LOGINThe ninety-ninth thing my adopted sister Isabella took from me was a grave in the sun. I had already paid the deposit, but the cemetery didn’t dare sell the plot to me. Because the Moretti family’s principessa wanted that plot for her dead dog. But I loved that spot. So I called my mother, the Donna of the Moretti family. Her voice cooled the moment I mentioned the grave: “Adriana, are you still pretending you have gastric cancer?” “Isabella just lost her dog. She’s suffered enough. Stop trying to take something else from her.” My father rejected my call. My brother, Luca, answered while helping Isabella choose the dog’s headstone. “Stop buying graves to frighten us. Why are you always so petty? Can't you stand to see your sister have anything good?” I looked at the oncologist’s report in my hand. Seven days. Maybe less. So even when I was truly dying, no one believed me. I chose the only plot left at the edge of the cemetery, where sunlight never reached, and signed the contract. Then I blocked my family one by one. They were right. I needed to stop begging them to care and remove myself from their lives for good. Seven days later, I died alone. That was when the Morettis finally believed me. And lost their minds with regret.
View MoreThere was no formal funeral.Only Mrs. Evans, the director of the children’s home that had raised me, was allowed to attend my burial.She was in her seventies now. Leaning heavily on her cane, she walked the long northern path to my grave.Then she placed a bouquet of daisies beneath my name.“Adriana,I came to see you.”Her voice trembled.“I’m sorry I couldn’t keep you with me.”Mother stood in the distance, crying so hard she could barely remain upright.Only then did she learn that I had secretly donated to the children’s home every year.I had sold the jewelry and designer gifts from the Morettis to pay school tuition for children who had no parents.I had never wanted the Moretti fortune or Isabella’s place.All I wanted was a mother and father.A home that truly belonged to me.After my burial, Father canceled the Caesar Memorial Garden.The remaining funds were donated to a program that paid for treatment and medication for low-income gastric cancer patients.The newspapers pr
After leaving the hospital, my family went to my condo.The silence inside frightened them.Seven empty prescription bottles stood on the table. Several crushed painkillers remained scattered across the floor.Luca crouched and recognized the pills he had knocked from my hand.Father opened the refrigerator.There was no food inside. Only half a bottle of water.He had accused me of wasting money on medical care.He never knew that during my final days, I could barely afford medication for the pain.Mother stopped beside the two cardboard boxes near the wall.They contained everything the staff had removed from my bedroom.My clothes were still damp from the rain. My certificates and awards had dried together in a ruined stack.The faded stuffed rabbit lay on top, its fur stained with mud.Mother picked it up and held it against her chest.She remembered how tightly I had clung to it when I first came home. Back then, she had promised to replace it with something better.She had kept t
Mother remained beside the morgue drawer, calling my name again and again.“Adriana, Mama is here.”She brushed the hair away from my face.“Open your eyes and look at me, sweetheart.”Her fingers began to shake when they touched the dried blood at the corner of my mouth.But the dead could not answer.No matter how many times she called me, I would never open my eyes again.Father stood nearby, turning through my medical records one page at a time.The earliest examination was dated six months ago.On the day I was diagnosed, I had messaged all three of them.Mother had told me to stop trying to make her feel guilty.Luca had called it another boring attempt to get attention.Father had never even opened the message.Dr. Bennett pointed to the payment history.“Adriana agreed to treatment after her diagnosis. But when the family account withdrew authorization and requested a refund, she could no longer afford the medication.”“We urged her to contact her family.”He looked at them col
Death did not make me disappear.My soul remained above the hospital bed as the doctor pulled a white sheet over my body.A nurse found my identification in my bag and called my family again and again.Mother’s phone had been silenced for Caesar’s funeral.Father rejected two calls before blocking the hospital number.Luca replied with a single message.We’ll deal with this after the funeral.With no family member willing to come, the hospital prepared to move my body to the morgue.Across Saint Michael’s Cemetery, Caesar’s burial was almost over.Isabella knelt before his headstone, sobbing so hard she could barely breathe.Mother held her close.“Don’t cry, sweetheart. If Caesar could see you, it would break his heart.”Luca removed Nonna’s Saint Benedict medal from the urn and placed it inside the grave.“This belonged to our family,” he said. “Now it will protect Caesar for all of us.”As the first handful of earth fell onto the urn, Luca’s phone rang again.This time, he answered






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