Chapter 8
[excitedly told Mom and Dad all about the competition when I got home.
They were genuinely thrilled for me, but I could tell something was eating at them.
What’s wrong?”
hey didn’t want to say at first, but after I kept asking, Mom finally broke down: “It’s Dylan.”
The day Samuel and Lily got engaged, he completely lost it. Started screaming at us, asking why you weren’t he one who got burned.”
tom grabbed my hand as she talked.
Eliana, you know ever since we adopted Dylan, I’ve loved him like my own son. You’re both my kids, but ow could he say something so awful?”
wiped Mom’s tears while Dad shook his head.
Can’t believe we raised such an ungrateful little shit. It’s like that Lily girl put a spell on him. She’s engaged › someone else and he’s still following her around like a lost puppy.”
We always planned to split everything fifty-fifty between you kids, but how can we trust him with the mily business after this?”
stayed quiet for a minute.
1 my past life, Dylan was ready to let me die. This time, he might pull the same crap with Mom and Dad.
aving him around was just asking for trouble.
knew Mom and Dad couldn’t do it themselves, so I said: “Look, Dylan’s obviously miserable here. Maybe ‘s time to let him go.”
We’ve raised him for twenty years. We’ve done enough.”
Mom’s eyes filled with tears and she buried her face in Dad’s shoulder.
decided to just get it over with and called Dylan home.
Even then, they couldn’t be harsh with him. They cut ties but still handed him a million bucks.
‘Dylan, we’ve kept this from you for twenty years, but you need to know-you’re adopted. You’re not our
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biological son.”
“This money will keep you comfortable. Take care of yourself. We’re not family anymore.”
Dylan took the cash and laughed bitterly, like he hadn’t heard a word.
“You’d really stoop that low-spitting out lies just to rip me away from Lily?”
‘Nobody in this damn house has ever given a shit about me!”
He grabbed the money and stormed out, slamming the door.
Mom and Dad looked at each other in silence.
They were both a mess for days. To cheer them up, I brought them along to some shows out of state.
After two weeks, they finally started smiling again.
But when we got back, I found out the Ellingtons were selling company stock.
