Chapter 28 Online Insults

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The insults online were getting worse. It wasn’t just Lily being cursed out… Both Owen and Oscar were being dragged into it as wel. People were saying their whole family was dishonest for hiding a person’s medical conditions

Elsie was heartbroken. They’re going too far. It’s one thing to binsult /bMom, but why are they attacking Oscar and Owen too?”

Owen gripped the iPad tightly. He didn’t me bthe /bizens. This was all Yunice’s fault for being so rebellious. If she hadn’t acted bout/b, none of this would’ve ended up online. He turned around and started pounding on Yunice’s door.

As soon as Yunice stepped out, Owen grabbed her. “How much more trouble are you nning to cause this bfamily/b?”

Yunice looked at him. I’m not getting married.

“What woman doesn’t get married? You think you can just stay in this house forever?”

Yunice remembered how Elsie had once yfully said she didn’t want to get married. And what had Owen said back then? He had told her she didn’t have to, bthat /bthe family bcould /bafford to take care of her.

Yuniceughed at herself. “If you think I’m a burdenb, /bI bcan /bbmove /bout of the Saunders bfamily/b”

Owen said, “You think it’s that simple? If you move out, people will just say we abandoned you and kicked you out

So they wanted to get rid of her, but they also wanted to keep up appearances. The only way to do both bwas /bto find a man to btake /bher in. Yunice didn’t respond. She just took the iPad from Elsie’s hands, scrolled through thements, then turned the screen toward Owen “So if you marry me off to a man with CAIS, that would make you all look good?”

Owen froze. His eyesnded on one particrment. That woman isn’t any better. Her son has CAIS, is prone to violence, and can’t even have kids. bAnd /bshe still insists on a grandson? What a bjoke/b. No wonder they got kicked out

Owen was shocked. He turned to Lily. “Mom, bthe /bguy you picked for Yunice has CAIS?”

bLily /blooked bewildered. I. I didn’t know. But bGenna /bbis /bba /bnice person…”

A woman who groped bpeople’s /bbutts to test their obedience? How nice could she be?

Lily still ined to justify it. “Their family is wellb–/bboff/bb, /band her husband works at the health bureau. Yunny isn’t actually mentally ill. If we exin things properly, they won’t bhold /bbit /bbagainst /bher.”

Yuniceughed. How little must Lily think of her, to believe that as long bas /bothers didn’t look down on her, that was all that mattered, never once considering whether she looked down on bthem/bb. /b

Yunice sneered. “What’s more important to you, Genna or the health bureau bthat /bcan help Owen’s career? As long as it benefits Owen, it’s okay to marry me off to someone with CAIS band /bturn me into ba /bbaby–making machine, right?”

Lily’s face burned with embarrassment.

Elue immediately chimed in. “If it helps Owen’s career and benefits our family’s hospital, then I’d be willing to marry a disabled person and take care of them myself”

Yunice shot her a look. Since you’re so self–sacrificing, why don’t you marry him?”

bPal/bb! /bOwen pped Yunice bacross /bthe face. The pain bwas /bbsharp/b. Yunice closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again, her expressionpletely alm

He bmust /bhave been holding that p in for a long time. He had probably wanted to hit her before but had been suppressing it under a bfake /bsense of morality. It was only now, in the midst of defending Elsie, that he finally let loose.

Yunice smiled. “Mom band /bOwen picked such ba /bgreat family. If Elsie marries into it, she’ll be living the good life. Owen, why are you so mad! Shouldn’t you be happy for her?”

Owen was still furious. “Are you evenparable to Elsie? She’s in grad school and has won multiple provincial–level awards.

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Chapter 28 Online Insults

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Even though Yunice bhad /btold herself n

to care about what anyone in the Saunders family said, words could still cut deep. bEven /bknives stabbed into the bould hurt. She regretted trying to argue. Bias ran too deep… People like Owen would never think they were wrong. To bthem/b, the only problem bwas /bthat she didn’t bknow /bher ce.

Seeing that Owen had gone too far. Eksic tugged at bhis /bsleeve and gently said, “Yunice, you really misunderstood Owen isn’t forcing you to get married. It’s just that business bis /btough. The hospital had a medical dispute, and the impact bhas /bbeen huge. Owen’s been stressed about it for days.”

A medical dispute? Before Yunice could ask what bhad /bhappened, Owen pulled his arm away. “bWhy /bare you telling her that? Someone as vicious as her would love to see the hospital shut down.

With that, he stormed bupstairs/b.

Yunice bturned /bba /bscrutinizing gaze on Elsie. bWas /bit your mistake that caused the ident?

A flicker of guilt shed through Elsie’s eyes before she turned and followed Owen.

Yunice went back to her room and checked the news about Saunders Hospital on her phone.

That was when she found out that Saunders Hospital had been exposed for surgical malpractice, leading to a patient’s sudden cardiac arrest. Though the patient had been resuscitated, their family had set up banners outside the hospital, demanding an apology andpensation.

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