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The Gift that Killed Me Chapter 7
I was so thrilled I spent the next few minutes drifting through walls just because I could.By the time I settled down, the classmates had recorded their apologies and gone, and my mother had made every one of them delete the pictures off their phones.That night she sat down at the computer with a strange smile on her face."Sweetheart, I'm not letting them off that easy. Everyone who hurt you is going to pay for it."The longer I stayed a ghost, the more my human feelings and knowledge drained away.I'd been dead five hours and I already couldn't quite follow what she was doing.Over the next few days she came apart.She kept saying my name into empty rooms. At first I wondered if she could see me, and then I understood that her mind was breaking.She wouldn't let anyone bury me. Every day she washed me, dressed me, and read me bedtime stories like I was still here.On the third day, out of nowhere, she cooked a whole table of my favorite food.She seemed to have forgotten
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My mother scrambled over to Jenna on her hands and knees, grabbed her hand, and begged her with her eyes."Sweetheart, you said Lucas didn't cheat, didn't you?"Jenna nodded."That's right. I sat behind him. He did that exam on his own. He didn't cheat."Tyler opened his mouth to argue his way out of it.My mother knocked him to the floor before a word came out.The woman who'd never let a hair fall out of place threw herself on him like an animal, swinging with both hands."You piece of filth. My son never cheated and you lied about it, and you got me to help you break him."I'll kill you. This is on you. If you hadn't led me around by the nose my son would still be alive. I'll kill you and bury you with him."By the time they pulled her off, her eyes were bloodshot.Tyler's face had swollen up. He spat blood and sneered at her."Not my fault you've got no brain."Then he pointed at the pictures still up on the screen."Your son wasn't clean either. Just like his old man.
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My mother opened the door and rolled her eyes."You've got the wrong address. Nobody here called 911, and nobody's having an allergic reaction."The paramedic, a broad-shouldered man whose name tape read Okonkwo, checked his dispatch screen and frowned."Isn't there a Lucas at this address? He called it in himself. Severe ginger allergy."Her face changed."People really are allergic to ginger? My son ate it and he's fine."He's got a cold, that's all. He's on the floor sleeping it off right now."The paramedic stepped inside, caught the concentration of ginger in the air, and his frown deepened."What in God's name. How much of it did you expose him to? At this concentration you could kill somebody with a serious allergy."My mother glanced toward my body and raised her voice to cover herself."I only bought half a ton. I made a little spray out of it. How was I supposed to know it was real?"Floating behind her, I saw a lost look on her face for the first time in my life.
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The noise of the party stopped, and then the whole world went quiet.I was dead, and my spirit was floating up near the ceiling, watching all of it.My mother hauled my body up, impatient, and slapped me twice."Lucas, don't think playing dead is going to get you the medicine. Kids who don't listen don't get medicine."My body didn't answer and didn't move. My face was buried in frosting, so nobody could read it.She reached out to wipe the cake away.Tyler caught her hand and made a show of talking her down."Mrs. Merrick, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have come to Lucas's party and upset him."He's not talking because he's angry. Just give him the medicine."My heart sank. Nothing set my mother off like being told to go easy on me, and after a line like that...Sure enough, she pulled her hand back and jabbed a finger at my face."You're playing dead so I'll panic, aren't you? It's not happening."But Mom, I was already dead. I didn't need the medicine anymore, and I
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I couldn't believe what I was hearing. A mother was ordering her own child onto the floor to apologize to the boy who tormented him.But I had nothing left for anger. The reaction was accelerating.The pain in my gut sharpened, the welts burned and itched, and I couldn't pull in a full breath.I was gasping when I begged her."Give me the injector. I feel so bad..."She still didn't believe the allergy was real. She waved the auto-injector in front of my face and smiled, cold."Still acting? Let's see how long you can keep this up."On your knees. A real man owns what he's done. Get down there and apologize to Tyler and I'll give you the medicine."I knew what this was. Making me apologize to my bully was about breaking something inside me.I was too weak to fight it. She bore down on my shoulders, and I was seconds from kneeling in front of my entire class.Then a gentle voice cut in."Mrs. Merrick, what you're doing is wrong."I turned and saw Jenna Holloway, our class pr
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While my mother cleared the dishes, I hurried into my bedroom for my auto-injector.Because I knew how much she loved obedience tests, I kept my epi pen within reach at all times.Before I could use it, the bedroom door swung open without warning.I shoved the injector behind my back.My mother walked over and touched my cheek."Why is your face so hot?"She noticed my hands behind me and frowned."What are you hiding? Give it to me."I was shaking as I explained. "It's my allergy medication. I've told you I'm allergic to ginger, Mom."She tore the injector out of my hand and shouted."Did I say you could use that?"I scratched at the fresh welts rising along my arm and understood that the reaction was getting worse. I was running out of time.I begged her to give it back.Instead she pulled out a bottle of homemade ginger extract and sprayed it all over me."Ginger burns a cold right out of you. You're just run down."Allergic to ginger? I've sprayed plenty of it on you
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