After saying this, Skyler came over with a gloomy face and grabbed my hair. "River, if you come with me and apologize to Agnes, I will forgive you this time. Otherwise … I'll expose your true-life story and not a single university in this country will accept you!"
"Okay," I replied calmly.
"What did you say?" Skyler paused. His face was filled with shock as his grip on my hair tightened unconsciously.
"I told you that you wouldn't be able to go to college. Do you know what that means?" he asked one more.
What does it mean?
I understood better than anyone.
Just three months before my college entrance exams, my mother was diagnosed with cancer. To keep it from me, my father and brothers lied, saying she had gone on a trip.
Still, how could I not know? My mother loved me and this family. She was our emotional anchor, supporting each one of us.
She often said, "This family would fall apart without me!"
Each time, I would smile and agree, "Mom, you must live a long life. Otherwise, this family will fall apart."
I remember that day when I secretly followed my father and brothers to the hospital. I saw my mother, who was as thin as a skeleton after chemotherapy.