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'Shall we talk?' Joseph broke the silence.
Josephine's parents are accountants. They worked all the time and earned much money for Josephine. However, they did not care about Josephine, actually. Josephine had dinner with her housemaid every night, but they had not chatted with each other before since Josephine never felt a housemaid could be a part of a true family.
When Josephine was thirteen, she decided to get the attraction of her parents. Consequently, she cut her long black hair and dyed her hair golden. She became a tomboy. She asked her classmates, friends and housemaid to call her Joseph.
Joseph's conduct and academic result became extremely bad. Furthermore, she bullied her classmates who were weaker than her. As a result, many students were angry with her and cursed her bad luck. There was no one who realized that Josephine was still living in Joseph's heart. She wanted her parents to understand her and to talk with her.
One day, Joseph's teacher called her parents. When Joseph's parents arrived at school, the first thing that Joseph's father did was…
'What are you doing, Josephine?' her father said angrily.
Josephine said nothing. Her mother held her hand tightly as she wanted an answer, too.
'C'mon! What a crazy, ridiculous hairstyle you are having!' Father was infuriated and roared.
'Sir, calm down please! I'll offer a room to you. I hope you two can communicate with each other!' the teacher said.
Joseph, mother and father sat triangularly. It was soundless. Suddenly…
'Shall we talk?' Joseph broke the silence.
'Yes, I think we need to,’ father said.
'Actually, I do silly things because of you! You earn much money for the family, but you don't care about me! You leave me alone! I can't get any love from my FAMILY! A family depends on you and me, but not only me! One person can't support a family! I need your love and care, not money!' Joseph cried.
'Darling, I'm so sorry! I think that you have let me feel disappointed before, but now, we let you feel disappointed. We have earned much money, but we have sacrificed our precious time together! I feel sorry, sorry…'mother cried.
Father said nothing, but the tears fell from his eyes and slid down his face.
Three of them hugged naturally and then ate a big dinner.
One day, a new student came to Joseph's class and had her self-introduction,
'Good morning, everyone! My name is Josephine!'