuts
17:15i kept clutching those shards long after they should have been dropped
17:18and now all i was left with were bleeding hands
17:24rebecca you'd better mean what you said
17:28if anything happens to syl again you can forget about our wedding
17:33eugene's voice carried a clear threat
17:37i heard him get out of the car the door slamming shut and the noise around him suddenly growing louder
17:44i could tell he was going to the hospital probably rushing in to check on sylvia
17:50he was using my name as an excuse just so he could fuss over the woman he actually cared about
17:55did he really think i was stupid enough to fall for it
18:00i let out a dry laugh hung up and called raiden
18:07by the time my parents and zachariah finally dragged themselves home
18:11exhausted i had already finished packing and was ready to move into the dorms
18:18just in time to hear mom sigh
18:21if only gino's family were better off he and syl would make such a good match
18:28look at him he's so attentive
18:32my steps faltered then dad spoke
18:38yeah he's decent looking too i think selve actually likes him
18:46if i had known earlier i wouldn't have arranged for eugene and rebecca to meet
18:55don't overthink it mom said
18:58i can't bear the thought of syl suffering with him better for eugene to be with rebecca
19:03they match each other
19:17she kept talking then lifted her head and saw me standing on the stairs
19:23she jolted back a couple of steps in panic
19:28rebecca
19:31what are you doing here mom must have assumed the lights were off because i was asleep
19:37who knew how much of their conversation i had heard
19:41i ignored the faint sting in my chest and walked right past her
19:48i have things to take care of at school i'm heading back
19:51seeing that i looked calm my parents exchanged a glance and finally relaxed
19:57zachariah frowned when he noticed the suitcase at my side
20:01you're taking luggage to school what are you afraid we'll accountable for sylv's allergy
20:06are you planning to run away
20:08the moment he brought it up my parents who had looked guilty just seconds earlier
20:13straightened their backs and towered over me with righteous indignation
20:17right we almost forgot rebecca do you realize sel ended up in the hospital because of you
20:25you won't apologize and now you want to walk away
20:32do you think you can get off that easily
20:38irritation crept up my spine when i saw they were worked up and clearly unwilling to back down
20:42i pulled out my phone dialed sylvia and put the call on speaker she was awake now
20:50at that moment she was basking in eugene's attentive care the moment she picked up her
20:56voice dripped with faux innocence becca why are you calling me
21:02did someone tell you gino is here taking care of me are you upset about that
21:08the moment sylvia's voice came through my parents and zachariah both froze they could hardly believe
21:14that such petty spiteful words were coming out of the mouth of the daughter and sister they adored
21:20i didn't care what they were thinking nor did i care about eugene hovering over her
21:25i said flatly hmm eugene's taking good care of you
21:32everyone listening was stunned
21:35sylvia too sounded confused becca are you serious of course i replied without hesitation
21:49i don't know what exactly triggered your allergy but i'll apologize anyway i'm sorry
21:59before anyone could react i hung up cleanly then looked at my family every one of them was dumbfounded
22:07can i go now i asked calmly this time no one even tried to stop me
22:15i didn't bother taking zachariah's snide remark why aren't you throwing a fit now to heart
22:22back at school i switched my phone to airplane mode and locked myself in the lab working non-stop
22:28for 13 straight days i didn't step out of the lab until the day before my departure when i finally
22:37finished my experiments the moment i turned my phone back on it exploded with notifications
22:48there were messages from everyone my family eugene and a flood of texts from my friends
22:55i opened my friend eleanor hamilton's conversation first she was furious she had sent 70 or 80 messages
23:04in a row all cursing out eugene and sylvia then she sent a screenshot from sylvia's instagram
23:15it was a family portrait my parents zachariah sylvia and even eugene were in the photo
23:22he was standing next to sylvia staring at her like a knight guarding his princess
23:28his eyes were soft and full of devotion
23:32sylvia's caption read with the people i love most
23:36the audacity nearly sent eleanor over the edge she ranted endlessly and even commented under the post
23:45your sister isn't even there it looks like your brother-in-law is taking good care of you
23:52i soothed her with a few replies before opening the rest of my messages
24:00without exception every message scolded me for letting eleanor bully poor syl
