Brynlee pressed on, "If that's how you feel, why bring me into existence at all? I'd rather have never been born. At least then I wouldn't be blocking your path to power and fortune, Mr. Lorenzo."
The words left her feeling hollow inside, her throat tight as she battled against the tears threatening to spill.
She knew the truth now—her father's call wasn't born from worry about her wellbeing. He was terrified his political ambitions might crumble because of her actions. Nobody gave a damn about her.
Once her mother died, her father's affection vanished too. His new wife only fussed over her biological children and that adopted daughter with the brain tumor. Brynlee might as well have been invisible.
Her reasons for tormenting classmates ran deeper than simple cruelty: she needed an outlet for her rage, she genuinely envied Estela's seemingly perfect life, and desperately hoped her father might finally notice her existence.
