Revenge After Death

Chapter 31

I once questioned Michael why he felt entitled to make such a decision.

He replied, “Simply because you’re living and eating under my roof. You won’t be able to repay the kindness my family showed you throughout your entire life. It’s just a student exchange spot. How dare you yell at me?”

That day, I sat on the ground dejectedly and felt like an abandoned stray dog.

Jack wrapped his arms around Eva, the person who stole my spot, and walked toward me. They proceeded to trample on me with the cruelest words.

Eva said, “Stephanie, you’re really worthless. Mike’s affection should only be reserved for my sister, not someone as unworthy as you. You’re nothing more than a stain in Mike’s life.”

Jack kicked me and added, “Mike said the thing he regretted most was having Aunty Lois adopt you.”

I sat there, and my body gradually stiffened.

“Stephanie, I’ll kill you if you dare breathe a word to Mike,” Jack threatened me.

“Don’t worry. Even if she did, Mike wouldn’t believe her. Nobody would believe a woman like her.” Eva strutted away proudly, holding a bag that Michael had gifted Yasmin. The bag was easily worth tens of thousands.

Michael always claimed I owed him and the Fords.

Throughout these years, my living expenses at the Fords and tuition fees only totaled a few tens of thousands. I had a scholarship that essentially waived my tuition and covered my living expenses.

I would rather work night shifts in 24–hour convenience stores than spend any of the Fords‘ money. What I owed Michael was nothing more than my parents‘ funeral expenses and the penalty he had paid off for my family for not honoring the business contract. The workers were compensated using my parents‘ death compensation and the sale of the house.

I knew I owed Michael a significant amount of money. Still, even if it was substantial, it couldn’t compare to the amount Michael spent on Yasmin, her family, and friends.

vividly recall when I fell sick in my junior year. I had encephalitis

my high fever, Michael insisted that I perform a physical fitness test on behalf

I was suffering from my fever, but he remained persistent.

1. go.

couldn’t argue. I’ve always remembered he said, “Stephanie, you owe me“.

thought of it as repaying what I owed.

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bed and

through the half–mile run. My elbows and forehead stung from the

scrapes.

value my life for attempting a physical

had someone else take her physical test. They canceled her qualification for

into the hospital ward with a

you do this to Yasmin’s

calculating, but he never once acknowledged my hospitalization due

I desperately needed money for the hospital treatment, or I would die. However, my living

medical bills.

lend me money for the treatment. I

and started work.

look of disgust. “Stephanie, you’re still pretending at this point. It’s such a waste

throbbed as I dropped onto the

me what you’re

money before? I have already told you to come to me if you need money. How

and explained, “I didn’t ask