It was hell when I got home.
The place was covered in graffiti and the windows were shattered by stones.
It almost felt like a house that just endured an earthquake.
My mom was crying inside.
In front of her was grandma who was lying on the floor.
When she heard my voice, mom turned around and —-.
“Your grandmother is dead because of you.”
“The stone hit her in the eye……when I found her, she was already covered in blood from the glass shards……”
Mom cries as she glares at me.
For the first time, I felt the fear that my own parent is going to kill me.
“I shouldn’t have taken you in!”
“My fiance ran off on me when I decided to take you, Seiko!? I don’t want to raise someone else’s child, he said…….I sacrificed my wedding life for you………I took you because you’re my sister’s daughter but this is what it gets me!?”
With pure hatred in her eyes, mom grabbed my shoulders.
“Why!? Why do you repay me like this!? Why!? The Akechi bloodline can end for all I care!”
“Ever since your father appeared, my family has been a mess! That plague, scum, MURDERER!”
I’ve never done anything. I didn’t kill or hurt anyone…….!
But why is it all my fault……..?
“My sister was important to me but you are not! Mom was killed and the house is like this, I can’t even go to work……..please……just go away…….don’t call me your mother anymore……..”
With unsteady steps, mom disappeared.
I couldn’t even tell her to wait…….
It was then I realized that I will never see her again.
After that, even though I looked all over the closet, I couldn’t find my bank book.
Mom was the one who managed all my salary so she probably took it all with her……
I started counting what I have left in my and grandma’s wallets.
She usually kept a small amount of money in her wallet.
But this is not enough for me to live on.
“My phone, what do I do…….?”
I’d been too afraid to turn it on.
People must have flooded my Rine with terrible messages anyway.
Even Yume-chan, who had been friends with me since elementary school, sent me [Trash family].
All my friends probably hate me now.
Wearing the uniform might dox me so I decided to change my clothes too.
I take a light shower to wash off the egg yolk that is still stuck on my hair.
Finally, I turned on the TV.
[[It appears that the appearance of StarChild was all fabricated using a Gift.]]
Such news is being reported.
They didn’t show my real face on TV but someone probably spread some on social media already. A dry laugh escaped me.
They are even covering the reactions of StarChild’s former fans.
[[This is beyond plastic surgery, she’s just cheating.]]
[[It’s just layers upon layers of lies isn’t it lol]]
[[You’re dead☆You’re Victim☆]]
[[Woah, she’s real ugly isn’t she.]]
I can’t stand it so I turned off the TV.
The Fake Idol disappeared……
All that was left was a murderer’s child.
With my feelings numbed, I left home.
I feel sorry that no one was left to mourn grandma though.
What should I do from tomorrow on, I wonder?
…….no, I guess I should think about the now huh.
People will probably just throw eggs at me again……
As I was thinking to myself, a car pulled over beside me.
I jumped but looking at it again, I know this car.
“Seiko-chan……..I finally found you.”
“Seems like it’s all too late already. Sorry……, for the time being, please get in.”
Tatsuyuki-san looked apologetic.
Bullied by my classmates.
Picked up by Tatsuyuki-san.
Maybe he will betray me too.
—–but, I don’t care anymore.
I sat down in the back seat of Tatsuyuki-san’s car.
TLN: Surely, it can’t get any worse…….