Chapter 6 Or Else

Before getting in the car with Madison, Samuel glared at me and warned, "Julia, you better stay away from Madison and me if you value your life, or else…" With that, he stepped on the gas and sped away. I blinked, confused. Was he leaving just like that? It didn't fit his arrogant personality. Besides, didn't he think that I sent him those adult products? But he didn't mention them at all. Madison also seemed to be avoiding me. Technically, she should act like she did during the first day of our college entrance exams and constantly flirt with Samuel to provoke me… I frowned and arrived at the dance studio while I was deep in thought. Ms. Green must have seen what happened. She looked at me like she was pitying me. "Julia, among all my students, Samuel and you were the most talented pair. You could've achieved so much more and even gone international…" Ms. Green sighed. Most of the pictures on the wall of fame in front of her were of Samuel and me at competitions we won over the past years. Most of the trophies on the shelves had also been won by Samuel and I. Yes, Samuel and I were both excellent students who started learning to dance when we were three years old. Before he met Madison, Samuel, who was one year older than me, took care of me like a dependable elder brother. We won many trophies in the youth categories in our childhood and teenage years. As we grew older, the number of places we visited together for competitions grew. We once aspired to become world champions and have the world recognize us as a pair of excellent dancers. We had many fans. They even called us the Velvet Steps. A lot of people looked forward to us getting married and building a family someday, while Ms. Green used us as examples to teach her new students. Things were fine up until the moment Madison saved Samuel when he was beaten up by a group of thugs. The Velvet Steps immediately fell apart, and the new dancing duo, Liquid Promises, was born. Perhaps it was because of karma, but Liquid Promises never won a single award. The both of them didn't pass the dance school exam either. On the other hand, I managed to get high distinction with a partner I teamed up with at the last minute. "Ms. Green, I'm here today to apologize to you." After 15 years of hard work, I was giving up on dancing. The endless torment Samuel subjected me to in my previous life was much too painful. So, in this life, I wanted to become a doctor so that I could save more people with depression. It wasn't a sudden thing. I decided on it only after thinking it through recently. I wanted to inform Ms. Green in person before filling up my college application. "Alright..." Ms. Green decided to support me. She must have thought I was giving up on dancing because of my broken heart. I smiled, not giving her any further explanation. A week later, the results for the handwriting identification were finally out. It really was Madison who had forged my handwriting. However, it didn't make sense because I never did anything to wrong her. Forging a person's handwriting wasn't a feat that could be easily done in a couple of days. She must have practiced for a long time to reach this level of similarity. When had Madison set her sights on me? I couldn't figure it out, so I hired a private investigator to look into it. Three days later, the investigation results revealed a shocking fact—Madison and I were stepsisters who shared the same father. I finally knew why my parents divorced. Three years ago, Mom found out about Madison by accident. Although my dad never cheated on her after they got married, Madison was born between him and his first love before their marriage. Mom couldn't accept it, so Dad agreed to the divorce without asking for a financial settlement. Over the last three years, he worked as a professor and a streamer and earned a lot of money. The private investigator discovered that he kept all the money in the bank under my name. As for Madison, Dad only paid for her child support. He didn't get back together with her mother, Lucy Locke. That was why Madison hated me so much and did everything she could to snatch Samuel away. I laughed. It turned out that Madison approached me back then not to befriend me, but to seek revenge on me. Snatching Samuel away was only her first step.