Dear Brother, You Never Protected Me

My brother was going back to celebrate Yara's success in the postgraduate entrance examination, so I had to follow him.

Maybe in the next second I would disappear and never saw him again.

I watched as he patiently communicated with the florist, carefully selecting a bouquet of flowers that Yara loved.

Then, I saw him in the jewelry store, meticulously choosing a necklace for her.

I followed him home and saw Yara's face light up with joy as she gratefully accepted his gifts.

As they prepared to have dinner, Yara held Gael's hand, her eyes glistening with tears. "Gael, is Rose really not coming back? On such a joyful day, I want us to celebrate as a family. I want to receive her congratulations."

Gael faltered for a moment, but he quickly composed himself and gently reassured Yara, patting her shoulder. "No, she won't be missing out. I'll contact her now, so you won't have any regrets."

He walked into the bedroom and sent me a voice message with a cold face.

"Rose, if you don't come back to celebrate with Yara today, I will consider you dead!

"If you come, you are still my sister!"

My beloved brother, who pushed me away and disowned me while I was alive, only reached out to me years later for Yara.

But he had no idea that I was already dead.

I was admitted to graduate school, but I didn't receive any gifts or even a simple greeting from him.

Yara carefully opened the door and gently asked, "Is Rose unwilling to come?"

"Forget about her!" Gael's face darkened. "Having her here would only ruin our mood!"

Yara looked sad. "But no matter what, she is your sister. Although she did something wrong, we should give her a chance to change."

Yara said this sincerely, but I just felt extremely ironic when I looked at her.

Gael ruffled her hair and reassured her, telling her to go downstairs to the supermarket to buy drinks.

As soon as Yara left, Gael called me. He called five times in total, but there was no answer.

He didn't show any signs of worry or anxiety about not being able to reach me. Instead, he seemed to grow impatient with each unanswered call.

After a while, Larry called Gael, his voice filled with urgency. "Gael, there's another case of a body being dumped by the Disability Admirers Organization! The location is near the police station. They're getting more audacious. You need to watch out for Ro..."

Before Larry could finish speaking, Gael hastily ended the call and dialed Yara's number.

The phone rang twice without any response. Worry and concern filled his face.

When the doorbell rang, he stood up instantly, rushed to the door, and his frown relaxed. But when he saw it was the delivery guy, his smile stiffened a little.

"Hello, this is a package sent by Ms. Rose Xavier. Please sign for it."

Gael quickly signed his name on the express delivery note, threw the package to the ground, and ran to the supermarket downstairs in a panic.

I watched all of this with a cold gaze, feeling a chilling emptiness inside, as if a gust of wind had passed through.

I floated to the doorway and crouched down, trying to hold the package close to my heart but failed.

It was a tie that I had carefully chosen with my first paycheck.

Gael and I made an agreement that we would buy each other gifts when we earned our first money.

But he didn't need me as his sister anymore. He had forgotten about our promise, and of course, he wouldn't accept my gift because it didn't matter to him.