24:07i apologized one by one just as i was about to lock my phone zachariah called
24:15rebecca what the hell is going on why haven't we been able to reach you
24:20you have no idea how worried we have been the past few days
24:26right after he said that i heard sylvia's bright sugary voice in the background
24:31dad mom jenna look at this carousel it's so pretty so they were at an amusement park i asked softly
24:40worried that single word made zachariah choke up it took him a long time to respond
24:49well yeah we couldn't reach you if you were around you could have come too
24:59besides it's all your friend's fault sylv is sensitive she cried for hours after
25:03seeing that comment we had to bring her out to cheer her up i already apologized
25:08he went quiet again as if he had no idea what to say next after a long pause he muttered
25:16good you finally learned to behave the next second eugene snatched the phone
25:22his deep annoyed voice cut through the speaker rebecca did you tell your friend to leave that
25:28comment why is your mind always so dirty i've told you so many times that sylvia is your sister
25:36i'm only looking after her for you your whole family does that i know you're jealous because
25:40everyone likes syl more but that's not her fault
25:46maybe you should think about why no one likes you
25:51my grip on the phone tightened when i heard him run his mouth like that
25:57when we first started dating i had told eugene about how my family treated me
26:03back then he held me and said he would always be on my side
26:09now he told me to reflect on why myself
26:16but i didn't feel sad a little over 10 days ago back at my parents place
26:23i finally learned the truth that eugene had never liked me
26:29he had just been playing a part and once the act landed he could stay by the woman he actually
26:36wanted
26:38protect her spoil her and never let go what i thought was fate had never been anything more
26:45than a script they rehearsed together
26:51sometimes i wanted to ask why but there was no point love that wasn't there was simply not there
26:59whether it was family or romance it didn't need a reason
27:04on the other end of the line eugene started stammering apologies clearly realizing he had gone too far
27:12it didn't matter anymore
27:17i glanced at the flight information my colleague had sent me and spoke calmly
27:27eugene
27:30let's break up i was done being someone's tool
27:34i was leaving hearing my words the other end of the call went dead silent
27:42just as i was about to hang up eugene suddenly laughed he was full of confidence like he had me
27:48completely figured out
27:51rebecca are you sure you spent so long preparing for that wedding
27:55there's no way you actually want to break up
28:00i sighed
28:03so you do know i spent a long time preparing
28:07he seemed convinced i was just throwing another tantrum and spoke helplessly
28:11stop it i already told you that i'll make it up to you
28:20acting like this won't work on me
28:23i didn't have the energy to explain anything further
28:26when i heard him and zachariah arguing in the background
28:32i simply hung up then i blocked every number belonging to my family and to eugene
28:42that night i slept deeply and had a dream
28:48in my dream a little girl dressed differently from her siblings sat at a desk
28:54writing in her diary
28:56she held a pen and wrote the number one in a new notebook mumbling to herself
29:01if it ever reaches 99 i won't want mom dad zach or sill anymore she paused then crossed out the
29:09number and wrote 0.5 instead mom and dad forgot to buy clothes for me again the kids at school
29:15laughed
29:16at my old outfit i felt sad but this is the best i have
29:22today sill said i stole her things mom and dad beat me i didn't steal anything i was trying to
29:32clean it for her
29:35sill wanted garlic butter shrimp i cooked it mom and dad forgot i'm allergic to seafood
29:44my hands swelled it hurts a lot it's sill's birthday
29:50the cake is so pretty i want a birthday too but mom and dad forgot mine comes two days earlier
29:59i watched silently as she filled the notebook page after page sometimes listing fractions
30:03sometimes whole numbers she made excuses for her family over and over her face grew increasingly numb
30:12when the notebook was almost full the wedding she had hoped for fell apart too
30:16the number stopped at 99 i found myself staring straight into the eyes of the girl in the wedding
30:23dress i should have left earlier she said i nodded but it's not too late now
30:33when i boarded the plane all those heavy feelings i had recorded all the resentment
30:39disappointment and wounds stayed behind on that land
30:44i threw myself into studying with everything i had
30:49being alone in a foreign country could feel lonely but unlike sylvia i didn't look for someone to
