Chapter 237: Chapter 237: Doesn’t This Just Beat All? Part 5

Borrowing your catchphrase, Aurora…

Doesn't this just beat all, meeting you for the first time in a freaking tragedy?!

It was then my time to unleash my floodgate of tears and say "Sorry" many times to her, crying onto her chest.

Naturally, Leigh consoles us both by patting our backs.

Once I've cried enough, I bravely declare…

"Thanks, Aurora. It's inevitable that this part of our pasts will be brought up, no matter how hard we try to suppress it. Now, then. I'll tell my side of the story that ached us both, so it's tit for tat."

***

One time, during high school, my parents decided to talk to me.

My dad, Philip, who was known as "Mr. Royal Rumble" due to being a huge pro-wrestling fan in his youth and into adulthood, proposed something to me.

"My son… we're about to adopt a woman around your age. She'll be your sister."