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My uncle, aunt, and cousin Ethan saw me off at the airport as I left to study abroad.
They never stopped trying to contact me.
They explained that they had been deceived by Celine’s act, that they now saw through her disguise and knew I had been framed.
They said I had always been the one they cared about most, but they had taken our unbreakable bond for granted, assuming I wou-
Id never leave, and so they had neglected that part of their hearts.
Caleb and the boys had taught Celine a lesson and then cut off all contact with her. She had tried to drug Caleb to force a relation-
ship and he had her sent to a juvenile detention center. Later, Celine was scammed by a man who used her to defraud the Rhodes
family, stealing company secrets and causing massive financial losses. The Rhodes family disowned her.
On every one of my birthdays, they would find a way to send me gifts. I always had them returned to sender.
Later, Ethan told me that Celine had lured them all to the Rhodes mansion with a lie about me, intending to blow them all up. They discovered the plot in time, but several of them were still seriously injured in the process.
I felt nothing when I heard this, only the thought that what goes around, comes around.
Years later, I returned to the country and joined a national scientific research team. I never had any contact with those people.
I had a family that I would always be close to–my uncle, my aunt, and Ethan,
I had a great team of colleagues and a group of good friends to hang out with after work.
I found a boyfriend, and we loved and cared for each other deeply.
I had my own wonderful life.
(The End)
