The Family Tool

Summary

Five years after my biological mother finally brought me home, a text message suddenly popped up on my phone.

Now that you have the family you’ve longed for, are you very happy?

The sender was me, five years ago.

Back then, I was still lying in a narrow bed at the orphanage, completely consumed by the sudden, overwhelming joy of finally having a family. I remember holding the little welcome gift my mother had given me, carefully typing out my hopes for the future, word by word.

But right now, my mother was busy punishing my younger sister for her dropping grades.