I Waited For My Mother’s Blessings, Only To Find She Gave All Her Luck To My Sister Chapter 09

I Waited For My Mother’s Blessings, Only To Find She Gave All Her Luck To My Sister Chapter 09

Her question pulled my mind back through the years.

Why did I want to cut ties?

Maybe it was from childhood, when I begged for candy on the street and Mom ignored me, turning

around to buy some for Charlee instead.

Maybe it was when I was applying to college, desperately looking to her as my savior, only for her half–words to lead me astray.

Or maybe it was when Daisy lay dying in the operating room, and I wept, begging her to speak just

one blessing, while she chose absolute silence.

Every single memory haunted me night after night.

It had become a nightmare I couldn’t escape.

Why cut ties?

I wanted to ask her the same thing–why shouldn’t?

She never loved me at all.

I forced a bitter smile.

“Mom, this is the last time I will ever call you that.”

“For twenty years, because your words were worth a fortune, I convinced myself to understand

why you rarely spoke to me.”

“Before that night, no matter how many times you treated me with cold indifference, I comforted

myself thinking it was fine. Even if you didn’t talk, I could still read your expressions and body

language.”

“For twenty years, a single look from you was all it took for me to guess what you were thinking.”

“When I was applying to colleges, I asked if I should apply to my dream school.”

“Even though you didn’t finish your sentence, I saw clearly in your eyes–you didn’t want me to.”

I let out a bitter laugh.

Mom’s lips had turned deathly pale.

“I didn’t know why back then, but I believed you were Mom and would never hurt me,” I continued.

“So I suppressed my doubts and trusted you. I ended up failing to get in, while Charlee took my spot. Tell me, could there really be such a coincidence in this world?”

Mom froze, opening her mouth as if to explain.

Rhonda wrapped her arms around me, gently wiping away my tears.

Feeling the wetness on my cheeks, I realized I had been crying without even knowing it.

“Three nights before the wedding, I heard everything you said to Charlee in her room.”

The moment those words left my mouth, Mom’s face went completely ghostly white.

“You…”

“You want to ask why I lied and said I didn’t hear anything, right?” I offered a bitter smile.

“I don’t know why either, but from that night on, I finally understood.”

“Mom, it wasn’t that you didn’t like to talk. You just didn’t love me, and you didn’t want to speak to

me.”

“Afterward, when Morris tried to talk to you, you gave him the cold shoulder, yet you were so warm

and affectionate to Darrell.”

“To be biased to this extent, Mom…” I stared straight into her eyes, pronouncing every word clearly.

“Do you really still have to ask why I’m cutting ties?”

Mom’s fingers rubbed against each other uncontrollably, her knuckles turning white from the force.

She stared at me, looking as if she had many words to say.

But in the end, all those words dissolved into a heavy sigh.

She lowered her head, bowing to defeat.

“Fine. I know I failed you.”

“I’ll let you go.”

After she signed a written agreement promising not to contact me again, I watched her leave.

After we signed the papers severing our ties, I watched Mom leave.

I had looked at her back countless times, but I had never seen her look so broken and defeated.

Rhonda stepped up beside me, her tone casual.

“Is your mom really that powerful? Can her words actually make someone rich and healthy?”

I recalled the blessing Mom had whispered to me before signing the paper.

A quiet laugh escaped my lips.

“Yeah. My dog was killed because of her words.”

“I held you back earlier because I was afraid you’d offend her and make her hold a grudge.”

“But now… I don’t think that’s a concern anymore.”

Mom’s figure had already disappeared from view.

She had vanished from my life forever.

Rhonda grunted in response and brought out a plate of freshly sliced mangoes from the kitchen.

“Forget about her! Eat some fruit! I just cut these.”

I nodded.

Goldie was faster than me, bounding over excitedly

She playfully knocked Rhonda over, and the two of them tumbled into a cheerful mess on the floor.

The noise drew Morris out of the room.

“What’s so lively out here? What happened?”

I shook my head softly. “Nothing.”

Nothing at all.

I closed the door, as if no one had ever come.

Let the past fade with the wind.

From now on, I was ready to embrace my new life.