Even though I was a transparent soul now, when I heard her words and saw her eyes, I couldn't control my tears.
4
Two o'clock in the afternoon was the time when Tony had to pay the down payment for his house.
Since they couldn't contact me, they gathered together to hold a meeting.
I also sat down and participated in a family meeting for the first time in a transparent way.
The final negotiation result was that the down payment was reduced from the original 500 thousand dollars to 300 thousand dollars, and the monthly mortgage was 5,600 dollars, which I would bear.
Tony's face was full of reluctance. "What if she doesn't want to pay my mortgage?"
Mary patted her chest and assured him. "I will go to her after you and Olivia are engaged. If she doesn't want to, I will sue her. I will go to her company and let everyone know that she is an ungrateful person."
"Alice is a reasonable person and will understand our difficulties," Sam said.
Hearing the word "reasonable", I laughed.
I had been trapped by this word for 25 years.
Even now that I was dead, they still wanted to use this word to control me.
Mary always praised me as reasonable, sensible, well-behaved, and capable in front of Sam.
It was the reason why I could stay in this house.
When I was young, as long as Tony and Yolanda cried, I was always the one who got beaten even if they stole my things.
Mary would push me to the balcony and say, "You are their sister. Can you be more sensible?"
In the end, I would be locked on the balcony to reflect on my mistakes, while they would take their two children to the playground to play for the day.
Whenever I wanted to go out and play, I had to take my younger brother and sister with me. Otherwise, I couldn't go out.
My classmates and playmates didn't like me bringing my brother and sister to play with them.
When they saw me with Yolanda and Tony, they all hid away.
As time went by, I didn't even have any friends.
I could only take care of my brother and sister at home.
When the neighbors saw me, they often praised me to Mary, "Alicer is sensible and well-behaved. My daughter runs away all day long like a boy."
"Sam is so lucky to have such a good daughter, and he even has a pair of twins. It's enviable."
Mary smiled, and I saw on her face the pride of receiving approval from others.
It turned out that as long as I behaved well, she would be happy.