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A Home After All
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I was adopted. They were so good to me that every night before I fell asleep, I prayed to grow up healthy and happy in this home. Then Mom got pregnant. I hid under my covers and cried all night, quietly packing the little suitcase I had arrived with. But they didn't send me away. They loved me even more. The day my brother was born, Mom took my hand and gently stroked my head. "Having an older sister," she said, "is why we have a younger brother." Dad lifted me above his head and spun me around laughing. "Lily is our family's lucky star — our most beloved baby!" I finally stopped dreading every single day. I thought I had truly become part of this family. Then my brother snapped my favorite Barbie in half. I pushed him. He stumbled, sat on the floor, stared for two seconds, and burst into tears. Mom panicked, shoved me aside, and pulled him into her arms, asking over and over if he was hurt. Dad came running. He grabbed my shoulders and slammed me against the wall, eyes blazing. "Is this what I raised you all these years for — to bully your brother? Believe me when I say I will send you straight back to—"
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A Home After All Chapter 11
Tears fell onto the picture frame, but Mom was still smiling.I looked at her trembling pinky in the air and gently curled my own around it.I promise, Mom.In the next life, I will come back.Dad stepped beside her and put an arm around her shoulders."Lily," he said, his voice hoarse. "Dad is sorry. What I said that day was anger. I never thought about sending you back. You are my daughter. You always will be."He paused, trying to swallow the sob caught in his throat."If you're willing to forgive Dad, come back to me in the next life, okay? I promise I'll treat you well."After he said that, he turned his face away.His shoulders were shaking, but he made no sound.Noah had been quiet in Aunt Megan's arms.He looked at Mom, then Dad, as if trying to understand something much bigger than he was.Then he wriggled down, walked to the memorial table, and stood on tiptoe because he was too short to reach my photo.He stretched out one finger and touched the frame lightly.
A Home After All Chapter 10
When I go back, I'll be good and listen to everyone.Love,LilyBy the time Mom finished reading, she was sobbing so hard she could barely breathe."How sad must she have been when she wrote this?"Dad took the letter from her and read it one word at a time.Then he closed his eyes. Tears rolled down his face and fell onto the paper, spreading into small dark stains.Noah had woken up at some point. He stood in the doorway in his pajamas, rubbing his eyes."Mom? Dad? Why are you crying?"He walked in and stared at the tears on their faces, confused."Did Lily come home?"He looked around, and a little spark of hope lit his eyes.No one answered.That spark dimmed slowly, then disappeared, leaving only fear and confusion."Where is Lily? Why isn't Lily back yet?"Mom crouched and took his hands. Tears kept falling."Noah, your sister... your sister went somewhere very far away.""Where?" Noah tilted his head. "Did she take a plane?""Yes." Mom's eyes reddened again. "S
A Home After All Chapter 9
Near dawn, they went home.The car was silent.Mom held my suitcase the way she would hold a baby.Her fingers kept rubbing the faded Peppa Pig sticker on the side, again and again, as if the suitcase might disappear too if she loosened her grip.Dad drove with his eyes fixed on the road. He did not say a word.When they passed the intersection, he stepped on the brake.The car stopped.The road had already been cleaned. Nothing remained.No blood. No broken pieces. No sign that only hours earlier, a little girl had flown through the air and fallen there.Only the streetlight still shone, its yellow glow falling across the empty crosswalk.Dad stared at that patch of road for a long time."Let's go," Mom said softly.Dad came back to himself and started the car again.When they got home, everything was exactly as it had been.The two Barbie dolls, one new and one cracked, still sat on the coffee table. Beside them was the cake box that no one had put away, and the slice o
A Home After All Chapter 8
Mom suddenly spoke. Her voice was barely there."Mark.""Yeah.""Where do you think Lily was going with her suitcase?"She turned her head slowly to look at Dad. Her eyes were empty, like two dark holes.Dad opened his mouth, but no words came out. He only gripped her hand tighter.Just then, someone knocked on the waiting room door.A police officer stood outside, holding my blue suitcase."Lily Bennett's family?" He set the suitcase on the floor and unzipped it. "This was found scattered at the scene. We inventoried the items, and we need you to confirm them."He took the things out one by one.The blue dress.The sweater Mom knitted.The worn-out stuffed rabbit.The plastic moon bracelet.Then the family photo, still carefully wrapped in the sweater and completely unbroken.Mom stared at those things, and her lips began to tremble.The officer paused before continuing."We also spoke to people near the scene. A passerby said that shortly before the accident, the chi
A Home After All Chapter 5
After they finished the cake, Mom and Dad put Noah to bed.He lay under his blanket hugging the new remote-control car. "When is Lily coming home?""Soon," Mom said, tucking him in. "Close your eyes. You'll see her in the morning.""I'll let her play with my new car," Noah whispered."Good," Mom
A Home After All Chapter 4
The car pulled into our apartment complex and rolled into its parking spot.Mom carried the cake box. Dad carefully held the Barbie doll.They smiled as they went upstairs, whispering about how they would surprise me.I followed them through the lobby, the elevator, the hallway, and finally throu
A Home After All Chapter 3
After a while, the paramedics shook their heads.One of them took out a white sheet and gently covered the small body on the road.That was when I finally understood.I was dead.Maybe that was not so bad.At least the children at the group home would never have the chance to laugh at me.The
A Home After All Chapter 2
The rabbit was worn out now. One ear drooped sideways, and the fur had gone thin in patches.But it was the first thing I had ever received in this home. I could not leave it behind.The moon bracelet was from Dad. He had brought it back from a business trip, and my name was engraved on the tiny c
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