LOGINI am the center of my parents' world. They turn my bedroom into every little boy's dream, with soccer balls, LEGO sets, and Transformers everywhere. They even spend a fortune installing a bathtub for me because I love taking baths. They always tell my little brother, Jason Tucker, that he has to protect me for the rest of my life. But everything changes when I take him into a hot bath with me, and he accidentally chokes on water. Mommy loses it. She grabs me by the throat and screams, "We thought you'd learn to care for your brother after all the love we gave you. We never imagined you'd turn out to be so ungrateful and try to drown him!" I shake my head frantically, but Mommy shoves me into the washing machine without hesitation. "You like taking baths, don't you? I'll give you a bath you'll never forget!" Mommy and Daddy take Jason out to play, but they fail to realize that they have accidentally pressed the washing machine's start button. The water keeps rising, but I can't climb out. As I'm tangled up with the clothes, I struggle to open my eyes and see Mommy and Daddy returning. I don't want to take baths anymore. Can Mommy and Daddy stop being mad at me?
View More"I didn't break my promise this time," Mommy said.I pursed my lips and tried to put on the watch. But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't do it. Daddy gently touched my photo. "I'm sorry, Caleb."Mommy and Daddy looked like they still had more to say, but the police officers were already urging them to leave. "Come on. We need to get going now."Mommy and Daddy rose to their feet. The police officers turned around, ready to leave too.Just as everyone was about to leave, Mommy suddenly slammed her head against my gravestone."Darling!" Daddy cried out. The police officers immediately ran back when they heard him cry out. "Quick! Take her to the hospital!" I could feel Mommy's life slipping away, little by little. It was as if she could already see me and was smiling at me. It was as if Mommy had already made up her mind to die. She had slammed her forehead against the corner of my gravestone. Blood began flowing from her wound, and it wouldn't stop no matter how ha
One day, a few police officers suddenly knocked on our door. "Are you Caleb Tucker's parents? We received a report that you intentionally abused and killed a little boy. You're coming with us."Mommy and Daddy were about to be taken to the police station, and they were even being put in handcuffs! Handcuffs were only for bad people, but Mommy and Daddy weren't bad people!No matter how much I didn't want it to happen, I still heard the handcuffs snap shut with a click.Mommy and Daddy were far calmer than I had imagined. The neighbors couldn't help but criticize them, and one of them was Mrs. Jebb from the unit upstairs. "Caleb was such a sensible child, and he was adorable too. Everyone in the neighborhood adored him. How did he end up with parents like them?""That's right. They deliberately murdered their child. They deserve to die for this!""They deserve serious punishment for what they did! If they weren't going to take good care of their children, they shouldn't have
"Caleb would probably be really happy to see us like this. We don't deserve to be his parents. All we can do now is live with our guilt."That wasn't true. What Grandma Elena said was exactly what I wanted to say all along. Grandma Elena was so angry that she didn't know what else to say. She could only keep pointing at Mommy. Mommy was about to say something when her phone rang. Ms. Cahill's impatient voice came through the phone. "Didn't you say you were going to bring your son over to play with mine? Kingsley can hardly wait! Do you still want that doctor to take a look at Jason?"Grandpa Justin, Grandma Elena, and Daddy looked at Mommy in astonishment. Finally, Grandpa Justin snatched the phone from her and smashed it to the floor."You know what Kingsley is like. Last time, he scared Caleb so badly that he had nightmares for a whole month. Have you already forgotten about that?"And you were willing to send your eldest son over just to be a clown for someone else's amuse
Grandma Natasha grabbed Daddy by the collar. She was crying so hard that she was hunched over. I really wanted to tell them not to cry. It had been really suffocating inside the washing machine. I had been tossed around, slammed against the inner walls, over and over again.It hurt so much. At least, I didn't have to suffer anymore. Daddy stared blankly at my body, as if his soul had been ripped away from him. He crouched down and lifted me in his arms, carefully smoothing every strand of my hair into place. "Caleb, I messed up. I made you suffer so much. I'll find you a place where you can rest in peace.Grandpa Justin and Grandma Natasha wanted to stop Daddy from carrying me out like that, but no one could stop him at all. He carried me into the elevator. As soon as the doors opened, the children inside were so frightened that they burst into tears. Very quickly, word spread throughout the neighborhood that I had died in the washing machine after Mommy and Daddy trapped






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