My Lawyer Father Sued Me When I Had Late-Stage Kidney Cancer

My biological father, a lawyer, sued me for violently assaulting his adopted daughter.

My biological mother, a doctor, stomped on the medicine that could save my life.

"Don't use pretending to be sick to cover up your crimes! Just agree to donate a kidney, and I'll drop the case. Otherwise, you won't even be able to go to school. You'll just end up in jail! And this family will never let you come back!"

Dad flung a copy of the complaint at my face, and Mom shoved me out the door.

Dear family, as you wish.

I won't be coming back.

As firecrackers went off on Lunar New Year's Eve, I said calmly to the doctor, "I'm done with treatment."