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But my“holy”nephew’s saga continued.
The diagnosis was grim: advanced cataracts, almost complete retinal detachment,severe vision loss,night blindness,and dizziness.
Immediate surgery was critical.
But Miranda and Derek were done.
Derek,deeming Mason a“blind failure”with no future,paid the surgery fees with a loan,then bailed post-recovery,chasing his mistress.
He returned to their apartment—looted.Valuables,bank cards,gone.
His calls to her?Blocked.Her number?Disconnected.
Miranda,crushed by betrayal and loss,unraveled.
She muttered about“holy souls,”clinging to delusion.
How could her blessed son be a cataract-riddled nobody?
She refused to accept she’d raised a spoiled,ordinary boy.
When doctors urged surgery,she resisted,dodging reality.
She wouldn’t admit her superstition delayed treatment,her vanity bet everything on“holy”nonsense,or that she couldn’t afford Mason’s care.
She’d grown accustomed to being taken care of.
As she planned to flee,Mason jumped from the hospital roof.
He’d overheard his parents’divorce and Derek’s affair.
He learned his eyes were diseased,not divine.
His“holy”identity,his family—shattered.
Knowing neither parent wanted a“useless”son,he chose death.
He survived,but as a vegetable, forever trapped in a hospital bed.
Their family self-destructed.
My career,meanwhile,soared.
A project I led won a major award,earning a fat bonus and a promotion.
My boss,a sharp woman,valued me,unbothered by gender biases.
Over drinks,she shared her story:raised by a single mom who left an abusive,alcoholic father.
She grinned,saying she’d made her mom proud.
I thought of Miranda’s family.
Miranda was foolish,but Derek’s arrogance—ignoring his family’s spiral—sealed their fate.
If he’d cared,noticed the drained savings,things might’ve differed.
In many homes,men are absent,yet society credits them for income and success,blaming women for family failures,ignoring their role in stability.
We talked late,and back home,the city glowed—neon lights,alive.
A world I missed last life.
Miranda’s family got what they deserved.
Reborn,I shed“family”chains,ditched my doormat ways,and embraced my new life.
