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In The Face of Death
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When I was three years old, my parents became infamous in our social circle as a mutually destructive couple for a misunderstanding that led them to cheat on each other. To get revenge on each other, they didn’t hesitate to hurt me just to hurt one another. Over the next five years, my mother beat me until my bones broke three times. My father “lost” me on purpose five times. And once, during one of their arguments, they threw me straight into the ocean. Eventually, they grew tired of that life, but instead of stopping, they changed the game. They got divorced, and each of them adopted a new child, showering them with affection as if it were some kind of competition As for me? I became the unwanted piece of trash. The only time I mattered was when they thought of each other, and they needed someone to take their anger out on. The only thing that kept me going was a small locket pendant they gave me when I was born. Engraved on it were the words: peace and joy. It was the only source of comfort I had. That was until I turned ten and someone tried to take this last piece of something that felt like it belonged to me away from me. I fought back with everything I had, and for that, I was beaten until my spleen ruptured. By the time my parents arrived, the ground was soaked in blood. However, their faces twisted with disgust. “Daisy, how did you end up like this? You’re just as disgusting as your father.” “What did you say? Say that again! Just look at her, dressed like that. If anything, she’s just as shameless as you!” My cries for help were drowned out by their argument. My body grew heavier and heavier, and before I realized it, the world went quiet. They finally stopped arguing, too.
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In The Face of Death Chapter 9
“But you… You keep saying I killed your child. Have you ever stopped to think about how you treated her when she was alive?”How did she treat me?Mom stood frozen in place. Her mind, against her will, began to rewind through the past, frame by frame.Before I was three, I had been the apple of her eye, but because of what Dad did, she took out all the resentment and bitterness on me. She cursed me, beat me, and even went out of her way to belittle and humiliate me for the sake of another girl. Even the locket I once clung to with my life, she casually took it and turned it into a tool to please others.I was brought into this world because of her, but I also died miserably because of her.Mom didn’t argue back. She collapsed onto the ground and curled into a ball, as if trying to cry out all the tears she had in her.Dad also stood there, stunned. Unlike before, he didn’t seize the chance to lash out at Mom. He simply stood motionless, as if his soul had been drained out of him.
In The Face of Death Chapter 8
That was exactly why she had stubbornly believed my injuries were nothing more than surface wounds. In her mind, it had only been a small lesson. How could something like that possibly lead to someone laying such a heavy hand on me?The officer’s face darkened. Without hesitation, he ordered his team to bring in the person Mom had named. The man’s name was Lenny Hill, a well-known street thug in the area. When they dragged him in, he didn’t look nervous at all. If anything, he seemed oddly composed, as if none of this concerned him.The moment Mom saw him, she lost it. Ignoring the officers trying to hold her back, she lunged forward and grabbed him by the collar.“You damned animal! What did you do to my daughter?”Lenny stared at her in shock. He remembered her as the generous, well-paying client, but what he couldn’t understand was how, in just three days, that elegant woman had turned into this disheveled, hysterical mess.Flustered, he tried to pry her hands off while stammer
In The Face of Death Chapter 7
“Yes, you’re right. I’m a monster! But what about you? You think you’re any better? Go on, say it yourself. While Daisy was still alive, how many times did you abandon her just so you could sleep with those women? How many times did you leave a five-year-old alone in a crowded street? Do you even know how close she came to being kidnapped? If I hadn’t been secretly following her all those times, you wouldn’t even have a body to look at now!”Mom’s words struck a nerve. A flicker of regret and shame crossed Dad’s face, but years of resentment between them kept him from backing down.“If you were following her the whole time,” he shot back, “then why didn’t you take her home? Why did you just stand there and watch her cry all alone?”That question left Mom speechless. She tried to argue back, but suddenly, a memory of a small child—me—crouched by the roadside, wiping away tears, surfaced. Her hand clutched at her chest. The pain in her heart was so sharp that she couldn’t even speak
In The Face of Death Chapter 6
“Are you a monster?”Becca was stunned when Mom slapped her across the face. She never would have imagined that her mother, who had always doted on her, would actually lay a hand on her.She clutched her cheek, looking pitiful.“Mom, was I wrong? Why did you hit me? Wasn’t it you who said Daisy should be my servant? Wasn’t it you who said whether she lived or died meant nothing to you—that you didn’t care at all?”The memories Mom had deliberately buried came rushing back. She finally remembered what Becca had said to me on the very first day she arrived. In that instant, she understood that the reason Becca belittled and humiliated me so freely was because of her. She had been the one who told Becca that I didn’t matter. She had been the one who said my life or death meant nothing to her. Back then, she had only wanted to vent her anger. She never thought that one day, those same words would come back and slap her in the face. At that moment, her strength seemed to give out al
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