30:56complain to i used every spare moment to fill myself up again like a sponge i absorbed everything i'd never
31:03had the chance to learn before eventually my lab mates begged me to stop overworking and forced me to
31:08take a break i returned to my dorm and lay on my bed while chatting with eleanor she suddenly mentioned
31:17my
31:17family and eugene sounding gleeful becca you won't believe it after you left eugene and the meyer family
31:25practically went crazy crazy i murmured
31:32i typed a casual reply impossible they don't care about me that much eleanor sent a quick message back
31:39who knows but apparently they've been trying every possible way to contact you
31:45i nodded that finally explained all the recent unknown numbers calling me
31:51but since i never answer unfamiliar calls i always ignored them
31:58it turned out they were from my family and eugene
32:03as i was thinking this another unknown number came in
32:08i hesitated then answered to my surprise it was mom
32:12the moment the call connected she sounded emotional
32:16becca you finally picked up where did you run off to why did you block all of us we thought
32:22something
32:22happened to you
32:25she paused then spoke stiffly
32:29we shouldn't have ignored your feelings before
32:32come home we'll celebrate your birthday
32:37her sudden change in tone was too abnormal
32:40i immediately thought of the notebook i had tossed into the trash before leaving and figured they
32:45must have fished it out and read my diary 99 numbers and far more than 99 wounds
32:52no wonder they were suddenly drowning in guilt and desperate to make it up to me
32:56but what did it change
32:59doing something that hurt me and then coming back asking for forgiveness didn't prove they cared
33:06it only proved they wanted to soothe their own conscience
33:09i said coldly no need i don't like celebrating birthdays
33:16mom choked on my words and was left speechless for a long moment
33:21when she finally spoke again she tried to persuade me to come home soon
33:26i looked around my small dorm room
33:29it wasn't big but everything inside it was mine i had chosen them
33:35this place was where i finally felt i belonged
33:41no need i'm already home i said it calmly then hung up
33:47i had assumed my refusal that day was clear enough
33:51but one afternoon after finishing my experiments and stepping out of the lab
33:57i saw the very last group of people i wanted to face standing at the entrance of my apartment building
34:05it was dad mom zachariah and eugene
34:11when they saw me all of them looked shaken
34:15beck you're finally back
34:19zachariah started toward me but eugene shoved past him and planted himself directly in front of me
34:26becca long time no see
34:29he looked haggard eyes red like he hadn't slept in days the old me might have felt a sting of
34:34sympathy
34:35now i only felt annoyed we already broke up why are you here eugene's eyes reddened even more
34:44i didn't agree to break up
34:47we just had a misunderstanding
34:52a breakup doesn't need your consent
34:54i said calmly then looked toward my family standing awkwardly to the side
35:03i heard everything you said that day my parents and zachariah went pale in an instant
35:07and even eugene's eyes widened as the truth finally hit him
35:11i continued with the truth i had pieced together
35:15eugene has always liked sylvia you didn't think his family background was good enough for her
35:23so you pushed him towards me instead
35:26that way you could still keep someone around to spoil sylvia right
35:33no no that's not mom tried to deny it
35:40but even she had no strength to argue
35:44dad and zachariah both lowered their heads shame painted across their faces
35:49as for eugene he rushed to explain himself
35:54i did like sile in the beginning but that was only at the start
35:58we're about to get married how could i not have feelings for you
36:03i nodded as if acknowledging it relief briefly flickered in his eyes then i struck cleanly
36:13but you didn't show up to our wedding so we're not getting married anymore
36:18no we can have another wedding i i already ordered your dress it's still from your favorite designer
36:25i already contacted the wedding planner as long as you agree we can redo everything
36:31it'll be even better than last time eugene held my shoulders voice hoarse with pleading
36:39becca please just listen to me i only take care of sel out of habit
36:46the person i love is really you i never thought you would actually leave
36:52i was a jerk i hurt you it's my fault i gently pushed his hands off
37:00his red rimmed eyes stirred something inside me
37:03after all he was the person who stayed with me during the loneliest years of my life
37:07and he was the one who made me believe i could be loved
37:11and maybe that was exactly why i could never forgive him
