While I was lost in thought, my father's loud voice rang out.
"Everyone, please pay attention. As you all know, Joan's family party today is to welcome the return of my daughter, Kaylin Joan. It's been a tough time for Kaylin, but my daughter bravely made it through. I hope everyone can see her with loving and appreciative eyes."
After my father finished speaking, the light shone on a girl who was slowly walking out. Kaylin is not in a wheelchair or on crutches, she walks on two legs as if there had never been an accident.
Everyone saw this scene and burst out because it was too hard to believe.
"I heard a rumor that she had to have her leg amputated because her leg was so badly injured that it became necrotic? How come she can walk normally now? Could the rumors be false?"
"I feel like Kaylin has changed a lot, it's not her appearance but her personality. This is the first time I see her wearing such a delicate chiffon dress. Before, every time I see Kaylin, I see her in designer clothes and tight dresses."
"Yes, I think so too. I feel like she's kind of fragile and weak. But who cares, look at her and her sister, Esther Joan, there's a similar aura."
Kaylin stepped out slowly but confidently, no longer looking miserable and desperate. I myself was surprised by this appearance of Kaylin, as if she had turned into a different person. Back in the day, we were complete opposites, but when we appeared together, we were still compared. Now, Kaylin has changed and switched to a gentle and graceful style similar to mine, the fact that we are put on the scale compared to each other is even more obvious.
"Hello everyone." Kaylin stood from the podium and looked down at everyone. "It's nice that everyone came to welcome me back today. Everyone must have been surprised to see me standing like that. Thanks to advanced medicine, it has become easier to install prosthetic legs and use them. That's why I was able to return home in good health."
Everyone nodded, they understood why Kaylin was wearing a long skirt today, maybe she wanted to cover her prosthetic leg. When the hem of the skirt was lifted slightly so that they could see Kaylin's prosthetic leg, they were amazed that the leg was just like the real thing, only its movement was a bit stiff.
The whispers and gossip could not change Kaylin's expression even a little. She continued to speak.
"I also want to thank my loved ones for believing in me and being there for me during the most difficult times. Thank you to my father, mother, aunt Juliet and one more important person, Baldric Herrington."
Hearing this name, I was stunned. It's been a long time since I last saw Baldric Herrington. That's when Kaylin's scandal broke out and Baldric Herrington was forced out of school by his father and forced to go abroad. Unexpectedly, when Kaylin had to have a prosthetic leg abroad, the two met again and Baldric Herrington returned home with Kaylin. Unbelievable things kept happening that made me feel surprised.
The crowd turned their gazes to the man who walked over to Kaylin's side. The two of them were a real match, Kaylin was beautiful and gentle, Baldric was still handsome and rich. After studying and working abroad, Baldric is now completely giving up ballet and focusing on his father's company. Today, his father also came to this party, which is enough to prove that his father trusted his son much more.
Less naughty and spoiled, the current Baldric is really an attractive and eye-catching man.
After saying that, Kaylin took Baldric's hand and together went to greet each guest invited to the party. All focus is on them. Perhaps many people had expected to see Kaylin's worn and tired image, on the contrary, Kaylin returned with a complete image and thoughts that no one could have guessed.
"Wow, what a surprise." I mumbled.
"Aren't you sad?" Dominic whispered in my ear, the faint aroma of wine that made me seem a little drunk.
"Sad about what?"
"The person she needs to thank the most is me. But she doesn't. Isn't that very ungrateful?"
"Ah... that doesn't matter to me."
"Why not, I suppose you risked your life to save your sister because you loved her?"
"No way." I smile. "I did it for myself. I can't see other people dying without being saved. It's against my conscience."
"My wife is a true honest woman." Dominic teased and stroked my cheek like he was petting me.
"Hi, I'm glad you two came to greet me."
Kaylin and Baldric walked together toward where Dominic and I were sitting. I smiled at her, but secretly laughed at her pretense. No matter how much a person's appearance, style or demeanor changes, there is one thing that is hard to change, that is nature. A person who often hates and envies me like Kaylin, even though she smiles, her eyes still contain hostility when looking at me.
"I heard you made it to the top five and entered the Finding Stars competition. That's great, you've made our family proud."
"Thank you sister. I'm glad to see you recovering in such a positive way."
"Ah, that's right, you've been so busy preparing for the ballet competition that you don't know much about my situation right? But now you don't have to worry anymore, as you can see, I'm fine."
The fact that Kaylin and I talked in harmony attracted the attention of many people. They all knew before that the relationship between my two sisters was not good at all, because we did not have the same mother. We almost avoided seeing each other at Joan's parties, and if we were together, we wouldn't say a word to each other.
"That's strange, when did the Joan sisters reconcile?"
"What I noticed was Kaylin's mention of her sister's carelessness. Why didn't her younger sister visit when Kaylin had to get prosthetic legs?"
"Isn't that right? But I can see that Kaylin is still very generous, she's not angry about it. It seems Kaylin is slowly becoming a good girl, and Esther has become more and more arrogant since entering Joan's house."
The baseless accusations that those people said made me really uncomfortable. They didn't know the fact that I was the one who saved Kaylin from death. Yet they treat me like a bad sister.
I was about to object, but seeing Aunt Juliet's eyes and her previous words, I decided to endure. Kaylin seems to have leveled up in bullying me. Now she is disabled, all favoritism and tolerance belong to her. Those who oppose her are considered the evil side, and she is of course the victim. The crowd often has the mentality of defending the weak before considering right or wrong or the truth, Kaylin took advantage of this to publicly humiliate me without anyone being able to blame her.
Kaylin was too smart to make me look bad and flatter herself. Maybe my life from now on in Joan's mansion won't be easy.