Chapter 78
The boys stopped what they were doing and turned to explain to me.”
“Thalia, this isn’t our fault. He wrote disgusting stuff to harass my sister.”
He tossed me an envelope.
It was covered in vulgar and filthy words.
“You tell us, doesn’t he deserve a good lesson?“}
I pretended to be shocked.}
“Alaric! How could you write such things to harass a female classmate? Mom and Dad would be so upset if they knew!” Alaric shrieked.
“This isn’t me! I didn’t write any of this!“}
“Thalia! I’m your own brother! You can’t just leave me to this!“}
I shrugged and stuffed the letter back into the guy’s hand.§
“If it’s my brother’s fault, he must be taught a lesson. I’ll leave him to you.“}
Truthfully, I could tell right away that the handwriting wasn’t Alaric’s.}
Still, that didn’t matter.
Any excuse to teach him a lesson would do.”
Alaric was beaten into a swollen mess and limped home.”
The moment he saw our mother, he started crying about how the people at school were bullying him.
He pointed at me, tears streaming down his face.
“Especially her! Mom, Thalia saw everything and didn’t even try to help me!“>
Our mother was already exhausted and didn’t even want to ask any more questions.
She waved her hand, telling Alaric to go to sleep.
But he insisted on clinging to her, wanting her to stand up for him.”
I told my mother what was written in the letter.
Slap!!
Several red finger marks instantly appeared on Alaric’s face.§
“Mom! You don’t believe me either? I swear i didn’t write any of that stuff!“}
Did Alaric have any credibility left?”
None.
My mother glared at him.
“We sent you there to study properly! How can your head be filled with such things?“> “What exactly are you trying to do?“>
“If you don’t want your dad to find out, you’ll return to your room and sleep right now!“} Mentioning our father made Alaric tremble.
He scurried back to his room.
I watched his retreating figure with a cold smile.
That was all he deserved.
After being “taken care of” by his classmates a few more times.”
Alaric wised up.
Anyway, our family was wealthy, it wouldn’t matter if he didn’t study.
So, he started arriving late, leaving early and even skipping classes.
The teacher called our parents many times.
Alaric was fearless.
He would just shrug it off when someone asked.
“Everyone in school hates me Why should I go to school?”
“Besides, I am like this because of you. If you hadn’t lost me, would I be like this?”
He even learned to use emotional blackmail.!!
Every time he said this, his parents‘ anger would be reduced by half.
After all, it was the source of their guilt.”
They blamed themselves all the time. Why did they lose Alaric?!
Why didn’t they take good care of Alaric at the beginning?
Seeing our parents like this, Alaric became more unscrupulous.
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Later, he didn’t even go to school.”
He started hanging out with shady characters./
Smoking, drinking, fighting and flirting with pretty girls.%
Our parents finally couldn’t take it anymore.”
They pulled him aside for a serious talk.
He casually tossed his shoes onto the sofa and lit a cigarette.%
“I tell you, you are the ones who made me like this!“?
“What, you hate me now? Fine, then just throw me away again.“2
“Anyway, the famous Mr. Blackwood doesn’t need a son; many people are vying to be your son.“%
He narrowed his eyes and blew a puff of smoke at my father.”
“Say something, my good father. Just one word from you and I’ll leave right now!“%
“But you must always remember, you were the ones who lost me back then and now you’re the ones throwing me away!“%
He had grasped entirely our parents‘ weakness./
Seeing that they remained silent, their eyes filled with guilt.
