“Then let her bark like a dog.”
The stabbing pain sank deep into my chest. At last, I understood Mom’s humiliation and grief.
I stiffened my neck and refused with all my strength.
Richard exploded with rage and ordered the security guards to throw me into the safari park.
I begged him, “Daddy, I know I was wrong. I’ll bark like a dog. Please don’t send me to that place!”
But Richard’s face stayed cold.
“I gave you a chance earlier. Now it’s too late.”
He spoke with icy detachment:
“You’ve been pampered since childhood. As my daughter, it’s time you toughened up.”
Because of those words, the guards tossed me into the wildlife park.
It was pitch-dark, no one around, only the cries of birds and cicadas, and the low growls of beasts in the distance.
Shivering all over, I clutched my smart watch, begging him to save me.
“Daddy, I know I was wrong. I’ll never disobey again…”
But when I turned around, a snake slithered toward me, tongue flicking in the night.
I was bitten. By the time the ambulance took me to the hospital, they had already called Richard.
“Hello, are you Sophie Foster’s father?”