I Died They Regretted It by Karen
CHAPTER 3

Part 3

A chill rose in my heart as I looked at the man who was lecturing me in front of me. It was obvious that I was his own sister, yet he was bent towards Karen. I couldn’t even imagine the man who had a falling out with Mrs. Riley for me in the first place.

At that time, he really doted on me. But Karen’s appearance was like a beam of light to him, redeeming him.

In our childhood, he and I lacked fatherly love and he had also battled leukemia. Karen was like the moonlight in the sky, something he couldn’t touch. So in her presence, he always felt inferior. Whenever Karen and I had a dispute, he would consistently side with Karen and blame me. Even when it wasn’t my fault, to him, I appeared petty.

Before, I used to argue with him fiercely. But later on, his favoritism towards Karen became more and more evident, so I just stayed silent. Though I was saddened, I felt helpless because he favored Karen. Now, based on just one accusation from Karen, he rushed to the hospital to demand an explanation, completely disregarding that I lost my violin and that my hand was broken by Axel.

I lo

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1 at the man in front of me, feeling him distant and unfamiliar. He was no the protective brother who feared I’d get hurt. He belonged to someone else

now and didn’t love me anymore.

I turned my face away, gazing out the window. The abrupt movement made me cry out in pain. Theo instinctively reached out, but his hand hesitated mid–air. Concern flickered in his eyes, but a moment later, he returned to his earlier indifference.

He stood up and walked to the door, his voice piercing cold. “Alice, if there’s another time, I won’t recognize you as a sister again.”

When his voice sounded, it was like a distant echo echoing in the empty hospital

face. room. I stared at the swaying door, tears silently streaming down my

I regretted it. I regret listening to him and getting caught up in their love triangle. Theo, unable to have the person he loved, was willing to use me as a pawn to break them apart. But what right did he have to sacrifice something important to me? Just because he gave me a place to stay?