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The river was the same as always, its water rushing past.Mom walked to the spot where I'd gone into the water, crouched down, and put her hand in.She said softly, "Amanda, Mom got justice for you."The words had barely left her mouth when a camera shutter clicked in the bushes behind her.Three reporters charged out with cameras raised and shoved microphones almost into her face."Mrs. Weber! Did you just admit to tricking Katie into a confession?""Your daughter Katie's lawyer says you obtained evidence illegally. How do you explain that?""Mr. Weber, there are reports that you saw your older daughter climb up onto the bank and did nothing to save her. Is that true?"The cameras' red lights were on, and comments scrolled frantically across the livestream.[So she really set it up? That's chilling when you think about it.][Weren't they acting like such loving parents before? I want to throw up.][Both their daughters are ruined because of them. People like that don't dese
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"After Amanda died, we donated most of the money. But at the end of the day, you're still our daughter, so we set aside a trust fund to pay for your treatment," Mom said. Katie agreed to meet without a second thought.The next afternoon, Mom arrived at the café first.Katie showed up in a new dress. She pushed open the glass door, walked straight over, and sat down across from Mom.Mom took a few documents out of her bag and slid them over."These are the terms of the trust fund. Take a look."Katie took them and flipped through quickly, then signed her name without the slightest hesitation.When she was done, she pushed the documents back, smug. "Mom, you really didn't have to do this. I knew you'd regret it. After all, Amanda's dead. If anything happened to me too, you really wouldn't have a daughter left."Mom said nothing. She just looked at her.Katie rattled on. "Did you see that video going around the bodyguards? A bunch of times she tried to climb out, and they kicked
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Mom ignored her.Aunt Helen's voice rang out again, louder this time. "If you ask me, going early was a mercy. Just look at Mike and Jennie. Look how much they've aged in the past six months..."Before she'd even finished, Dad spun around.He crossed the distance in two strides and grabbed her by the collar, his eyes bloodshot. "Say one more word about my daughter. Go on, I dare you."Everyone around them froze.Aunt Helen was terrified. "M-Mike, I was just talking..."Dad's voice tore out of him. "Just talking? My daughter is lying right there, and you're standing here just talking?"He raised his fist, but then lowered it without striking her and released her collar.Aunt Helen stumbled back a few steps, and someone caught her.Mom turned and walked to my memorial portrait. She wiped the raindrops off the frame with her sleeve.Then she lifted her head and looked at the relatives."My daughter, Amanda Weber, was smart and kind. She was the greatest pride of my life."The
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Katie sounded almost giddy. "Mom, don't you and Dad love me the most? Amanda's dead, and she can fix my heart condition. Isn't that a happy ending for everybody?"My mom stood there with her mouth open, staring at the phone in her hand. Her eyes were full of disbelief, as if her own daughter were a stranger.The call ended.Mom looked at the cut photo on the table.In it, all that remained of six-year-old me was a shoulder and one arm at the edge of the picture.She opened her mouth as if to say something, but no sound came out.Slowly, very slowly, she sank into a crouch beside the box of my belongings. She wrapped her arms around herself, and her shoulders began to shake violently.Mom had locked herself in her room for a whole day. No matter how many times Katie called, she refused to answer.That lasted until Dad came home with the dashcam footage from that day and a metal tin he'd found in the car.At 7:56 that night, after they'd finished dinner at a restaurant, their ca
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That was where the writing stopped. There was nothing after it.Mom went through the cards one by one, very slowly.In the silent room, her breathing grew heavier and heavier.Then she noticed another notebook pressed flat at the very bottom of the box.It was thin, with a kraft-paper cover.She opened it to the first page. It was in my handwriting.[September 3. Today Katie told her classmates, "My sister's a mute. Don't talk to her." I asked her why she'd said that. She laughed and said, "I was just kidding. Why are you taking it so seriously?"][September 10. Katie swapped her medicine for vitamins. When I found out, I asked her about it, and she said, "You little cripple, my business is none of yours. If you like them so much, you take them. Wouldn't want them going to waste."][October 5. Katie showed Mom my diary and said I'd been badmouthing Mom behind her back. Mom got really angry and yelled at me. Katie stood next to her and said, "Maybe Amanda's just in a bad mood."]
They Loved Her More Chapter 6
The first thing was a farewell note.[If I die, please give my heart to Katie. I took sixteen years that were hers. I'm sorry.]The ink on the medical certificate had bled a little from the water, but the heading was still clear.[Certificate of Diagnosis][Patient Name: Amanda Weber][Diagnosis: Long-term effects of smoke inhalation injury; permanent vocal cord damage][Clinical Opinion: Unable to speak normally]Below were the doctor's signature and a date from three months earlier.Dad's finger stopped on the words "Unable to speak normally" and stayed there for a long time.Then his hand began to shake, so hard that the paper rustled.He stared at it. "Impossible... She... she could talk..."I walked up to him and gave a soft sigh. 'Dad, after the fire, I couldn't speak anymore. You all thought I was just sulking and refusing to call you Mom and Dad.'Dad looked up at my body on the table, then down at the certificate.His lips moved, but no sound came out.The paper
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