y confrontation with Sonya e

the first time I'

arrived at our hou

accident, and my parents brought my cousin Son

happy to have a

; the malice in her eyes

e, she pretended to fall to the ground,

me my parents repri

patience and grace, wi

frame me, leading my parents to gro

ter lost her parents; can't you

rom your sister? Look

is? The older he gets, the m

ter of my parents, while "malicious, " "

elieved in me, al

ad and say, "Don't

will always

son my brother prote

ce followed a tip to Li family village, rescuing

ollapsed into tears in the arms of

fered over the years, both phy

ld man's gaze became i

rs, he frequently mad

leep at night, fearing someo

oments, I resen

found me after

parents notice

et traffickers

resentment vanished, replaced by

ly wanted t

I saw was a brightly lit, fes

celebrating their only daught

longed for, tears uncontroll

ebut party I h

in my diary: "Hugh's eighteenth birthday party will feature a white

o the stage and declare, 'The little princ

nd I knew about t

er leading Sonya ont

beloved sister-Sonya has come of age today. I h

f happiness, dressed el

d wished for be

e white dress the female

e frail, making me look like I w

of place at

dhood innocence, and tears of longing for my fami

ching in my throat, sour and unp

of a lost child returned, but rather confusion, e

now and disrupting their beloved da

longer showed tolerance a

onya had completely taken

had become

had become

e was an outsid

t was supposed to be