Betrayed: When My Family Killed Me

Silently, I put down my fork and prepared to go back to my room.

"Lisa, stop right there!"

Jeremy's cold voice stopped me.

"You're 19 now. Amanda was already with me at your age. You need to find a man soon. You can't live with us forever."

He patted my Zed's head with a proud look. "Don't worry, everything at home will be yours.

"Lisa, I met an old workmate in town today, the one who stayed at our place a few days before. Ethan, do you remember him?

"His family got four houses from the government. They're rich. I showed him your photo, and he's interested."

I forced a smile, hiding my true feelings.

Ethan was a gambling, drinking, and womanizing man Jeremy hung out with when he worked.

When I was studying, he stayed at our house for a while.

The first time Ethan saw me, he looked at me lecherously.

One night, he sneaked into my room and groped me. I wasn't having it and smashed a lamp over his head.

The next day, I packed my things and returned to school, far away from this mess.

I thought he must have hated me ever since.

A bastard asked his sister to marry another bastard.

I stood still, calmly speaking, "Do you remember what he did to me?"

Amanda quickly smoothed things over. "Oh, your brother is doing it for you. Ethan doesn't even look down on you!"

Her eyes gleamed with shrewdness as she revealed the real reason. "Besides, if you marry him, we can get a house for Zed. He won't have to worry about finding a wife in the future!"

Zed, grabbing my clothes. "Auntie, I want to get married!"

I looked down, smiling, hiding the mockery in my eyes. "Alright! I promise you have a house to get married."

At the dinner table, they laughed and planned after my marriage.

I ignored them.

That night, I cried, letting go of any hope for family.