Then he added, "When are you breaking up with Cade? Jed is the perfect match for you. You two belong together."
My hands quickly clenched into fists. I never imagined my own father could be so biased.
Polly Clayton, my girlfriend, and I had been together for eight years. We met back when I was still in school. She never knew my true identity, only that I was an orphan, and she never cared. A year ago, when I reunited with my birth family, I came clean and introduced her to my parents.
That was when Jed claimed to have fallen for her at first sight. He pursued her relentlessly, but Polly never wavered. My parents pretended to scold him, but now I realized they never truly cared about me.
After I lost my sight, they even tried to push Polly towards him.
Determined to confront them, I pushed my wheelchair forward, but then I heard Polly let out a heavy sigh.
"Maybe I should go check on Cade first," she said softly.
A warmth spread through my chest. She still cared about me.
But what she said next shattered me.