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My brother was completely stunned by the slap, and it took him a while to regain his senses.
“Mom, what are you saying? I’m your biological son.”
My mom’s gaze pierced straight into Lucas’s heart.
“Biological or not, what were you doing at the critical moment? You were out sightseeing with your sister!”
“Do you know your father and I almost died!”
After saying this, my mom was so agitated she couldn’t catch her breath.
I supported her and patted her back, and it took a long time for her to calm down.
“We’ve given you the house, and we’ve raised you for so many years. We don’t expect anything in return.”
“Olivia, from now on, you should have less contact with our Bailey family.”
After saying this, my mom started crying first.
I knew this decision must have been considered thousands and millions of times in her heart.
Lucas helplessly looked towards my dad, only to receive an angry glare.
“Dad! Olivia is the one you raised. How can this outsider who grew up elsewhere replace Olivia?”
Lucas was too agitated and didn’t realize he had said the wrong thing, even insulting our parents. It was too late to take it back.
My dad looked at him with disappointment.
“You’ve been willful and stubborn since you were young. We sent you to the police academy to temper you, thinking you would grow up, but we didn’t expect you to become even more crooked!”
As soon as my dad spoke, Lucas’s whole body trembled, his face full of fear and regret.
He must not have thought that the kidnapping was real in both lives.
Originally wanting to see me make a fool of myself, to see me scolded by our parents after being exposed, or arrested for filing a false police report.
It seemed as if this could make up for the hatred of Olivia falling off the cliff.
Now everything was ruined, and Lucas had lost his previous arrogant air.
Instead, he pretended to be pitiful and apologized to our parents.
“Mom, Dad, I was wrong. It was really unintentional. I just…”
My dad cut off his words.
“You just wanted Mia to leave the Bailey family so you and Olivia could be together properly!”
“You’re the one most afraid of Mia stealing your status and love!”
Lucas was completely stunned.
All his secrets had been exposed, leaving him feeling as if he had been stripped naked in front of everyone.
“Don’t think I don’t know about you and Olivia. Even if you’re not blood–related, it’s still morally corrupt!”
So Dad knew everything.
The affair between his son and adopted daughter would be a family scandal if it got out.
“Olivia and I are in love, we’re a perfect match!”
Lucas was still arguing stubbornly.
M
Seeing my dad’s anger continuing to rise, I quickly went over to slow down his IV drip.
“Dad, calm down. The doctor said you can’t get too excited.”
My dad patted the back of my hand.
His loving gaze turned to me, but his words were directed at Lucas.
“You should apologize to Mia most of all. You think I don’t know about what happened eighteen years ago?”
My whole body felt as if it had been frozen, startled by a thought that suddenly arose in my mind.
Lucas also seemed terrified, his lips trembling slightly, his breathing becoming rapid.
My dad sighed deeply, pulling me into his arms. My mom had already started sobbing quietly.
“Mia, you weren’t abandoned by your father and mother, nor did you mischievously run away. You were deliberately lost by your brother…
My mom’s sobs were heartbreaking.
“After you were born, your brother constantly fought for attention. He resented us paying too much attention to you.”
“It’s our fault, Dad and Mom. That day we had something to do and could only let him take you out. We were careless.”
My face instantly turned pale.
The truth was like a bomb, exploding in the softest part of my chest cavity.
Previously, I had felt a bit guilty about Lucas’s remorse, but now it was all swept away.
Lucas lowered his head, suddenly laughing out loud.
“So you all knew. Haha, after all these years, it’s finally been discovered.”
“I just hated her always clinging to you. She was just a little kid who didn’t understand anything.”
“I just turned away for a moment at the street corner and lost her…”
My anger was like a fierce beast.
I rushed to Lucas in an instant, roaring at him.
“I didn’t understand anything then! What right did you have to decide whether I should stay or go!”
Olivia firmly blocked me, still trying to defend him.
“He was just a kid too. Who would hold a child accountable for their mistakes? Don’t be so melodramatic”
Lucas was already ten years old at that time. He wasn’t ignorant; it was pure malice.
He didn’t want one more person sharing the love and attention.
When Olivia came, he was almost an adult.
My mom hugged me as I was about to break down.
“Sweetheart, all of this is in the past. We will never be separated from you again.”
Seeing how upset I was, my dad’s anger rose again.
“These are established facts. Your mother and I have decided that after we pass away…”
“All the family assets will be inherited by Mia alone.”
“You and Olivia can go wherever you want, but don’t come back to the Bailey family!”
