34: Chapter 34

Chapter 34

"Why did you call, dear?" Hilda asked, still trying to hold on despite the obvious difficulty she was facing just to speak louder.  2

Erin smirked as she kept staring at her sister. She saw as beads of sweat glistened on Kate's forehead, and each time Erin would part her lips to speak, Kate would flinch, and her body would go tense.

"This is about Kate, Mom," Erin cried out as she tried to garner her mother's sympathy.

Kate reached for Erin's wrist, grabbed it as hard as possible while shaking her head. Kate felt that her world would crumble with just one sentence from Erin. One sentence would be all that it took to kill their mother. 

Erin was satisfied, she was happy tormenting her sister. But she wouldn't stop until Kate gave her a new credit card. 

"Kate? What's wrong? Did she do something? Did she… Did she hit you again?" Hilda asked.

There was a hint of worry in the tone of her voice, which was already a red flag for Kate. She knew that if Erin told their mother what had actually happened, then their already sickly mother's heart would break and it could cause a relapse of her heart attack. 

Kate grit her teeth, her eyes were already glazed with tears as her head hung in defeat. 

The bitch who she loved and spoiled, the very woman who had fucked her husband, had won.

She never expected that her sweet little sister, whom she raised, would turn into a monster that wouldn't even hesitate to kill their mother.

"I'll give you what you want," Kate whispered in a quiet enough voice that she was certain her mom wouldn't overhear. "Just end the call, I'll give you a credit card."

Erin smiled victoriously as she looked down and winked at her sister.

"I just called to tell you that we've made up. Kate said that she was so stressed out with work that she ended up taking it out on me by accident. Don't worry mom, she apologized to me."

"Really? I'm so glad…" Hilda let out a relieved sigh. "Please forgive your sister for what she did, okay? Kate is very busy with work, it must be very stressful, and she might be receiving pressure from Matt and his family as well because she's infertile…."

"Oh, don't worry about that, Mom. Matt is like, su~per~ tolerant. He said he'll continue being a good husband to Kate despite her inability to give him a child," Erin said in a taunting tone as she looked her sister in the eyes and smiled. "And I will continue to sup~ port~ them."

"Thank you for being kind to your sister, Erin," Hilda said. 

"Mhm, oh, I've got to hang up now. I'm still busy trying to find a job. I'm applying online," Erin said. "Love you, Mom.'

"Love you too, dear."

Beep.

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Erin finally ended the call after getting what she wanted. 

Erin tilted her head and watched as her sister took deep breaths to calm herself back down.

"See how easy it is for me to get what I want from you?" Erin finally said as she spoke to Kate. "Though, honestly, we don't need to go through that whole calling-mom fiasco if you just handed over your credit card when I asked."

Kate gritted her teeth and snapped, "YOU, BITCH! YOU ALMOST KILLED MOM!"

Erin covered her ears with her index fingers and rolled her eyes, "Well, she's not dead, yet. So you don't need to yell at me like that."

"Oh, I think you have another credit card, right?" Erin asked. She opened her palm again and ordered, "Give it to me."

Kate glared at her, "You idiot, you can't use a card with my name on it, I'll have to apply for a supplementary card for you."

"I would tone down on the insults if I were you, big sister, after all I could always give mom a call again," Erin taunted. "And I need a second card."

"What for? Isn't one card enough?" Kate asked as she fought every fiber in her being to curse at her own sister.

"Oh, it's not for me. It's for Matt," Erin replied lightly. "You also blocked his card, remember? So he needs a new one."

"Why the fuck would I give my credit card to a useless man like that?!" 

"Oh no, don't call him that. He's still your husband, remember?" Erin giggled. But her voice soon turned cold as she gave out an order, "Since I can't use your credit card, then call the bank now to make two supplementary cards for Matt and I, or I will call Mom and tell her that Matt cheated on you with me. Bet that old woman will die in less than ten seconds after having another heart attack."

Kate couldn't wait to rip Erin's mouth for all the horrible things she said. 

But Kate was hopeless against her, she had to think about the safety of her child as well. 

In the end, Kate begrudgingly called the bank and requested for two supplementary cards, one for her bitch of a sister Erin, and one for her impotent husband Matt.

"See how easy things would be if you just gave me what I wanted?" Erin said happily. "Well, I'm just here for your credit card, don't forget to hand it to me tomorrow. I'll leave now.."

Erin patted Kate's cheek twice as she passed Kate. 

Kate turned around as she watched Erin make her way out of the apartment. 

"Why are you doing this to me?" Kate asked.

Erin stopped in her tracks  and looked over her shoulder, "Doing what?"

Kate clenched her fists, "Are you fucking stupid or are you just trying to piss me off? You fucked my husband, endangered our mother's life, and are blackmailing me like this! You're despicable, Erin!"

Erin was thinking for a moment and then shrugged, "No reason, really. I slept with Matt because I was in the mood for sex and he was a willing dick, and I'm just threatening you because you blocked my credit card. I have no grudge against you, Sis."

"Bullshit! If you don't have a grudge against me, you won't blackmail me like this!" 

"…" Erin was silent for a moment, and the corner of her lips began to perk up. "Well, shoot, I guess I can't lie that I do resent you. But you deserved it anyway, so you should know you deserve all the terrible things happening in your life."

"Don't remember that you are the reason Mom and Dad are divorced? You're the one who caused Mom's deteriorating health, and you're also the one who refused to give me a job in your office because apparently, I'm not good enough," Erin listed all Kate's wrongdoings, which petrified Kate in an instant. "Remember, Sis. You're not the victim here, I am. You're the reason behind our broken family and my broken life. And it is your obligation to make my life happy after what you did."

"So, suck it because you deserve to suffer and I deserve to have a good life," Erin said. She then walked out and slammed the door behind her. 

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