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Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister
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My sister Iris almost died from anemia. The day she was hospitalized, my whole family started blaming me. I'd been frail since birth, so Mom and Dad had always poured all their attention into me. The new school supplies were mine, the new clothes were mine, and even on the birthdays we shared, the cream and chocolate part of the cake always went to me first. I used to hear Iris crying at night. But whenever I tried to comfort her, she just shoved me away. On my twelfth birthday, I came home from school with a perfect score on my test, beaming as I pushed the door open. Mom and Dad's eyes were red, and they looked at me as if I'd done something terrible. “Why can't you ever be nicer to Iris? We give you everything, and you should be thinking about her too.” “The doctor said her health problems are all because of how she feels.” “You're so spoiled, so selfish.” I lowered my head. They didn't know that I was frail because I'd made a deal to take Iris's death for her. Tomorrow, I was going to be erased.
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Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister Chapter 9
Grandma got on the train back to the village with my urn in her arms.I floated next to her.The fields ran past the window in long green sweeps, and her white hair lifted in the breeze.I remembered that when I was little, back before I got so weak, the whole family used to ride the train out here together, and the view had looked just like this.Grandma rested the urn on her knees and held it carefully.The train rocked for over four hours, and she barely moved.By the time we reached the town, it was already dark.Grandma didn't turn on a light. She felt her way into the old wooden house she'd lived in for forty years and struck a match.“Elena.” She said it softly, as if she were checking whether someone else were still in the room.She set the urn on the mantel, then dug a white candle out of a cabinet, lit it, and stood it next to the urn.The flame wavered, then steadied.She sat down in the rocking chair in front of the fireplace and just looked at the urn and the candle.She l
Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister Chapter 8
Grandma used her pension to buy a coffin, a thin and light one.She said she didn't want me to cost my parents another cent.She dressed me in a white dress with little daisies embroidered along the collar.Her hands were rough, but her touch was so gentle, as if I were only sleeping and she were afraid to wake me.Mom tried to come in and help, but Grandma blocked her at the door.“Get out.”She kept working on me with her head down, never glancing at Mom once.Mom stood in the doorway, lips moving without sound.Her hand pressed against the door frame until the knuckles turned white, and then she slid down it slowly until she was crouched in the hallway with her face in her knees.Iris had been carrying around the rag doll I'd made for her.I hadn't done a good job on it. The eyes were crooked and the mouth was slanted. Iris was disgusted at first, yet later she carried it everywhere.Her eyes were swollen and her cheeks were streaked with dried tears, but she wasn't crying anymore.
Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister Chapter 7
The doorbell rang.It was Mrs. Collins from next door, coming to borrow something, and Mom answered the door with red eyes.“My God, what happened?”She saw me in Grandma's arms, and her gaze hitched.“Elena? Don't tell me—”Mom looked up sharply with bloodshot eyes.Mrs. Collins patted her shoulder.“She was always frail. It's not your fault she didn't make it.”“Things will be easier for you now.”“Just yesterday you were telling me Elena was here to collect on a debt from a past life.”“Get out.”Mom's eyes turned vicious.Mrs. Collins's lips moved, and then her eyes drifted to Grandma.“Out.”It was Grandma who had spoken.“Now,” she said. “Out.”The look in her eyes finally shut Mrs. Collins up, and she backed sheepishly out the door.The moment it closed, Mom collapsed, as if every ounce of strength had been drained out of her.“It was me…”“Elena must have heard me say things like that, and she must have thought I didn't want her anymore. That's why she left.”Dad pulled her aga
Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister Chapter 6
I stayed standing next to them.Grandma woke up and stared blankly at the ceiling.Her lips moved without sound.She was calling my name. Elena.I lay down beside her and rested against her chest, the way I used to when I was little.The smell of her soap filled my nose.Something warm spread through me.“It's not your fault, Grandma. I know you really wanted to be here for my birthday.”Iris was still in her pale blue hospital gown, barefoot, with her hair loose on her shoulders and her face whiter than mine.Wasn't she cold? She wasn't even better yet.I wanted to ask, but she couldn't hear me.Mom had to take care of Grandma, so she let Dad hold me.Iris watched my body in his arms for a long time, and then she said quietly,“You lied to me, sis.”“You said we'd eat the strawberry cake together.”“I didn't lie. I had the candles ready that day, but you were asleep.”“I left a little present for you anyway.”I reached out to touch her hair.My hand went through it, the way it would h
Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister Chapter 3
I was dead.But my soul was still trapped here.Mom and Dad finally came home with Iris.She was pale, and Dad carried her gently up to her room.Mom saw the broken cake on the floor, candles still stuck in it, going sour. Something flickered across her face that looked like guilt.“Did we say too m
Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister Chapter 1
Dad frowned at me. “Iris is sick. What are you so happy about?”I didn't know what to say.I tucked the test paper behind my back and bit my lip.Mom's eyes were red, as if she'd been crying.“The doctor said Iris fainted from anemia, mainly due to prolonged low mood and malnutrition.”Her voice was
Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister Chapter 5
“Elena.”Mom let go of Iris and stumbled forward, staring at me as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.Iris peeked out from behind her, eyes huge, and my curled-up body was reflected in them.“Elena?”Her voice was as thin as a thread of spider silk about to snap, trembling in the air.No o
Parents’ Regret After I Died for My Sister Chapter 2
Morning came.They still hadn't let me out.I tapped softly on the door.“Mom? Dad? Can I come out?”There was no answer.Something tightened in my chest.There were fewer hours left for me to stay with them.The system chimed again.[You have twelve hours remaining.]The pain hit out of nowhere, as
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