After My Family Broke Me, I Vanished with a Full Scholarship Chapter 06

After My Family Broke Me, I Vanished with a Full Scholarship Chapter 06

Then Emily raised her voice toward the living 

room, where Dad was sitting. 

“Dad, aren’t you going to say anything? Noah and I 

both work. Why am I the only one expected to do chores after work?” 

“What do you mean you’re the only one doing 

chores? Don’t I do housework too?” 

Mom’s face flushed red, and tears immediately 

spilled down her cheeks. 

“Noah has to eat too, doesn’t he?” 

“Why do you always have to drag Noah into this?” 

Their voices grew louder and louder. 

“Because you’ve always favored him. Stop 

pretending you treat us equally.” 

“Enough!” 

Dad slammed his hand on the table and stood up. 

“It’s one dinner. Why are you turning it into such a huge fight?” 

He took a deep breath. 

“You and Noah can take turns cooking.” 

Noah came out to get some water and refused without even looking up. 

“I don’t know how to cook. I’ll order takeout from 

now on.” 

Dad’s expression immediately darkened. 

“Then don’t eat another thing that comes out of 

this kitchen.” 

Noah ignored him and headed back toward his 

room. 

Dad took the silence as disrespect and grabbed 

him. 

Noah shoved him away, visibly irritated. 

Dad immediately swung his fist. 

The two of them started fighting on the spot. 

Mom screamed and rushed forward to stop them. 

“Stop it, both of you! Stop fighting!” 

Neither of them listened. 

Instead, they shoved her to the floor. 

Emily froze in place, too terrified to intervene. 

By the time the fight ended, Dad was lying 

unconscious on the floor. 

Crying, Emily called an ambulance before 

screaming at Noah, “How dare you hit my dad? I’m 

calling the police!” 

For the next three days, the entire household 

descended into chaos. 

Dad was hospitalized with multiple bruises and a 

broken rib. 

Mom spent every day crying. 

Then she remembered me and filed a 

missing–person report. 

When the police contacted me, I was talking with Margaret. 

When I heard that Mom had reported me missing, 

I actually laughed. 

It was exactly the kind of thing she would do. 

I told the police that I was safe and made it clear 

that I had left home voluntarily because my 

relationship with my family was extremely 

strained. 

I was already an adult, so the police would not 

give my parents my address. 

When Mom failed to find me, she began flooding 

the family group chat with messages accusing me. 

of abandoning everyone. 

“Lily doesn’t want us anymore. This family is 

falling apart. Her father is in the hospital, Noah. 

and Emily have stopped speaking to each other, 

and all they do is fight every day.” 

“Lily, I’m begging you. This family is falling apart. 

Please come home.” 

Every sentence implied that all of it was my fault. 

My breathing came faster and faster as the same suffocating pressure I had always felt around her 

closed around me again. 

Without hesitating, I left the family group chat. 

As I closed my eyes and tried to steady my 

breathing, Margaret draped a soft blanket over my 

shoulders. 

I opened my eyes and found her standing beside 

1. me. 

She asked no questions. 

She simply stayed with me in silence, and for the 

first time, I felt that I had someone I could truly 

depend on. 

We worked side by side, shared our meals, and 

soon became close friends. 

Margaret was even more nervous than I was on 

the morning the exam results came out. 

When I checked my score, I realized I had done 

well enough to apply for a scholarship. 

I turned and hugged her, too overwhelmed to 

speak. 

She gently patted my back. 

“You did it. I’m proud of you.” 

I applied to a university far from home and was 

eventually accepted. 

But after the semester began, my parents still managed to find out which university I attended. 

They flew there to look for me.