FAZER LOGINI've been back at the Levine residence for four months. The whole time I have been back, I'm like an invisible person whose existence is barely acknowledged. One day, I wake up and suddenly start seeing everyone's health bars above everyone's heads. The first thing I see when I open my eyes is a frog's face. I jump in fright and slap it across the face. Then, I hear my younger brother, Jacob Levine, roar furiously, "Ruthie, what the hell is wrong with you? I came to tell you breakfast is ready. Why did you hit me?" I stare blankly at the frog. The frog is glaring at me furiously. The health bar above its head has dropped by a chunk, and it looks like it's about to leap up and hit me. I rub my eyes. When I open them again, it's still the same frog face. Its mouth opens and closes as it curses at me in my brother's voice. I stare at him for three seconds before saying, "Uh… There was a mosquito on your face." The frog's face turns even greener with rage as it rages, "You kill a mosquito by giving people a slap to their faces?" I don't answer. Over his shoulder, I see Lorraine Neal standing in the doorway. She has a hideous, demonic face and protruding fangs. The health bar above her head is even shorter. My "kind and adorable" adopted sister, Thalia Levine, is peeking out from behind Lorraine. Live snakes are coiling around her neck. They're sticking their tongues out at me and hissing. I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and open them again. Everything is still there. I sit on the bed, clutching the blanket, with only one thought running through my mind. I'm screwed… I think I've gone insane.
Ver maisJack lowered his head and finished his soup. When he was done, he simply said, "Not bad," before getting up to leave.That night, after I finished showering, Chester was waiting for me in the hallway. He handed me a cup of hot milk, exactly like he had on the day I was discharged from the hospital for the first time.I took the cup and drank it."Next time you say something like that, can you at least give me a warning?" He leaned against the wall and looked at me."Why?""I wasn't prepared.""What do you need to prepare?"He looked at me as the hallway light cast a warm glow across his face."My heart," he replied.I stood there holding the cup of milk and suddenly felt hot. I raised the cup to cover half my face."How are you still so good at this after your glow disappeared?""You taught me well."…Our wedding was set for six months later.Lorraine had started getting anxious by the third month. Every day, she held her phone and searched for wedding-planning tips.A
Three days after Thalia left, the house became much quieter.Lorraine showed the most obvious change. She turned Thalia's old room into a study and spent every afternoon sitting inside reading cookbooks.She used to never lift a finger around the house. Now, she was learning to make soup with Emma every day. There was almost always a pot simmering on the stove, and whenever I came through the front door, I was greeted by a warm, comforting aroma.When she served her first pot of soup, the whole family went silent."It's salty." Jacob frowned after taking the first sip.Lorraine's hand froze around the spoon."But it's good," Jacob added quickly, lowering his head and gulping down the entire bowl.Lorraine's lips pressed together, and she tried to keep it neutral. But in the end, she couldn't hold back a smile.I sat across from her, holding my bowl. The soup slid down my throat, warming my stomach.I looked up at Lorraine. She was wiping water off the counter with a paper towe
The next morning, the hallucinations started distorting wildly.When Jacob came in, his frog face and human face kept switching back and forth rapidly. Lorraine's demonic appearance flickered in and out. When Thalia glanced through the glass, the snakes on her head sometimes coiled together and sometimes came loose.A few days later, the octopus guy disappeared.That was when I finally got a good look at my attending doctor. It turned out he was just a young guy in glasses.On the day I was discharged, Lorraine came to pick me up.Her demon appearance was gone. It had been a long time since I'd seen my mother with such a normal face. I stared at her for quite a while before finally looking away.I got into Chester's car.On the drive back to the Levine residence, he drove while I stared at his side profile through the window for a full five minutes.Sunlight streamed through the car window, casting the shadow of his brow ridge across the bridge of his nose. Those little stars I
On the second day of my hospital stay, Lorraine stood guard outside my hospital room.Her demonic appearance hadn't changed, but her eyes were swollen and red-rimmed. There were even traces of tears that hadn't been wiped clean clinging to the tips of her fangs.I watched her through the glass in the door from my hospital bed and thought, "Even after crying this much, she can still look so terrifying. I guess the heavens really did bless her with a special kind of talent."Thalia came to bring me soup. When she pushed open the door, the three snakes on her head rose as high as they could and hissed at me in unison.But Lorraine was still standing outside. With her facing the room, Thalia wore a gentle, warm smile. Even the snakes seemed to behave a little tamer.Thalia said, "Ruthie, I made you some soup. Eat a little."Lorraine nodded from the doorway and turned around to answer a phone call. The moment she turned her back, the smile disappeared completely from Thalia's face.S


















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