A Journey to Oppose His Family

r whole family went to

e for being too extravagant, while my sister-in-law, Emma Sto

ocks and taking them back to the hotel to continue eating. However, she was admit

erwhelmed by a burst of filial piety,

r, shoving the leftov

ed seafood and didn't get

, I was back on the day The

mined to make sure the

.

ime off. Should we go

Everything costs money on the trip, and she earns nothing

ar conversation, I real

of the dutiful housewife in public while secret

le a return in time, I would ha

sa would seize the

to spend it wisely. Money doesn't come easily. You just stay

d me I didn't need to work. He

me money was to ensure that

ing, he would trot out his usua

much, okay? My money is for you, but we have to live, too. As long as you have clothes to wear, that's enough. Just eat whatever, you're not growin

I th

so I was the only one eat

, I even started grow

t was supposedly twenty thousand, but when it came ti

thought that if I were considera

as he taking advantag

ss, why should I kee

.

nth? Who's paying the car loan and the mortgage? I'm the one covering all of that! It's easy for you to s

venomous glare

at home, and they couldn't

And let's be real, if you hadn't gotten pregnant before marriage, would Theo ha

nd never sugarc

the car and house loans. If we divorced,

ice but to come

talk to your sister-in-l

ent. Normally, she would never miss a chance

l taking her side? If this keeps up, she'll n

ou sit at home all day doing nothing. When have you ever shown any real filial piety? All you do is ask me for money or pester Theo and your mom for cash. Are your hands and feet

steps, clutching her che

rt condition is acting up, please

your heart never acts up until you're losing an argumen

w even darker at m

rd, and it left m

d you get this aggressive attitude? Just because you have a little money, you think you can disr

e slap, I struck back

Just because you're older, you think you can lord it over me

ful not to use too much force. After all

wn? Theo, stop her! Are you just going to s

zy woman off our mo

ulled me away an

ed to be a day of slaps, like I'd walked int

ck you

iving in, and his face insta

lice! Someone's try

her phone, but I snatched i

so high and mighty a moment ago? You thi

crouching down and clutching h

h for Theo on my own, and the

.

years spent busy running the household

e to go. He assured Melissa t

, and she's been stuck at home ever since, never making any friends. She'll have to give in to me. When she does, Mom, I'll make her buy you

ll shaken by my actions

t dare,

ily. If she doesn't give it to you, I can always find a way to get her to give it t

wanted to fly. I've never e

I ever li

d my phone under the sofa, then us

scheming, I could

s family was ba

h and always pu

dy, always dreaming of

me as a servant, constant

the moment I showed any backbone, he would star

lly worried about you," Maia Tucker, my be

rwood. This time, I won't

anything, I'm

honestly don't know

.

on the door for nearly half an ho

hing might get stolen, so we changed the locks. I was just

ving a private conversation, there was

hing and hiring her cousin for the renovations, that we cou

ere else could I go if not here?

h a bright smile. "I bought gold

red at me, then at the gold bracelet, sta

s. Melissa, you've always taken care of me and Theo. Emma, you bring so much life to t

a faint smile pl

acelet greedily and

her just

think that if the bracelet's covered in teeth marks, pe

ed in ag

sure you'll buy me mor

nswer, jus

satisfied an

, Clara? You'll d

hristmas? It cost over three thousand dollars, and Clara bought it for you without a sec

I hated how they alwa

ill definitely

ough clenc

.

e. He said he wanted to br

s how many more chances they'll have to travel? B

my apple, not giv

acts like a child. If she said something you didn't like, just let it go

r parents and Theo spoiling her, she acted

s me. If it had been someone els

ough. If I worked harder and paid off the car and the mortgage, maybe I could even bu

ding and, while he was at it, handed m

e holiday coming up, I need to finis

and said softly, "Don't