Chapter 1248

I didn't even have a chance to click on the discussion thread before an unknown number flashed across my screen. It was a local call from Joddesdon and Saza. I assumed it was spam and declined it without a second thought, but the caller was persistent. The phone rang again. Figuring it might be someone I knew, I answered, only to be met with a furious, almost venomous voice, "Nancy, why do you keep hurting Cindy? She's your sister! Are you trying to push her to the brink? "If I had known things would turn out this way, I never should have brought you into our home. I should've let you starve to death!" Gilbert's voice was laced with pure rage, like a wild beast desperate to rip me apart through the phone. I gripped my phone tightly, feeling my heart grow colder. I had always known he never truly cared about me. He wouldn't have abandoned me with Grandma and Aunt Tina while he disappeared without a trace. But hearing him spit those words at me—words filled with such deep hatred—st