My entrepreneur parents always think I’m just waiting to get my hands on their money.
To “toughen me up,” they put me on a strict allowance: no more than three hundred dollars a month.
I wasn’t allowed to touch the family cars, either.
The day I came home for break, I asked for a hundred dollars for the bus fare.
Instead, my parents tore into me over the phone.
“Don’t you have legs? Don’t think for a second we don’t know what you’re planning.”
“If you want to come home, you can walk. If not, then you can die out there for all we care.”
So, I had no choice but to walk through the night.
A group of kidnappers spotted me, dragged me into a van, and tortured me for twelve hours.
I held on until the police came.
When I finally limped back to the house, there was a brand new Rolls-Royce in the driveway.
It turned out my sister, Sofia, had complained that riding in a Porsche was uncomfortable.
So my parents and brother dropped a fortune on a custom Rolls, just for her.
The officer asked me where I lived.
I shook my head.
“I don’t have a home.”
“Then this villa is…?”
“A house I rent.”
You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 16 Sofia’s face twisted in a snarl. “The first time was you, too! You led the police to our location and got us exposed!” “You ruined us! All of us! Ah—” A sharp slap cut her off. Sofia froze, looking at
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 15 The next second, she had Sofia pinned to the ground. Ronan tried to rush over, but two other officers restrained him. “Don’t touch her! She doesn’t know anything!” Miller cuffed Sofia and glanced at Ronan as if he were an
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 14 “Princeton? You?” Sofia nearly lost her balance. I smiled at her. My mother rushed over and grabbed my collar. “Impossible! You were clearly—” “Isabella!” My father immediately cut her off. Only then did my mother realize what she was doing.
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 13 The next day, my parents brought Sofia home. From that day on, it was as if I had never existed in that family. First, they threw a celebration party for Sofia. After it ended, Sofia accepted an interview with a
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 12 The car did not drive home. When it reached a service road far from the main road, it stopped abruptly. I froze. “We’re still far from home.” The car door was yanked open, and a man
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 11 The car window rolled down, revealing my mother’s face in the back seat. “Amaris, school’s out? Come on, get in. Your father and I came to take you home.” I frowned slightly and peered into the car. Sofia wasn’t there.
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 10 I shook my head. “I’ve already paid you back. I have nothing to do with you anymore.” My father’s voice immediately hardened. “Don’t push it! If Sofia hadn’t specifically asked you to come, do you think you’d still have the
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 09 The two sides stood at a stalemate. When they saw I still wouldn’t budge, they finally left the choice to me. “Amaris, you decide.” I gripped Miller’s hand tightly. “Amaris, stop making a scene!” Ronan stepped forward, trying to drag
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 08 Sofia wasn’t my parents’ biological daughter. She was the daughter of my father’s best friend from his time in the Marines. Her mother had also been an old friend of my mother’s. After Sofia’s parents died in an accident, my
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You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 07 My mother looked down at the check, silent for a long moment. After a few seconds, she asked in a dry voice, “Really? We only spent fifty thousand dollars on her all these years?” That wasn’t even enough to buy
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