Died On Stepsister and Boyfriend's Wedding Day

It was getting dark. Rayden, my mother, and Clyde got in the car and prepared to leave.

Lilith, sitting in the shotgun seat, rested her hands on the window, leaning her head against it. Her eyes appeared slightly red, with tears glistening at the corners.

Holding my mother's hand, she took the red gift box from Dorian's hand and placed it in my mother's palm. "Mom, does Adeline really hate me so much?

"I spent a long time choosing this gift for Adeline. It serves as both my and Dorian's apology to her. But I'm afraid she doesn't want to see me. Mom, can you give it to Adeline?"

Sure enough, the faces of Rayden and my mother fell.

Clyde snorted and remarked, "Lilith, you are too kind. Adeline didn't even come to your wedding. Why are you still thinking about her! She is too ungrateful."

Hearing this, Lilith cried in Dorian's arms, feeling really aggrieved.

As my soul drifted beside her, seeing her cry, I felt a sense of irony.

The so-called gift she had mentioned was merely a bracelet that Dorian had given her, which she didn't like.

Even this gift box was the one she had just taken out of the trash can in the wedding preparation room.

It had indeed taken her a long time to select!

She had taken away all the love of my family, but she still wouldn't let me go.

It was just because I was the only punching bag in this family.

Actually, when Clyde and I first joined this family with our mother, Lilith might not have had a fondness for me, but she would never intentionally create difficulties or conflicts.

Until one day, on my mother's birthday, Lilith accidentally slipped while passing by me and accidentally knocked over the birthday cake on the table.

Overwhelmed with panic, Lilith began to cry and was about to apologize.

However, my mother reacted with a forceful slap across my face. I fell to the floor, instinctively covering my face, as I stared at her in disbelief.

My mother's gaze on me bore a deep sense of shame! At that moment, in her eyes, I was nothing more than a blemish that had tainted her life.

"Adeline, get out. I don't want to see you today," my mother shouted.

As the door closed, I saw my mother holding Lilith in her arms, offering gentle comfort, saying, "Lilith, it's alright. It was Adeline's fault. She got in your way and almost made you fall. Besides, I don't like cake."

From then on, Lilith tried again and again until she completely understood that my mother truly had no concern for me whatsoever.

She redirected all the hidden antipathy she once held for my mother onto me.

However, my mother chose to turn a blind eye, allowing it to persist without intervention.

On the way home, Rayden was driving while I sat next to Clyde, listening to them criticizing me.

"Does Adeline really want to embarrass me? I just asked her to give some money, but she threatened me with death on the phone," said my mother.

Her eyes turned red as she spoke. "Relationships are a two-way street. Dorian doesn't like her, so what's the point of her hating Lilith?"

Rayden patted my mother's hand and comforted her. "Alright, don't be upset. Clyde, try calling Adeline again. If she doesn't answer, then let's just leave her be."

Suppressing his anger, Clyde dialed my number, but as expected, there was no response from my end.

I shook my head in amusement with a smile. I was dead, so of course, there was no way I could answer his phone again.

Rayden's expression hardened as he cast a cold gaze towards my mother. "You've raised her for so many years, but in the end, she turns out to be so ungrateful. From now on, just pretend you don't have this daughter."

Clyde was even meaner. "Adeline is such a jerk. Damn her. Just let her die if she wants. How dare she try to play tricks?"

I stretched my neck, seeking any sign of worry or concern on their faces.

However, even with my eyes wide open and filled with tears, I found no trace of it.

My sudden disappearance would only invoke feelings of anger and embarrassment in them.

My family never doubted for a second that if anything had happened to me.

In the following three days, they never called me again.

On the day Lilith returned home with Dorian, I saw my mother making an early morning phone call to inquire about Lilith's expected time of arrival.

Upon getting the answer, she immediately began to make preparations, even though it was just dawn.

After a few hours, she finished cooking a delectable spread of dishes that were all Lilith's favorites.

Sometimes, I felt envious of Lilith. She effortlessly received the motherly love that I longed for desperately but couldn't get.

Lilith smiled and ate the shrimp that Dorian had peeled for her but then let out a sigh and remarked, "If only Adeline were here."

My mother put down her fork and was about to say something when her phone suddenly rang.

"Hello, is this Ms. Maeve Cohen?" a voice from the other end of the phone said, "We are calling from the police department. Two days ago, we received a report about a dismembered body that was discovered. After conducting genetic analysis over the past two days, we have confirmed that the deceased is your daughter, Adeline Watts. Please come to claim her remains along with other family members."

"Also, I must inform you to prepare yourself mentally. The deceased has suffered from inhuman acts of abuse. When we arrived at the scene, wild dogs had already eaten a portion of the body tissue. Unfortunately, we have not located the head of the deceased yet. It is very likely that..."