Refusing to Be a Golden Cage Bird

For a long time after that, I didn't answer Kelly's call again.

I knew she should be experiencing a rich life now.

The project I was working on was a huge success. After I earned the first substantial income in my life, I paid in full for a house in the capital, which was extremely expensive. The house had three bedrooms and a living room and was large enough for my parents to live with me.

They kept praising me, but then they suddenly mentioned that Kelly hadn't called them for a long time.

Mary said that since Kelly met Kevin, she often lost her temper with them at home.

Kelly even said, "If you weren't poor, how could I have such a humble background? You are not worthy of having children at all."

"Stella, do you think Kelly has gone insane? How could she say such things? She used to be very well-behaved."

Mary shed tears as she complained, and I felt extremely angry when I heard this.

To give birth to Kelly, our family spent a lot of money. Mary also became ill after that and would have constant abdominal pain when doing heavy work, so she had to find some easy jobs far away from home.

I raised Kelly. At that time, I had already been admitted to junior high school and I was required to live in the school dormitory. However I was afraid that no one would take care of Kelly at home, so I delayed it for three years and went to junior high school with her so that I could take care of her.

So when she came to me in my previous life, I thought she was there to save me.

I didn't expect that she would be so cruel as to push me off the stairs and say such vicious words to our parents.

My dad Jack took a puff of his cigarette in silence, and then spoke amid Mary's crying, "Don't cry, have you forgotten what she told us before she left home?

"She said she was afraid that the Morgan family would disdain her background, so she wanted to cut off ties with us. Why are you still crying for her? Just think that you have given birth to an ungrateful person."

I sneered. Kelly would give up everything for her ideal life.

But it was better this way. She would not disturb my life and I could have peace.

But the good times didn't last long, and soon I received a call from Kelly.

When I had just got home from work late at night, I received a call from a strange number.

I was afraid it was a call from a client, so I answered it. The other party sounded timid and even trembling, completely different from the Kelly who had come to show off before.

The call was probably made secretly, so her voice was very low.

"Stella, did you do this on purpose? You knew about the Morgan family's situation and that Kevin was not abnormal, right?"

I was angry.

"What do you mean? Isn't this the life you wanted?

"You tried every effort to marry Kevin, even at the cost of severing ties with our parents. Why are you dissatisfied now?"

When Kelly heard this, she was furious and yelled, "You were also reborn! Stella, you plotted against me!"