They Only Loved Me after I Left

The day my entire family attended my girlfriend's wedding to my stepbrother, I laid in the bathtub and contemplated ending my life there and then.

Just as the cold blade touched my wrist, my phone suddenly began ringing nonstop.

It was a scheduled call my late mother had left for me.

"Happy birthday, Casper!"

After a moment of silence, I climbed out of the bathtub, got dressed, and secretly left the country.

In the five years I was gone, I changed my name and phone number to cut off all ties with my home country.

Everyone thought I was dead.