I checked the new travel plans again. They had chosen to leave me without a room, even though they could have booked me an extra standard room.
“So she gets the cruise room on the top floor that costs $5,000 a night, and I have to sleep outside in the snow when you know how sick I am?””I asked, trying hard to keep my voice steady.
“You always say you want the family to be happy.” “Now’s your chance to show it,” my father said with a wave of his hand.
I looked at my parents, who I had been there for for years.
Father looked away.
With a smile that said everything was okay, Mother said, “Darling, she was taken away from us when she was little.” We have a lot of memories together, but she doesn’t have any. Of course, she should go with us. You only have to give up a little comfort, but we’ll always be family.
Robert said, “Sis, Diane is very fragile.” She can’t sleep outside when it’s cold. “You’ll be fine. You’re strong and capable.” I smiled bitterly. “Who are the real family members here? I paid for this trip, and now these strangers are getting better treatment than your Gamma, who is your provider. Someone you just met is more important than the person who grew up with you!”
My parents’ eyes turned gold with rage.
“This is just a different way to sleep. Don’t make a big deal out of it. She’s our family, but we’ve been apart from her since she was a child. We can’t be apart again and leave her behind. You only have to give up this one thing to show what family really means.”
At that moment, George came in. I thought he would stand by me, my friend, the one the Goddess had chosen for me. But instead, he stood with my family.
“Diane seems really nice,” he said, not looking at me. “And your parents are right—you can handle a little cold.” We shouldn’t leave out their real daughter on this trip.
His betrayal hurt more than my parents’. My wolf howled in pain inside me.
At that moment, the front door of our house opened.
Robert hurried to say hello to her. Diane walked in wearing designer clothes that cost more than my parents make in a year.
“I’ve been waiting for so long!” Come in, come in!”Robert helped her with her huge Louis Vuitton suitcase.
“I’ve missed you a lot! You should have stayed with us all along. You’re my real sister and should have been living with us.”
“Exactly!” said Mother as she grabbed her perfectly manicured hand. I’ve been searching for you for a long time. You are my biological daughter. You are the best person in my heart!”
They said this to my face, and they didn’t feel bad about it.
George walked over to them and smiled at Diane. “Welcome to the family.” I know a lot about you.
I saw my friend, the wolf who was supposed to be there for me no matter what, betray me for someone he had just met.
Diane was my parents’ biological daughter, but when she was three years old, they ran into money problems. They lost their house to creditors, and Diane ran away from home.
She went to an orphanage by herself and used the fact that she was an orphan to get a spot with a rich family.
She didn’t even say goodbye; she just vanished one night. My parents were heartbroken because they had planned a surprise birthday party for her that month.
Until recently, her adoptive parents lost all their money.
She got back in touch with my parents after hearing that we were going on a fancy Italian trip. She said she had been kidnapped back then.
