ANMELDENMom and Dad keep claiming that I'm their firstborn, so they need to love me with all their hearts. Already, they're saving up for my college funds and keep taking me on vacations abroad just to explore the world. This time, I've gotten a full score on my exams. My parents decide to take me and my four-year-old sister, Amelia Orson, on a trip. Worried that I might mind Amelia's presence, they even specifically explain to me that no one is capable of taking care of Amelia in their stead, so she has to come along. I accept the explanation immediately. But Amelia falls sick right before the trip. There isn't any cough syrup left at home, so I use my pocket money to buy some imported cough syrup and feed Amelia with it. I thought I'd get praised for my efforts. Instead, Mom rushes over to induce vomiting for Amelia. With red-rimmed eyes, she scolds me, "How dare you feed her medicine without checking the source! Do you have any idea how lethal that is? When I was young, I almost died from a dose of misused medication fed by my own sister! How dare you try to harm Amelia, you wretched child!" After that, Mom tells Dad to bring out his suitcase so that she can lock me up in it. "You want to go on a trip because you've scored full marks in your exams, right? Fine! Have all the fun you want in the suitcase!" What they've forgotten is the fact that Dad often uses this suitcase on his business trips, so there's a TSA-approved lock on it. I can't even open the suitcase from inside.
Mehr anzeigen"We're from the police—"Mom interrupted gently, "We know."She even made a gesture as if to welcome them in, but the officer held up an arrest warrant. "That won't be necessary."I watched as the handcuffs clicked shut around Mom's slender wrists, the same hands that once braided my hair so gently.Dad extended his hands on his own, even adjusting his collar as he said calmly, "I'll go with you."As Mom was being led out, she suddenly turned back. "Officer, can I bring a jacket for my daughter? She doesn't like the cold."She pointed toward the empty couch, but I wasn't there anymore, and I hadn't been for a long time.The officer shook his head silently.I watched as they were taken into the patrol car.Mom kept looking toward the house, but the window slowly rolled up, cutting off her line of sight. Dad gave the living room one last look, as that was where my laughter used to echo. When the patrol car started moving, I ran after it frantically."Mom! Dad!"My cries diss
"No! This isn't right… Mom, Dad, stop. Go check on Amy!"But Mom hummed a lullaby as she opened my closet. She took out my favorite white dress, her eyes glazed with a terrifying, dreamlike tenderness.Mom's movements were mechanical as she walked over to Amelia, who was huddled in the corner, and began to dress her.Amelia didn't resist at all. She was like a lifeless doll, letting Mom move her however she pleased."Ninette, you looked the prettiest in this dress," Mom said as she carefully smoothed out every wrinkle. "When I took you to the park as a child, everyone said you looked like a little princess…"She finished dressing Amelia, then carried her to the couch and sat her upright, as if she were posing a doll.After taking a couple of steps back, Mom curled her lips into a delirious smile. "See? Ninette came back to us. What a good girl!"Dad sat at the dining table, eating silently, as if none of this concerned him. However, his grip tightened around his fork so hard tha
Mom's voice came out hoarse, trembling with a hint of disbelief. "Amy, be honest. Did you take your father's beer? And the cheese sticks from the fridge, was that you?"Amelia's eyes quickly filled with tears as she curled her lips into a wounded pout. "Mom, what are you talking about? I don't understand.""Shut up!" Dad suddenly shouted, his voice so harsh that Amelia flinched."Your sister has sorted the trash properly since she was little. She would never throw bottle caps down the drain. And these wrappers were found between the couch cushions. Are you seriously going to keep lying?"Terrified by a side of Dad she had never seen, Amelia's face paled. Her eyes darted around, but she still tried to hold her ground."It wasn't me. It was Ninette…"Mom stared at Amelia's angelic face, and a chill ran down her spine. She suddenly shot to her feet and rushed into Amelia's room, tearing through everything like she had lost her mind.In the end, she pulled out several crumpled, empt
I watched everything unfold in front of me.Mom had fainted, Amelia was clutching her face in tears, and Dad was so shaken that he couldn't even form a sentence.Panic surged through me.This was all my fault. It was my rotting, hideous body that had frightened them. No wonder Mom refused to acknowledge me.As I was overwhelmed by guilt and resentment, my consciousness began to fade.When I woke up again, I was drifting in a place that felt ice-cold.Dad stood nearby, his eyes swollen and red, while a doctor spoke to him in a low voice, "Preliminary findings indicate death by asphyxiation in an enclosed space. The exact time of death will require the medical examiner to…"Before he could finish, Dad dropped to the ground with a thud. He gripped his hair with his hands as a broken cry tore out of him."It was me… I'm the one who locked the suitcase. I killed Ninette!"I wanted to go to him, to tell him it wasn't his fault. It was the suitcase that was faulty. If only we had use












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