She thought Serena got a raw deal from Rosemary and wanted to get back at her for Serena.
The three girls around Delia also threw disappointed and disdainful glances at Serena.
"Let’s bounce!"
As Delia and her squad exited, she brushed past Rosemary and even muttered an apology.
"Hey, this is like looking for trouble. Rose, we’re going to head back to the dorm. This is your family business, so we shouldn’t butt in." Kelly led Mya and Joyce away.
On the playground, only four people remained.
Myrna took Rosemary’s hand, giving Serena a frosty stare. If it weren’t for the surveillance footage that could prove it, Serena would’ve tried to fra her for pushing soone. That was really a low blow.
Serena spoke with despair in her voice: "Chasel, you guys always said that even if Rosemary ca back to this family, you would still treat the sa. Do your words still count? I rember when we were kids, there was a huge pogranate tree in our garden. The red fruits made my mouth water, but the servants didn’t dare let eat such seedy fruits. It was you who climbed the tree to pick one for , and you even fell and ended up bedridden for three months."
Serena’s lips curled into a rare, gentle smile as she spoke.
"You said back then that you’d be willing to lay in bed for 300 days just to make happy. Another ti, we flew to Russia. It was snowing, everything was white. You threw a snowball at and spoiled my favorite skirt. I was a bit upset, so to make happy, you made loads of snowballs for to throw at you. I didn’t want to throw them, but seeing upset, you ordered the servants to throw the snowballs at you until I was happy. One hit you right in the face. I laughed, and you laughed with . Oh, how beautiful those tis were! There was also a ti when we went to New Zealand. We took a family portrait in a beautiful forest. I saw two beautiful butterflies and dragged you to chase them. We both ended up lost. Surrounded by dense forest, you carried on your back from afternoon till night, finding no way out. It was sumr, you wore shorts, and your legs got scraped by branches and bled a lot. But you never complained about the pain. Instead, you comforted , who was crying. I was hungry, and you even tried to catch fish from the river for , but how could you catch fish? In the end, you caught nothing, and I cried for a long ti."
The beautiful mories of the past were so vivid that Serena closed her eyes. These mories cut into her heart like knives.
"I rember every family trip, whether abroad or at ho, where you, Dad, Mom, and our other brothers always took good care of . Whenever I was thirsty, you all rushed to bring water; when I was tired, you all wanted to carry . Especially during als, any dish I liked, you would pass to ."
But when did all of this start to change?
Was it from the mont Rosemary returned to this family and everyone started passing dishes to her? Once people lost sothing, it seed impossible to get it back.
"Chasel, I really miss the old days. I miss when our whole family laughed and played together, those worry-free tis."
When Serena got to this point, tears slid down her cheeks, and a tragic smile appeared on her face.
"Chasel, do you rember that one ti we went traveling and your favorite cara fell near a cliff? I tried to retrieve it for you, but I slipped. You grabbed my hand in the nick of ti. You were just a kid back then, but you had such strength. You said you’d never let go, even if it ant sacrificing yourself. Then there was the ti we felt the tremors from a nearby earthquake. The house shook, and I thought it was the real deal. I was crying my eyes out. You held and ran to the garden, telling that no matter what happened, as long as you were there, you’d protect . And then there was the ti I was playing chase with my friend at ho, and we accidentally knocked over the giant LEGO robot you’d spent so much effort building. I was scared stiff, but you comforted , saying nothing was more important than my happiness. You said I always had the right to ss up with you. No matter what I did wrong, you’d always forgive in the end."
As Serena got to this point, she started crying again. She looked up at Chasel with puppy-dog eyes.
"Do your words still hold, Chasel?"
Chasel’s heart seed to have been ripped out by sothing, and his eyes beca complicated.
"I haven’t committed any serious cris or done anything outrageous," Serena continued. "I just said so things in front of my friends. I can’t bear to leave Mom and Dad, you and my other brothers, and all the good tis we had. I still want to be your little sister, their daughter."
Reaching out, Serena tugged at Chasel’s sleeve. "I just can’t adjust to soone suddenly appearing and taking everything away from . I know I shouldn’t have badmouthed Rosemary in front of my friends or falsely accused Myrna. I was just jealous of how kind Myrna was to Rosemary. I was wrong."
Tears stread down Serena’s face non-stop. "I was wrong, Chasel; please forgive . Give one more chance. I promise I won’t make the sa mistake again."
Like a little girl, she tugged at Chasel’s sleeve, her tears making her look pitiful.
"Please, Chasel." Serena sobbed uncontrollably, "Please give one more chance."
Chasel closed his eyes tightly. To say he wasn’t moved would be a lie. From childhood to adulthood, he’d always spoiled Serena.
He’d always indulged her and acquiesced to her every demand.
But if he forgave her this ti, it would be unfair to Rosemary.
Perhaps sensing his thoughts, Serena turned to Myrna, crying as she clung to her clothes. "Myrna, I’m sorry. I falsely accused you earlier. You didn’t push , but I frad you. Please punish . I’ll do anything as long as you forgive ."
Myrna, who’d never before experienced being begged for forgiveness by a crying girl, replied, "Don’t grab ; you’ve got the wrong person."
Serena then turned to Rosemary. "Sis, give another chance. I know I was wrong. From now on, I will never badmouth you in front of our classmates. And I’ll explain to each of them that I sared your na, and you actually didn’t do anything wrong."
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