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I ran desperately, terrified they would catch up to me.
Laura texted me: [You bastard. Our mother–daughter relationship is over.]
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I took a screenshot of this message and posted it directly on social media.
My relatives who saw it didn’t understand what had happened.
Soon Laura also posted an update: [From today on, Brittany and I are no longer mother and daughter.]
My family and friends thought it was just an ordinary family dispute and tried to persuade me: [Calm down. Blood ties can’t be severed.]
I immediately replied: [Stop trying to convince me. My mother doesn’t love me at all and wants to see me die from illness.]
[I even doubt if I’m her biological daughter. How could there be such a heartless mother in this world?]
Then I shared the forged kidney failure diagnosis report in the group chat. My relatives immediately criticized Laura: [Laura, Brittany is your own daughter. She’s sick now, you can’t abandon her.]
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[She’s so cold–blooded, giving up her daughter for money.]
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[If my daughter were sick, I’d do everything in my power to cure her.]
Laura was shaking with anger and replied: [She doesn’t want money, she wants a kidney!]
[She actually wants Jason to donate a kidney to her. She’s the truly vicious one!]
She pushed all the blame onto me. Without my rebirth
experience, I might have actually felt guilty. But now, I only care about myself.
These relatives probably agreed with Laura, as they all quickly fell silent.
Usually, they had good relationships with me, but now no one was helping me.
[Brittany, you can manage your condition with dialysis. Why do you insist on a kidney? Kyle can’t lose a kidney.]
[That’s right. A kidney isn’t something money can buy. You’re going too far.]
I replied with a cold laugh: [Mary, why don’t you give me your kidney? People can live with one kidney.]
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No one dared to speak up after that. After all, kidneys aren’t regenerative organs, and no one wanted to take the risk.
Seeing me criticized by everyone, Kyle pretended to defend me, saying: [I can’t give you my kidney, but I’ll help you if you’re in trouble.]
I didn’t believe a word he said.
I ignored him and continued pressing: [We’re all family, is there really no one willing to save me? Are you all so heartless?]
No one replied. They clearly didn’t want to help me.
Now I felt relieved. Jason’s illness would soon manifest. With
no relatives willing to help, Kyle would definitely become desperate.
I rented an apartment in the suburbs and got a new job. New York is so big, they’d never find me again.
After settling in, I still made one trip back home.
After graduation, Laura had always controlled my salary. Every time I wanted to move out, she stopped me. She always gave my money to Kyle and Jennifer.
Money that belonged to me–I had to get it back.
The apartment I had trashed last time had been renovated.
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When they saw me appear, Laura, Kyle, and Jennifer’s faces showed obvious displeasure.
I threw the documents in front of their spaghetti and said, “I don’t want the kidney anymore, but you need to pay back all the money you spent on me over the years.”
The documents were printed bank statements, clearly recording every penny Laura had taken. They couldn’t deny it.
Jennifer screamed when she saw the numbers: “We don’t have that much money!”
I said, “This is all money you spent. Pay it back now!”
I sat on the floor, making it clear I wouldn’t leave without my
money.
Laura waved her hands, trying to drive me away. “I gave birth to you and raised you. I have the right to spend your money. Get out!”
I smiled coldly as I pulled out a small knife and said, “It’s fine if you don’t pay me back. I don’t have long to live anyway, so I might do something impulsive. Jennifer, Jason is in 5th grade, Class B at the elementary school, right?”
Everyone froze, afraid I might really go crazy.
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“Fine! I’ll give you the money. Now get out!” Laura finally gave
- in.
I said, “Of course.”
After receiving the payment notification, I stood up.
Before leaving, I looked around the apartment my father had left behind and said, “Legally, I should own part of this place too.”
Kyle broke down screaming, “Get out! This apartment is mine!”
I didn’t say anything more, just left them with a chilling smile.
After that night, they couldn’t sleep, fearing I might come back demanding more money.
Eventually, they decided to sell the apartment and move, even planning to transfer Jason to another school.
After all, I was now a desperate terminal patient, and they worried I might do something to harm them.
On their moving day, Jason threw a tantrum because he didn’t want to leave his familiar school.
An irritated Kyle slapped Jason, but unexpectedly, Jason immediately passed out.
Laura held Jason, crying out for help. Kyle said, “Stop
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pretending. I’ve hit you before and you were fine.”
But I knew Jason’s kidney failure had flared up.
