Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Lilah stared at me in disbelief.

Ever since we were kids, as her older sister, I had always given in to her and had never been so harsh with her before. She naturally assumed I would continue to indulge her like before, but unfortunately for her, I didn't.

Her face turned bright red with anger, and she cried and threw a fit, eventually kicking me out of the room. For the next few days, she ignored me completely. Every time she saw me at home, she would give me the cold shoulder.

On the day she finished her SAT, she suddenly became nicer to me. I knew she was up to something, and the next second, I received a long list of her wishes.

"No money, no way."

"I'm your sister, not an ATM."

I coldly replied to her. After being rejected, she went crazy just like in the previous life. She started running away from home, threatening to kill herself, and eventually, we found her on the rooftop.

"Lilah, how about we give you twenty thousand? We can't give you any more than that. We only earn a little over ten thousand a month..."

"I've worked so hard studying all this time, and now that the SAT is over, you go back on your word. I hate you all!"

"If you don't give me the money today, I'll jump off and die right in front of you!"

Lilah stood at the edge of the rooftop, crying and screaming at us. My parents were pale with fear. Seeing that they were about to give in, I had to say something to prevent the tragedy of the previous life from happening again.

"If you're really brave, then jump!"

Lilah cherished her life more than anyone. Her pretend suicide attempt was just a way to threaten us, and I knew this better than anyone. She never expected me to say that, and even my parents looked at me in disbelief.

"Davina, what are you saying?"

My parents were getting anxious, afraid that I might actually push her to jump. But I chose to add fuel to the fire.

"We've been looking for you for hours. If you wanted to jump, you would have done it already. What are you waiting for?"

Hearing my words, Lilah turned and pretended to get ready to jump, but she didn't move, seemingly waiting for us to rush up and stop her. Her legs were shaking uncontrollably. Seeing me remain unmoved, she was caught in a dilemma.

At that moment, the firefighters suddenly arrived. Seeing her frozen on the rooftop, they rushed up and pulled her down. Realizing she had been saved, she immediately started crying and throwing a tantrum again.

"Why did you save me? My family treats me so badly, you should have just let me die!"

"Let go of me! I hate all of you!"

Watching her pretend struggle, I couldn't even be bothered to expose her. After returning home, she realized that threatening us with her life wouldn't get her the money. She had no choice but to compromise and agree to take twenty thousand.

After the compromise, our family seemed to return to the peaceful and happy life we once had. Until the day the SAT results were released, our whole family sat in front of the computer, eagerly waiting for the results to be announced.

Lilah suddenly said she felt sick and went back to her room to rest.

"Why isn't it loading? This is taking forever!" Dad kept hitting refresh on the webpage. Everyone was getting impatient.

"It's out, it's out!"

The moment the results appeared, Mom and I quickly leaned in to see. The result left us all in shock.