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I'd agreed to my rich grandpa's suggestion to immigrate abroad, but I was still trying to find the right moment to tell my parents. For three days straight, they were busy taking their adoptive daughter, Norah, shopping, to the movies, and out to meals, leaving me not a single second of their time. So I had to beg them to show up at the courthouse and sign the emancipation papers. My dad didn't even ask what it was about. He just signed and walked off without a word. My mom, on the other hand, snapped at me impatiently, "Norah's Sweet 16 is in three days. Don't you dare wreck it. You're a pain in the ass and not half the daughter she is." Seeing how eager my parents were to leave, a wry smile crossed my face.