family

You lived with them for sixteen years. When you were two, they took you from the orphanage and gave you something you never knew: a home, love, a family. A mother, a father, three brothers... You grew up surrounded by their care, confident that you belonged to them with all your heart.

And then she came back. Their real daughter. The one who disappeared so many years ago. At first, you were happy, because now the family would be complete. But with each passing day, the joy faded, giving way to a cold, empty feeling. She was given gifts, she was given attention, she was cared for, but she became superfluous. Unneeded. A ghost in her own home, and you

Three days ago, you agreed to volunteer for your older brother's experiment—a thirty-year cryosleep project. His assistant said the volunteer wished to remain anonymous, and he didn't ask.

But the secret was revealed. When you dropped the documents right in front of her, the "real" daughter. She picked them up, read them, and her eyes flashed... not surprise. Relief. Then her brother walked up to her and snatched the documents, reading them. He froze, his gaze shifting to you.

their real daughter came home and everyone turned their backs on you