The Golden Child's Baby Chapter 1

My nineteen-year-old sister was pregnant.

She stood on the edge of the rooftop, threatening to jump if we didn't let her keep the baby.

In a life-or-death moment, I acted like she didn't exist.

I stood aside, leisurely cracking sunflower seeds and filming a TikTok.

In my past life, my mom and I dragged her to the clinic for an abortion to save her future.

We scrimped and saved to send her abroad, just to keep her away from her deadbeat boyfriend.

But Summer hated us for breaking them up.

She cut ties the moment she landed in Europe and never came back.

My mom blamed me for suggesting the abortion.

While I was sleeping, she strangled me with a rope.

"It's all your fault! If not for your terrible idea, my baby girl wouldn't have abandoned me!"

I opened my eyes and was back on that rooftop.

The day Summer threatened to die for her baby.

But I didn't expect that my mom was reborn too.

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"This is Jasper's baby! Vera, if you don't take me to the hospital right now and let me have this baby, I'll jump!"

"How can you be so cruel? Do you want to kill me?"

On the rooftop, my sister Summer, nine months pregnant, screamed at me hysterically.

I jolted awake, shivering.

Thinking I was scared, Summer waddled closer to the edge, a smug look on her face.

"You're just jealous, Vera. Jealous that I found true love early. Jealous that I'm going to have a beautiful baby and a perfect family."

Because of the pregnancy, Summer was swollen.

She slipped and fell, screaming in pain.

"Vera! Are you stupid? My water broke! Help me up!"

Just as she finished yelling, another figure rushed onto the rooftop, staring at us in shock.

Summer's arrogance dimmed. She clutched her belly, ready to threaten again.

But Mom rushed forward, hugging her like a precious gem.

"My baby girl! You're due any day now! Why are you sitting on the ground? Get up!"

Summer flinched but kept her tone hard.

"Don't act like a loving mother to trick me! I'm in labor. Either we both die, or you let me keep the baby. Choose!"

In my past life, Mom cried until she lost her voice.

I was the one who dragged Summer to the hospital.

The baby was too big. The doctors said Summer might die.

I made the call to sacrifice the baby to save her life.

But this time, I said nothing.

I just watched coldly.

Before Summer could finish her threat, Mom interrupted her, voice trembling with love.

"Sweetie, if you want the baby, keep it! You are Mommy's heart. You give birth, and Mommy will raise it for you!"

Summer was stunned. She thought she was dreaming.

"But... you said you'd disown me if I kept it."

"Silly girl, I was just angry. Nothing in this world is more important than you."

Mom's eyes were filled with relief.

Summer threw herself into Mom's arms. Mother and daughter wept together.

I watched this reunion and suddenly understood.

Mom was reborn too.

Yesterday, she was screaming that she'd cut ties if Summer didn't get rid of it.

After they finished crying, they finally remembered me sitting on the sidelines.

Mom stood up and pinched my arm hard.

"What are you staring at? Call 911! Didn't you see your sister's water broke?"

Seeing Mom accept the baby, Summer looked at me with triumph.

She grabbed Mom's hand and whined.

"Mom, don't worry. Once the baby is born, I won't let you suffer. When the baby grows up, we'll both take care of you!"

Hearing her empty promises, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Summer? Take care of Mom?

Before I could speak, Summer's face changed.

She pointed at me accusingly.

"Mom! Vera threatened me! She said if I didn't get an abortion, she'd push me off the roof!"

"You animal!" Mom roared.

Slap.

Her hand struck my face hard.

"If anything happens to your sister, I'll bury you with her!"

In the past life, I would have thought she was just angry.

But having died once, I knew the truth.

To her, I wasn't worth a single strand of Summer's hair.

She didn't love me at all.

The police and ambulance arrived quickly.

Summer was taken to the hospital.

It was a false alarm. The baby was fine.

Summer sat in the hospital bed, smugly eating the food Mom forced me to buy.

Mom dragged me out of the room, lowering her voice.

"Your sister is having a baby. We need money. You should drop out of college."

Just like the last life.

Sacrificing me for Summer.

"Call the dean now. Withdraw. Then go work at your aunt's factory. Have them send your paycheck directly to me. I'll give you a hundred bucks a month for allowance."

She calculated everything perfectly. Ignoring my life completely.

I pushed her away coldly and turned to leave.

"I'm not dropping out."

"I never spent a dime of your money for school. And I won't give you a dime in the future."

"Whatever happens to Summer is her problem. Not mine."

Denied for the first time, Mom froze, then exploded.

She grabbed me, nails digging into my flesh.

"If you don't work, how will we feed your sister and nephew?"

"I gave you life! If not for me, would you be alive today?"

"How did I raise such a selfish, ungrateful wolf?"