37:16forgiving him would mean betraying the girl who once waited so desperately for her wedding day
37:22you love me no you don't love doesn't look like this
37:29love means always feeling indebted
37:34not taking advantage of someone's feelings and hurting them again and again
37:39love is two people trying to understand each other not one person doing all the giving
37:46eugene we can't go back you know very well what i wanted what i wanted was someone who chose me
37:53without hesitation
37:56but he had never done that eugene staggered back like he had been struck by lightning
38:02he slumped over and covered his face it looked like he was crying i didn't comfort him he was an
38:08ex-boyfriend
38:08now he wasn't worth my energy that was all that needed to be said as long as he wasn't blocking
38:14my path
38:15to the dorm that was enough just as i turned to go my family stopped me that was when i
38:21recalled there
38:22were still three more people i hadn't dealt with i rubbed my temples irritated then looked at the three
38:29guilty hesitant faces he's here to beg me to get back together what about you what are you here for
38:39dad exhaled heavily becca only when we read your diary did we realize how much you've suffered all these
38:47years are you done you can go now i have things to do this afternoon don't waste my time how
38:55is this
38:55wasting time we're apologizing zachariah's voice trembled with frustration just because you're
39:02apologizing doesn't mean i have to accept it i said firmly zachariah opened his mouth but had nothing
39:09to say you keep saying you shifted your love for me onto sylvia but why i was the one you
39:16owed
39:17she was the one who benefited in your house i wasn't even as happy as i was living with grandpa
39:22and
39:23grandma now i've left i'm far away from you we can live our separate lives isn't that better for
39:31everyone mom was already sobbing becca you're our daughter you can't just cut us off like this
39:44i'd rather not be your daughter after saying that i turned and walked upstairs
39:49not bothering to look at the three of them crying in a pathetic little huddle
39:55during my final year of grad school a huge scandal exploded in our overseas student circle
40:03it turned out that after sylvia went abroad she immediately tossed aside the piano she had bragged so
40:09much about all the claims about orchestras and teacher recommendations were lies
40:17she didn't learn anything valuable what she did pick up was a chaotic lifestyle and an std
40:26then at some party she got involved with things she shouldn't have touched
40:31to get money from my family she lied that she was seriously ill my parents and zachariah rushed over
40:38out of worry only to walk in on her partying wildly apparently she was still high when they confronted
40:44her and she snapped aren't i your favorite why would you give money to that
40:51bitch rebecca instead of me if you had given me money i wouldn't have had to lie
40:56during the argument she became delirious grabbed a knife and stabbed zachariah
41:16his body would never fully recover for the rest of his life my parents called it a family disaster and
41:23finally cut off her allowance without money she slid even further down the wrong path
41:32she passed her disease to several people then returned home looking for someone to take responsibility
41:39and guess who her target was eugene
41:46even though he claimed to love me when his first love came knocking he didn't refuse
41:56except that first love turned out to have an std he got infected too
42:03what is that unable to accept what his life had become he snapped and stabbed sylvia
42:12she stabbed him and he stabbed her
42:16in the end one one was dead and the other one was injured and imprisoned i stared at those familiar
42:25names and felt nothing but a faint distant sigh
42:31whatever emotions i once had were long gone after graduating i returned to america
42:37and became a key researcher at a pharmaceutical company my parents and zachariah eventually tracked down
42:43where i worked they tried to visit but they never even made it past the front gate because the
42:48security stopped them and so they lived the rest of their lives in regret
42:55they regretted never cherishing the girl they once brought home
43:00and they regretted losing the daughter and sister who once looked at them like they were her whole world
43:04they had to know but a lot of things that we knew once looked at them in the next day
43:05they were like the last night and i think it was really important to go to them for even a
43:05year
43:06and i found them on the other side as it was like we did in the next day
43:06that's a great day to go to the next day
43:06and i know i like to talk about that
43:06and i want to be the first time that i can't help that
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