Chapter 6 She Is A Jinx (Part One)

"Lavender, have you got the three hundred thousand? Why haven't I seen it yet? " Stepmother's cold voice came from the other end of the line. Even if she hadn't seen her, Lavender could imagine the woman's cold and long face.

She still remembered the day when she was kicked out of the home. Her stepmother said bitterly, "You are a jinx. It's really unlucky to meet you for me. Why didn't God kill you and that old asshole! Then I could relieved if you both dead! "

Then they hadn't contacted each other for four years. Suddenly, on the day of her graduation, her stepmother called, "Lavender, if you want me to recognize you, give me three hundred thousand dollars immediately! This money is used to pay your father's debt! You know, he has to spend a lot of medical fees every year now he is like a half dead person. Now the creditors has blocked the door of our home. They splashes paint and shits on our door sometimes! If you don't care, I'll give your father to them. They can kill him or cut him into pieces as they like. Anyway, he used the money! Lavender, three hundred thousand. I don't care how you get it, you steal it or even sell yourself! All in all, you have to repay your father's kindness! He can't raise his daughter for nothing! Otherwise, you are never allowed to enter the home and see your father! I hate that old asshole! "

Thinking of the past, Lavender's hand holding the phone was trembling. She adjusted her mood and finally shouted, "Mom..."

"Lavender, don't say anything more. I don't have time to listen to you. Besides dealing with the debt, there is a big family waiting for me to support." Her stepmother interrupted her with a ferocious look.

After taking two deep breaths, Lavender said carefully, "I'm a little busy these two days, The money is ready. I'm at the bank now. Tell me your bank account and I'll transfer it to you right away. "

After she wrote down the account mentioned by her stepmother, the woman's voice became softer. "Lavender, I didn't see you wrong. You are really a filial and capable child."

Lavender wiped the tears that gushed out with her hands, held back the bitterness in her throat, and forced a smile. "Mom, how is dad?"

Her stepmother said impatiently, "The same as before. Don't worry. He won't die!"

In the summer vacation of her third year in high school, she went to the bus station to pick up someone. But when it was completely dark and the last bus came in, there was no one coming out, so she had to go home alone. It was raining heavily in the sky, and lightning and thunder were dense. Without an umbrella, she covered her forehead with her hands and ran in the rain. Her clothes were wet. There was no car at night, and it would take thirty miles to go back. On the way, she met her father who came to look for her.

The two of them walked on the muddy road with difficulty, not knowing that the danger was approaching.

The pole on the roadside fell down for some reason. It stood across the road, and the electric wire was broken and scattered on the ground. The broken part kept flashing with electric sparks.

But they didn't notice it because it was too dark and the light of the flashlight was too weak. Under the thunderous sky, she stood next to her father, held the corner of his clothes, closed her eyes, and walked forward with her feet.

She didn't know how long she had walked. Suddenly, she heard her father shouting in horror, "Get out of here! It's dangerous!"

Then she was pushed away for a few steps. Her trembling body staggered and fell to the ground. When she got up, through the heavy rain, she saw a scene that she would never forget in her life.

Her father's tall and strong body instantly collapsed like a withered tree stump, lying quietly in the rain without moving. The broken end of the wire was on the ground near his feet, sparking.

All of a sudden, fear came over her like boundless dark clouds, making her feel suffocated and dizzy. Her body was about to fall and she could hardly stand steadily.

"Dad!" suddenly exploded, she screamed madly and pounced on him.

All of a sudden, a dazzling light was turned on, and the sudden strong light dazzled Lavender's eyes. She subconsciously covered her eyes with her hand. She didn't know where she got the courage to stand in the middle of the road, waving her hands to beg the person in the car to help her. However, the car came ferociously, driving on the water on the ground and roaring madly over. Far away, the water splashed from the wheels splashed through her head to feet. Even in a state of extreme horror, she felt the danger of near extinction. At the critical moment, she dodged.

The car flew past them as if it was eager to get rid of them for fear of being infected by their disaster.

The water on the ground was deep. The electric wire was shaken away by the impact of the wheels. She dragged her father to a safe place, held his strong and cold body and burst into tears.

Although her father was saved, he had a paralyzed leg and could do nothing. He could only sit in a wheelchair forever.

In fact, there had been a knot in her heart over the years. On that day, she remembered very clearly that when she went to the town in the morning, the telephone pole was still standing on the roadside. And from the frightened scream of her father who pushed her at that time, it meant that when her father went to pick her up, the telephone pole was still there, otherwise he would not be so panic.

Why did the telephone pole suddenly fall down?

But it didn't matter anymore. She blamed herself for not walking faster and walking through the telephone pole earlier! Over the years, every time she thought of this, she felt as if she had been bitten by thousands of insects.

Her father, who had been cheerful and optimistic, had been depressed since then. Just half a year later, he seemed ten years older. Originally, in addition to her, the family was warm. But the warm family began to quarrel endlessly since then. Her stepmother always said, "Lavender, you are such a jinx. You are such a bad luck."