Family First? Nah. Revenge First. Welcome to My Heatwave Trap! Chapter 05

Family First? Nah. Revenge First. Welcome to My Heatwave Trap! Chapter 05

After what felt like forever of them nitpicking my place, Mom finally remembered I existed.

She grabbed my hand, looking pitiful, and said, “Emily, we drove all night and haven’t eaten anything. Can you take us out for a meal?”

I frowned. “Go out to eat?”

She nodded quickly. “Yeah, Tyler wants lobster. Can you treat us?”

Tyler stopped throwing his tantrum the second he heard lobster. He jumped up from the floor. ” want lobster, scallops, and king crab too!”

Brooke grinned. “Of course, sweetie. Let your aunt take you.”

I looked at Brooke and shook my head. “Don’t say that, Brooke. I really can’t afford it.”

Her face twisted. “You can’t afford it?”

“Emily Harper, what do you mean by that? You’ve been a city girl for a few days and now you won’t spend a dime on us?”

“You ungrateful little bitch. You won’t even treat your own nephew? I’ll beat you to death.”

Dad rushed over, ready to slap me just like last time.

But I wasn’t the same pathetic girl anymore.

I caught his wrist. “Dad, Brooke, you think this apartment just fell into my lap?”

“It’s a two-bedroom for two million dollars. I put sixty thousand down and took out over a hundred thousand in loans.”

“I’m paying more than ten thousand a month now. I’ve been eating plain noodles for over a year just to make the payments.”

“If Tyler wants lobster and crab so badly, Dad, why don’t you treat us? Let me have some good food

for once too.”

The second he heard he’d have to pay, Dad stopped yelling.

He just shrank back and grumbled with a sour face, “Paying that much every month? You stupid girl, if you can’t afford it, don’t buy such an expensive place.”

‘Now we can’t even have seafood.”

Tyler started wailing when he realized the fancy dinner was off the table.

Mom immediately blamed me. “It’s all your useless aunt’s fault. Don’t cry, Tyler. Grandma will buy you meat buns tomorrow.”

But Tyler didn’t want meat buns. He punched and kicked Mom’s soft belly in rage.

The whole apartment turned into chaos.

When they finally realized they couldn’t squeeze any more money out of me, Mom reluctantly went to the kitchen. She found a bag of my noodles and boiled plain pasta

for

everyone.

After they ate, Dad looked at me and snorted, “You’re so useless. Can’t even treat your lobster. You’re banned from dinner tonight.”

He sounded so smug.

nephew to

He completely forgot that the noodles they ate and the pot they cooked in were both mine.