Chapter 834 The Arrogant and Domineering Sister
Just imagining that scene made Nicole feel pain.
"My aunt thinks that if my mom hadn't been disabled, hadn't cried every day because she couldn't find us, she would have had a better life, our family wouldn't have fallen apart, and my dad wouldn't have remarried so quickly after my mom passed away."
Nicole's eyes dimmed for a moment, but she quickly added, "But I don't blame Aunt Sharon. None of this is her fault. If I have to blame someone, it's that truck that suddenly changed lanes."
If it hadn't suddenly changed lanes, the female driver wouldn't have had to swerve, her mom wouldn't have been impaled by a steel rod and left disabled for life, and her dad wouldn't have been so frantic after receiving the call that her mom was in the ICU that he lost track of her and her brother.
It all seemed like it was destined to happen.
"Was your dad good to you?" Abella asked softly. "Was he happy when you and your brother came home?"
"He cried his eyes out on the spot, kept apologizing, saying he didn't watch us properly back then and caused us to be lost for over ten years." Nicole's smile showed no blame, instead, she said, "He doesn't know about the Umbra League. We didn't tell him."
Abella nodded in understanding. After all, no one wanted their family to live in constant fear.
"He only knows that I ended up in an orphanage, was later adopted by a kind couple, then reunited with my brother, and finally, Clara was humiliated and severely injured while saving my adoptive parents and passed away." Mentioning Clara, Nicole's heart felt heavy, as if weighed down by a heavy stone, making it hard for her to breathe.
It was said that when Clara was barely alive, she insisted that her parents promise not to harm her and Winston.
That kind-hearted Clara, knowing she was about to die, still used her last bit of life to protect them.
"At that time, Clara had multiple fractures, severed nerves, tendons, and blood vessels, and various degrees of damage to her organs. Even if she survived, she wouldn't be able to control her limbs, and there was a high chance she would need amputations. Given her condition, she would need to use a urine bag for life, be confined to a wheelchair, and need help with eating and drinking. It would have been a painful ordeal for her."
Especially since she had someone she loved deeply, being humiliated and then having to face herself in a wheelchair every day.
She had loved dancing since she was a child. Losing her limbs would have been a devastating blow to her.
With her personality, she would rather die than live like that.
"Next, I will take good care of Uncle Zephyr and Aunt Sharon, give them more companionship and care, so that Clara's spirit in heaven can be comforted." Holding a white rose in one hand and Abella's arm in the other, Nicole said, "During Easter, I want to go to the Wren Manor with Winston for dinner. I can't go empty-handed. Aunt Sharon has seen and has plenty of gold and silver jewelry over the years. I want to give something practical. I heard there's a creative yarn shop in this mall that many girls frequent. I want to buy some yarn to knit sweaters and scarves for Uncle Zephyr and Aunt Sharon."
"You can knit?" Abella asked, a bit surprised.
"Yes, my adoptive parents taught me when I was a child."
Talking about her adoptive parents also made Nicole very sad. "I'll go pay my respects to them tomorrow."
As they passed a clothing store, Abella suddenly noticed that the clothes on the mannequin were very similar to a design she had created a long time ago, with a similarity rate of eighty to ninety percent.
Looking at the other mannequins inside, the clothes they wore were also very similar to her previous designs.
She looked at the store name, 2F. She had never heard of it.
"See something you like?" Nicole noticed her stopping and holding her arm, and said, "Want to go in and take a look?"
The mannequins had tags on them that read: New Arrivals.
"Try on anything you like. I'll pay today!" Nicole said generously.
"Made some money?" Abella asked with a light laugh.
"Made a bit." Nicole whispered, "Buying a few clothes is no problem."
Abella had known for a long time that she could make sedatives. She had even used them on Abella once.
So Abella guessed, "Pharmaceuticals?"
"No, but how did you know I mess with little pills?" Nicole said, suddenly remembering something, and laughed, "It's my paintings. I sold them for a hundred thousand dollars on the black market. Because my adoptive parents were teachers, they liked to paint and practice calligraphy in their spare time, and I picked up some skills from them."
Although she wasn't a master, her paintings and calligraphy could still fetch some money.
"I also sold a calligraphy piece for sixty thousand dollars, so pick anything you like today. It's on me!" Nicole's smile had just bloomed when a girl, Katherine Caldwell, looked at her with extreme hostility.
"Nicole?" Katherine's voice was filled with displeasure. "You can come to a place like this? What? Dad gives you enough money, so you dare to shop here?"
"We're going over there." Nicole held Abella's arm and was about to leave, not wanting to waste words with her.
Katherine saw the white rose in Nicole's arms and said in an even more mocking tone, "How many years has your mom been dead, and you're still wasting money on this stuff? It's so unlucky to look at!"
"Katherine!" Nicole was a bit angry, but to avoid making things difficult for her father, she held back.
"What? Am I wrong? Your mom has been dead for a long time, and you're wasting money buying things for a dead person. Do you really think the family fortune is yours?" Katherine said, then forcefully knocked the bouquet out of Nicole's arms.
Nicole looked at the flowers for Clara falling to the ground and was really angry. Her voice carried a warning, "Pick it up."
Not only did Katherine not pick it up, but she also stomped on it a few times, "Pick up something for a dead person? No way!"
With Nicole's skills, she could knock Katherine to the ground in less than a minute, but this person was her half-sister.
Katherine seemed to feel unsatisfied and kicked the ruined bouquet to Nicole's feet, "Pick up all the petals and take your unlucky stuff out of here! This is not a place you can afford!"
She was about to turn and leave when Nicole raised her hand and slapped her hard, "Didn't your mom teach you what manners are? Living in my house for so long and you haven't learned what upbringing is?"
Katherine covered her face, looking at Nicole in disbelief, "When did you get so strong?"
"The ruined flowers, forty dollars." Nicole directly took out her phone and opened the payment code, "Pay me."
"You dare to ask me for money." Katherine seemed to see this kind of person for the first time, "Isn't the money Dad gives you enough? You even want to rob me of my money."
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