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Using My Life to Pass a Loyalty Test Chapter 10
A year later, Dad sold his shares in the company.After the so-called gratitude test was exposed, business partners began terminating their contracts one after another. The people involved in harassing and secretly filming me faced legal penalties, and the company that ran the test was shut down.People said the Vossmeres had finally gotten what they deserved. But I knew losing their fortune wasn't their real punishment.Mom's punishment was waking up every morning and remembering how I'd smiled at her and said, "Okay," shortly before I died.She restored my bedroom to the way it had been before I left home. It was no longer the pink, princess-themed room she'd decorated for my return.She repainted the walls pale gray and filled the bookshelf with the study guides I'd used while preparing for college entrance exams. She even painstakingly pieced together the acceptance letter I'd torn up and mounted it in a glass frame.Then she asked someone to contact the university that had a
Using My Life to Pass a Loyalty Test Chapter 9
My funeral was scheduled for seven days later.Mom turned down the lavish arrangements Dad had planned. She said I'd never liked spending money when I was alive, so I wouldn't have wanted an extravagant funeral full of empty gestures.But the truth was, she didn't know what I liked anymore.She chose white roses for my funeral. I'd always loved sunflowers.She placed a stuffed rabbit beside my portrait, even though I'd stopped sleeping with stuffed animals years ago, when I turned 18.She ordered the strawberry cake I'd loved as a little girl, never knowing that over the past four years, I'd stopped being able to tolerate its rich cream.At last, Mom was willing to give me the very best of everything. The trouble was, everything she'd chosen was meant for the Celine Vossmere I'd been before I turned 18.She'd never bothered to get to know the person I'd become during those four years.Before the funeral began, Marissa arrived carrying a cardboard box. Inside were all the belong
Using My Life to Pass a Loyalty Test Chapter 8
Dad had hoped to keep my death quiet, but word got out anyway.When my coworkers from the cold storage warehouse heard what happened, several of them came to the hospital.The supervisor, Marissa Whitlock, marched up to Dad and slammed a metal lunchbox down in front of him. "Celine left this behind."There wasn't any food inside. Just a stack of IOUs and several employee ID badges stained with blood.Marissa told them how, when I first started at the warehouse, I was barely strong enough to lift a single box of frozen meat.But I needed the extra 200-dollar attendance bonus, so I dragged myself to work even with a fever of 104 degrees Fahrenheit.Once, a machine malfunctioned and left me trapped inside the freezer for half an hour. By the time they got me out, my hair and eyebrows were coated in frost, and my fingers were completely numb.My coworkers urged me to go to the hospital. Instead, I crouched on the floor and asked whether those 30 minutes would count against my attend
Using My Life to Pass a Loyalty Test Chapter 7
My body was kept at the hospital for the time being, but Mom refused to leave. She spent the entire night staring at me through the glass, asking nurses over and over whether it was cold in the morgue.One of them gently explained that the dead couldn't feel the cold. That only made her cry harder.She remembered how I'd spent four years working in a cold storage warehouse, where the temperature was always kept at 0°F.Whenever she checked the surveillance footage, all she'd cared about was whether I'd shown up for my shifts on time. Not once had she wondered if I was cold.The next morning, Dad ordered the man in charge of the test to bring every record they had to the hospital.Six cardboard boxes filled the hallway. Inside were four years' worth of surveillance reports, secretly recorded videos, ed encounters with creditors, and scores for every decision I'd made.During the first year, Mom had wanted to find out whether I would stay behind to look after Cedric. So when the cr
Using My Life to Pass a Loyalty Test Chapter 6
The doctor placed my medical records in front of Mom and Dad. It was a thick stack of paperwork, with the earliest available report dating back three years.That winter, I'd collapsed at the cold storage warehouse. My coworkers rushed me to the hospital, where tests showed that my heart was already significantly enlarged.The doctor wanted to have me admitted, but I spent the entire night sitting outside the billing office. By morning, I'd decided to leave.The payment for Cedric's competition prep course was due that month, and the fee was the same as the deposit I needed for my hospital stay.The next report was from the summer two years ago. I'd been running errands for a patient's family when I collapsed on the hospital stairs. A nurse on duty recognized me and called for help.The doctor asked where my family was. I told him both my parents were dead.He warned me that I couldn't afford to put off treatment any longer. I begged him to prescribe whatever was cheapest.Even t
Using My Life to Pass a Loyalty Test Chapter 5
Mom looked down sharply. Only then did she realize that the daughter she'd finally welcomed home was already cold to the touch.She clutched me to her chest, trembling uncontrollably. "Celine, sweetheart, open your eyes. Please. Mommy's home now. You've been waiting for me all these years, haven't you? Come on, baby. Look at me."She rubbed my hands desperately between her own, trying to bring some warmth back into those icy fingers. But no matter how many times she called my name, I didn't respond.Dad burst into the bedroom and pulled me from her arms. "Call an ambulance! Get our family doctor here, now!"Mom stumbled after him, so frantic she lost a shoe on the way down the stairs.The birthday candles were still burning. The guests were gathered in the living room, their smiles still on their faces.But as Dad came down carrying my limp body, the room fell silent.The creditor who'd praised my devotion earlier stepped aside and muttered, "Wait, is this another part of the te
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