Seeing Katherine sitting at the dining table, leisurely sipping tea, my heart tightened.

"Minnie, Dad didn't mean to deceive you. It's Christmas, and I just wanted the family to sit down and have a meal together."

"Family?" I said coldly. "You and her are the family."

"Yeah, a terminally ill person like me doesn't deserve to eat with her," Katherine said with a sarcastic tone.

Since her release, she no longer pretended to be close to me.

My father was taken aback, his eyes reddening with urgency. He hurriedly tried to calm me, his voice trembling.

"Minnie, don't be angry. I know your sister has done many wrong things, but...