My Family Refused To Be My Emergency Contact

After the accident, I came home in clothes soaked with blood.

Mom and Dad took one look at the bandages covering me and immediately asked what had happened.

I clenched my fists and said, “Car accident. My phone’s emergency SOS automatically sent my location to my emergency contacts and tried calling them. Mom, you hung up. Dad, you never even checked the alert.”

I thought they would apologize and promise that they would never ignore an emergency alert again.

Instead, Mom frowned. “Why would you put down my number? You know I have a heart condition.