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Chapter 7

作者: Sugar Berry
Gia's post spread widely overnight. By the next morning, my name was already on the trending list.

"Avery Cooper Is Not Crazy", "The Cat Abandoned by Her Mom", and "Parents Treated Daughter's Cry For Help As Overreaction" were among the few that made it to the list.

Mom was the first to see them. She was sitting in the police station corridor, still clutching a tissue. One minute earlier, she had been on the phone with relatives, crying.

"We're so unlucky. I can't believe we raised a child li
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  • The Day Mom Cut My Last Lifeline   Chapter 10

    Three months later, the investigation results were announced. The college administration disciplined Mark.The notice stated that he had failed to initiate proper protective procedures despite the student clearly expressing that she was experiencing domestic violence and refusing to return home, constituting serious negligence of duty.The videos and medical records Mom had posted online were officially determined to involve fabrication, exaggeration, and malicious dissemination.She and Dad were placed under investigation for long-term abuse and humiliation, and deprivation of liberty.On the day the verdict came down, Mom nearly fainted in court from crying. She no longer accused me of faking depression. Instead, she knelt in front of the gallery and repeatedly expressed her remorse."I'm sorry. I only wanted her to succeed. I'm so, so sorry."No one spoke for her anymore—not Aunt Donna, who had always been the first to try to keep the peace. Now, she sat in the back row with h

  • The Day Mom Cut My Last Lifeline   Chapter 9

    At the end of the funeral, I realized there were more people showing up than when I was alive. Students, teachers, journalists holding phones, and strangers I had never met stood outside the funeral home, silently placing down bouquets.There were handwritten notes on the flower cards."May you be free in your next life, Avery.""Tangy is still alive. He will be loved."The second Mom saw that, she rushed over and tore the card into shreds. "Who allowed you guys to write about the cat?"The crowd went quiet for a moment. A young woman wearing a mask spoke up. "So, you knew she didn't die because of the cat."Mom froze.Indeed, she had always told others that I lost my mind over a cat. But she knew better than anyone that I didn't break because of a cat. It was because of 19 years of being dismissed, humiliated, and forced to apologize for things I didn't do.The cat was only the last straw.Dad rushed forward, trying to push the young woman away. "Get lost! This is our family

  • The Day Mom Cut My Last Lifeline   Chapter 8

    My personal effects were sealed in a transparent evidence bag. The phone was shattered, the student ID was bent, and half the feathers on the cat teaser were gone.The half bag of cat food had been something I bought at the convenience store. I had planned to go home during the Independence Day holiday and secretly feed Tangy a little extra.When Mom saw the cat food, her fingers curled slightly. She didn't reach out to take it."Take it away," she said softly. "I don't want to see this."Still, the police placed everything on the table. "These need to be signed by the family."Dad picked up the pen. His hand shook as he signed. By the end of his signature, he tore slightly through the paper.Suddenly, Mom asked, "Where's the cat?"Everyone turned to look at her. She seemed startled by her own question and quickly added, "I'm just curious. Sure, it was a stray, but I didn't actually want it dead."No one spoke. The officer simply opened another folder. "The property management

  • The Day Mom Cut My Last Lifeline   Chapter 7

    Gia's post spread widely overnight. By the next morning, my name was already on the trending list."Avery Cooper Is Not Crazy", "The Cat Abandoned by Her Mom", and "Parents Treated Daughter's Cry For Help As Overreaction" were among the few that made it to the list.Mom was the first to see them. She was sitting in the police station corridor, still clutching a tissue. One minute earlier, she had been on the phone with relatives, crying."We're so unlucky. I can't believe we raised a child like her."The next minute, she refreshed her feed and saw her own video.In the clip, she was sitting on the couch, eating an apple, not even looking up. "Stop calling. I dumped him back where I found him the day you left… It's just a stray. Why do you care so much about it?"That audio had been recorded by a neighbor's doorbell camera on the day I came home. The footage was blurry, but every word was crystal clear.The comments were explosive."She knew just how much that cat meant to her d

  • The Day Mom Cut My Last Lifeline   Chapter 6

    My death was first spread through the campus group chat. Not long after, someone dug up screenshots of what Mom had posted in the grade-wide group before.Except this time, people online didn't believe her right away.One asked, "What if she really was violent?"The other argued, "Why would a student who just came back to campus take her own life right after leaving the counselor's office?"Others pulled out videos Mom had posted on short video platforms. In those clips, I was a child, crying so hard I was shaking, while she forced the camera on me.She stood beside it, saying, "Look at her. She's doing it again. The camera's right here, Avery. Weren't you just talking about dying? Go on, then."The comment section slowly shifted."That's her mother? She was straight-up abusing her.""How could she still film when her child was crying her heart out?""Could she have used a fake medical record to control her daughter?"Police soon retrieved the campus' surveillance footage. In

  • The Day Mom Cut My Last Lifeline   Chapter 5

    I should've been falling, but it felt like I was levitating instead.The wind rushed past my ears, and the campus lights slowly shrank beneath me. I didn't feel pain, just cold. The next moment, a soft meow came from the darkness. I snapped my head around.Tangy ran toward me out of the fog, tail held high, the little bell I had tied around his neck still hanging there. His fur was fluffy, his eyes bright. Just like the first time I met him, he pushed himself into my arms.I crouched down and was surprised to actually touch Tangy. Finally, I broke down crying. "I'm sorry, Tangy. I couldn't find you."Tangy nudged my palm with his head, the same way he always comforted me before. I held him and looked down.Below the science building, chaos erupted. People were screaming. Someone was calling the police. Others covered their mouths, afraid to come closer.My phone lay not far away, its screen shattered into a web of cracks.When Mark arrived, his face was pale as paper. Seeing me

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