Emily Ginger was stared down by her cold gaze, her face gradually turning pale. After a moment of silence, she bit her lip and softly said to Daisy Ginger, "Sister, please let me have Edward... You've taken my father since we were kids, why do you even have to fight me for Edward?"
Daisy Ginger's expression was remarkably calm. She looked at Emily Ginger and said coldly, "It was you who took my father."
"Sister…" Emily Ginger started to cry, but before she could finish, Daisy coldly cut her off: "You don't have the right to call me sister, and I've never recognized you as my sister."
Emily Ginger looked at her in a daze, her face stung by Daisy's coldness. She cried, "I'm also Dad's daughter, but you know that since I was a child, I could only hide in the corner, watching Dad hold you. I didn't even dare to wish for a hug; you could ride on Dad's shoulders to the amusement park, but I couldn't even pay for a school trip. Do you know how I feel? What did I do wrong to be born without a father? You took all the paternal love meant for me since we were kids, and now you want to fight me for Edward. Daisy Ginger, you're so smart and beautiful, why can't you just give in a little? I don't compete with you for anything, please don't tear Edward and me apart, okay?"
Emily Ginger's voice was soft and inherently weak; even in such a hysterical state, it didn't sound unpleasant.
Daisy Ginger looked at the face somewhat resembling her own, and the coldness in her eyes intensified.
She couldn't remember the exact day she first saw Emily Ginger, only remembering that shortly after Gabriel Ginger divorced her mother, he suddenly brought home a mother and daughter pair.
When she saw Emily Ginger hiding behind Abigail Perry, peeking timidly with a modestly dressed small face, Daisy's mind buzzed. Not for any other reason, but because Emily's face shared an eerie resemblance to hers, leading her to realize a terrible truth.
The most absurd part was Emily was only a few hours younger than her. When her mother was struggling in labor for her father at the hospital, there was also a woman on some remote town hospital giving birth for her father.
They shared the same birthday.
From then on, she never celebrated her birthday again.
The day she learned the truth, she broke down, hiding herself away. It was Edward Stephens who searched all over Banyan City and found her by the sea after three days and nights. He comforted her for a long time, promising her a complete home.
That night, he made her many perfect promises, as if if she wanted, he would bring her the stars.
...
Daisy Ginger felt a surge of laughter welling up from deep in her throat as she looked at Emily Ginger's face, and couldn't help but laugh softly.
She leisurely walked to the coffee table, picked up the lighter, and lit a cigarette.
"You ask me what you did wrong?" Daisy Ginger tilted her head, looking at her, laughing uncontrollably, "Your mom was the other woman, right? And you, the daughter of the mistress, ask me what was wrong? If I were in your position, I would've been too ashamed to face anyone, let alone come asking for this and that from others."
Emily Ginger pressed her lips together and softly retorted, "Dad loves Mom, the one not loved is the mistress. Daisy Ginger, Edward loves me now, don't you hate mistresses the most? Do you want to become the identity you despise?"
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Banyan City is a fictional city, do not associate it with real cities