chapter 7
Though I always knew they were biased toward Felix, I never expected that I was so worthless in their eyes.
After all these years, even if they didn’t love me, they should at least have known me. With my personality, how could I ever do something so despicable? How could I possibly joke about life and death just for the sake of competing for attention?
As they each took turns comforting Mom, she straightened up and regained her usual domineering posture. “Tomorrow morning, I’ll go to the hospital myself to expose their lies. If Sean’s not in the morgue, I’ll break his legs myself! And that nurse will be fired.”
Perhaps even God pitied me, because a soft drizzle began falling outside the window.
Their seemingly light and casual words were like loud, vicious slaps across my face. Though it hurt, I couldn’t cry out.
Even now, it was painfully clear that everyone was wishing I were dead.
Early the next morning, Mom skipped breakfast and rushed straight to the hospital. Dad was worried about her and tagged along.
On the way, Mom kept complaining to Dad that they were about to waste another trip.
But the moment she saw my body in the hospital morgue, she stumbled back a step in horror.
She collapsed against the wall, clutching herself tightly. “How could this be? How did this happen? I remember clearly that his injuries weren’t that serious. He looked perfectly fine.”
It was true that my injuries looked minor.
Apart from a few scrapes on my arm from shielding Felix, I looked unharmed on the outside.
But it was precisely because I had turned my body to shield Felix during the crash that I absorbed the full force of the impact, and it caused my heart to rupture.
The reason I seemed fine was because as my organs failed, my body was flooded with adrenaline.
As a hospital director with medical knowledge, Mom would’ve seen the signs if she had paid close attention.
Unfortunately, she never spared me a second glance because all her focus had been on Felix.
Dad reached out, seemingly about to touch my face. But perhaps my death was too gruesome for him, his hand froze midair.
Once they got the news, Felix and Ashley rushed over.
Felix sensed that something was wrong when he saw my parents’ grief-stricken faces. He ran straight to my bed and dropped to his knees, yelling, “Sean, why are you so foolish? Is it because I took your scholarship that you hate me so much? Did you die just to get back at me?”
After crying loudly, he dropped to the floor in fake remorse. “I’m sorry, Sean. It’s all my fault. If it weren’t for me, this wouldn’t have happened…”
Then, he started slapping himself across the face.
Seeing this, my parents and Ashley quickly moved to stop him, momentarily forgetting their sorrow.
Mom hugged him tightly. “That’s enough, Felix. It’s not your fault. His own greed killed him, and he got what he deserved!”