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All because I forgot to add "no peanuts" to my little brother's takeout order, Mom had more than a hundred pounds of fresh flowers delivered to our house. Then she shoved me into a room overflowing with blossoms and slammed the door. She knew I had a life-threatening pollen allergy. "How many times have I told you your brother is allergic to peanuts? You left it off the order on purpose, didn't you? What were you trying to do to him? "You can't stand that I love him. Well, today I'm going to teach you a lesson about that rotten heart of yours!" Pollen swirled through the air. My throat began to swell shut almost immediately. My brother rushed to the door and grabbed the handle. "Mom, I'm fine! Nothing happened to me! Please let Ethan out!" But no matter how hard he cried or pulled, she remained unmoved. She turned the lock without a moment's hesitation. Through the door, I heard her scold him coldly. "After all the times he's tried to hurt you, you're still defending him? "Today I'm going to teach him a lesson he won't forget. He'll never dare think of harming you again." I slid down the cold door until I was sitting among the flowers. So that was who I had always been to Mom. A terrible person, through and through. As consciousness slipped away, I looked at the blossoms surrounding me and gave up trying to call for help. At last, I lay still on the floor, like a flower that had finally withered. Mom, if a bad person dies, will that make you happy?
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The Flower Room Chapter 8
One month after my death, the house that had once been so crowded and noisy stood cold and empty.Noah had moved in with Dad. He'd cut Mom out of his life completely.There wasn't a single bouquet left in the big house. Dad had carefully gathered all my little belongings, packed them in boxes, and locked them away in his study.After reviewing Mom's psychiatric evaluation and the circumstances of the fatal abuse, the court issued its ruling.She was deemed unfit to care for a child and permanently lost custody of Noah. The court also ordered long-term treatment in a state psychiatric hospital.In her small, secured hospital room, Mom drifted between agitation and confusion.Day and night, she held a faded pink stuffed animal close to her chest. It had been the only toy I'd owned as a child.She carried it everywhere, stroking its worn little face and murmuring my name."Ethan, Mom won't buy flowers anymore. Please come home."I was wrong. I shouldn't have locked you up. I shou
The Flower Room Chapter 7
Whatever hope Mom had been clinging to finally shattered.I watched her standing there, broken and dazed. I no longer felt hatred. Only a vast, hollow numbness.Every punishment, every false accusation, every act of cruelty I'd endured growing up had come to an end.Mom let out a scream that seemed to tear through the house.She staggered back to my body, pulled me into her arms, and held on. Her warm tears fell against my damaged face."Ethan, Mom was wrong. I was blind. Please don't leave me."She rocked me desperately, her voice breaking."Wake up, please. I'll never bring flowers into the house again. I'll never punish you. Whatever you want, I'll do it."Officer Kessler, who had reviewed the paramedics' preliminary findings, stepped forward. A pair of handcuffs clicked in his hands."Diane Carver, you're under arrest in connection with the abuse that resulted in your son's death. You'll need to come with us."Her grip tightened around me. She recoiled."Don't arrest me!
The Flower Room Chapter 6
Mom gathered my cold body into her arms and held it tight."Ethan, don't scare me. Mom won't lock you up anymore. I won't yell at you again."Please, just wake up. All right?"Watching her, Dad finally lost the last of his restraint.He raised his hand and slapped her across the face.His eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "Are you satisfied now?"Diane, you killed your own son!"Her head snapped to one side. A thin line of blood appeared at the corner of her mouth.She didn't dodge or argue. She only clutched me tighter and sobbed.Over and over, she repeated the same words."He isn't dead. My Ethan isn't dead. You're all lying to me."Noah approached her slowly, his eyes red and empty of warmth. All that remained in them was disappointment and resentment."Why?" he asked, each word deliberate. "Why have you spent our entire lives accusing Ethan of trying to hurt me? Why did you keep finding new ways to torture him?"I've told you a thousand times that it was my fault. You
The Flower Room Chapter 5
With the lock finally released, Dad drove his foot into the heavy steel door. It flew open.A cloud of pollen and a sickening metallic smell swept into the hallway.Flowers lay piled in tangled heaps across the room. Petals soaked with my blood had darkened and stuck together.I lay motionless in the middle of them.My body had long since gone cold.My face was the worst of it. The rats had damaged it so badly that my features were barely recognizable. My throat and neck were grotesquely swollen.Three gray rats were still feeding. The faint sound of their gnawing made everyone's skin crawl.Mrs. Dawson took one look and crouched on the floor, covering her mouth as she wept and retched.The officers' faces turned grim. One immediately called for backup over his radio. Soon the house was being secured as a crime scene.Dad pushed through everyone and stumbled into the room.He dropped beside me and began pressing down on my chest, again and again, trying to bring me back."Et
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