The Second Grave — Episode 9

They only act kindly towards whichever child they think will bring in the most money and respect for their family name. In my previous life, after I became a renowned scientist, my parents talked about me non-stop to all their friends and They would even call me away from important business to come meet people just to prove how important and successful their daughter I accepted a long time ago that I wasn't lucky enough to be born with parents who love

That isn't one of the gifts I was given, but it doesn't matter. With the gifts I do have, I'll teach my parents an important lesson this time Later, Ella decided to be a tattletale and told my parents that Tyler Falco was pursuing After that, my mom began watching me closely, like I'm a criminal in my own

She's terrified I'll do something to bring shame on the family, and she'd love nothing more than an excuse to ground me in my room. Back in my day, girls your age who got involved with men were thrown into a pig pen and My mom's shrill voice echoes in my ears.

I don't think that's even true about the pig thing. I just treated her like a supporting character in some trashy novel and ignored I tried to stay out of trouble, but one day, Tyler stopped me at the school gate. Annie, your sister already told me. You look down on me, don't you?

Ella knew Tyler well. He was all muscle and no brains, had a short temper, and was all about saving After learning that I'd repeatedly rejected him because I thought I was too good for him, Tyler stormed over to me in a rage. He dragged me into the storage room and demanded to know if it was true.

Well, you look down on me, don't you? I've got plenty of ways to teach you a lesson. Of course. He's resorting to the same old tricks. This was almost too easy. Are you going to team up with Ella to pick on me, too? Teenage boys are actually pretty easy to manipulate.