Chapter 904: [Bonus chapter] Disown
"What's up with you?"
Sora looked up at her best friend. Amiah was taken aback by the heavy sorrow in the air around Sora. She almost couldn't breathe properly. What happened to make her best friend turn from sunshine to heatwave?
"Mia, you're here."
"Yeah. I'm here," answered Amiah. "You called me here. Did you forget already? And how much did you drink already?" She looked at the bottles of beer on the table and furrowed her brows at Sora.
"I only had one bottle," answered Sora.
Amiah chuckled, "Of course, that's already the best you can do."
"Hey! I did not call you out to insult me like this!"
Amiah nodded her head as she took off her blazer and placed it on the chair beside her. She naturally picked up a bottle of beer and screwed open the cap. She took a sip and faced Sora, "So, what is this pity party for? I thought you called me because we'll be going back to set in two days. But clearly, that's not the case here."
"Can you just silently accompany me to drink?" asked Sora. "No questions. Be a good company and shut up! Let me drink. And when I'm drunk beyond my senses, just send me home safely. As a best friend, it's your responsibility!"
Amiah looked at her in disbelief and had to chug down the beer in her hand to swallow Sora's words. What happened to the good girl Sora? Where did this cranky person come from?
But she couldn't even complain about it. Between the two of them, 99% of the time, she was the one being cranky. And Sora had to deal with her. So, for the rest of the 1%, she could bear this much for their friendship.
"Mia," Sora started after some time. "Did you go home?"
"I thought we weren't gonna talk," Amiah pointed out.
Sora gave her a disapproving look, "So, you didn't go home? Is it that difficult to own up to your mistakes? You always had a lot of courage when you wanted to confront your father. Why don't you have the courage now to face him? He is your father. Is it that hard to say sorry?"
Amiah was silent in response for a long time as she ate peanuts and drank beer. After a long silence, she finally said out loud, "I feel like I don't deserve the forgiveness."
Sora snorted, "Did you just realize that? If I was your father, I'd have disowned a daughter like you a long time ago!"
"That's very helpful of you, best friend!" said Amiah. "Why don't you disown me as a best friend?"
Sora's shoulders slumped, "You're the only one who was willing to be friends with me back then. I'm not the kind of person who'd distance myself from her best friend just because my friend makes a mistake. I'd rather stick around you day after day to annoy you with the reminders of how dumb you're to make such mistakes and hurt people who loved you so much."
Amiah couldn't even argue with her on that, "Right. I hurt everyone who loved me. You're right. My dad should have disowned me. I don't know why he didn't do it."
"Because he is a father," said Sora. "A father who really loves his daughter. If I had treated my dad like that, he'd have beaten me up by now a million times over."
Amiah smiled bitterly. What was she supposed to say? Her father never even talked back to her. He never tried to explain himself and she kept thinking he was the wrong party and that's why he was always willing to listen to whatever she said. But the truth really slapped her in the face. He was just being considerate of his only daughter and couldn't bear to be harsh on her while she was grieving her mother.
In fact, he really gave in a lot to her. But she always took it for granted. She wasn't the only one who lost a mother. Her brother lost his mother as well. Their father lost his wife as well.
"I agree that you don't deserve his forgiveness but you owe him that apology," said Sora. "Don't be a scum! Go and apologize to him properly. Even if you have to get on your knees. Whether he forgives or not is up to him. But you can't force him for forgiveness either. Stop being a jerk and stop running from everything. I know you're hurt but that's no reason to hurt everyone around you. You're lucky I'm the submissive type and never thought about leaving you even with your bad temper."
"Why do I feel like you're extra tonight? Did the alcohol really give you a lot of courage?"
Sora cleared her throat, "Even if it's liquid courage, I have to take advantage of it to knock some sense into you. Stop distancing yourself from your family. Look at me, I can't even think about not being able to talk to my brother. No, my sister-in-law is even better than my brother. There are a lot of things that the brothers don't understand. No matter how much he loves me, bro really can't cross some lines. But that's where my sister-in-law comes in. She is my biggest support. She is strong, resilient, generous, elegant, not intrusive, and the best of the world."
"You should be praising your sister-in-law in front of her face, not here with me," said Amiah.
Sora looked at her and went on, "I didn't like sister Qing when bro first introduced us. I thought she was older than my brother and my brother was too good for her. But that was me being childish. With time, she proved me wrong and made me realize that deep down, I really needed a sister like her in life."
Amiah's eyes flashed as she asked, "Where are we going with this?"
"Give your new sister-in-law a chance. She might not be what you had in mind, but that doesn't mean she isn't the right choice for your brother."
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