Stolen Future The Betrayed Brother's RevengeChapter 1
The year college entrance exams were reinstated, my fiancée stole my admission letter and gave it to my younger brother, Percival Fox. The two of them fled together to start a new life.
My adoptive parents knelt before me, begging me not to report their daughter and Percival—for the sake of the kindness they'd shown in taking me in.
To ensure those two could successfully enroll, they locked me in the shed without food or water.
I contracted the plague. On the brink of death, Norma Pruitt, the eldest daughter of the Pruitt family, secretly brought me a bowl of congee.
"Duane Fox, what they did was too cruel. I've already told my parents I won't marry anyone but you. Just marry me, and I'll support all your dreams."
I was deeply moved. I married Norma.
During the day, I helped her manage the school's affairs. At night, I studied relentlessly. Three years of exams, and I still failed every time.
I was ready to give up—to devote myself to being the man behind Norma's success.
Then I overheard a conversation between Norma and her parents.
"Norma, it's been three years. Duane's scores have improved each time. This year he even got into Capital University. Are you really not going to let him attend?"
Norma's refusal was immediate. "Percival took his student registration. If Duane goes to college, won't Percival's identity fraud be exposed?"
"For Percival's sake, I can't let him attend."
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"But Duane has been retaking the exam for three years now. Percival is graduating next year anyway. Why don't your father and I pull some strings and get Duane a new student registration?"
The elder Pruitts offered what seemed like a reasonable suggestion, but Norma's brow furrowed deeply.
"Get him a new registration? Have Duane take someone else's spot and sacrifice an innocent person's future? How could you even suggest that?"
"But we've watched Duane work so hard these three years. During the day he handles the school's affairs for you. At night he studies by lamplight while keeping watch, yawning so hard he can barely keep his eyes open."
"The first two times you hid his admission letters, I saw him crying in secret. He kept saying he was stupid, that he'd wasted two years for nothing."