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When the Example Died Chapter 9
The day of my funeral, it was pouring in Lovelle.When the emergency rescue team sent over my belongings, all that was left was my notebook that was soaked in rainwater.It was my diary.Dad hobbled and almost crawled to my tombstone.Charlie rushed back home from abroad, looking disheveled.Mom collapsed on the wet, muddy ground, hugging my dairy tightly in her arms.Dad flipped to the first page with trembling hands.I had written that entry when I was eight.[Today, Charlie broke the vase. Mom was furious.[I claimed that I broke it, and Mom caned me three times. Charlie was so frightened, he promised he would never break anything ever again. That’s great. Charlie learned his lesson. It didn’t hurt for me.]Dad flipped another page and it was an entry I wrote when I was ten.[Today, Charlie snuck out to the river. When Mom pushed my head into the water, it felt so cold and my nose was filled with sand.[But when I saw Charlie crying so hard on the bank, I’m sure he would
When the Example Died Chapter 8
Dad moved out of town and started working for an old brick factory. In his first month, his leg was crushed by a falling brick. He managed to survive after emergency treatment at the hospital, but became crippled from the incident.He was subsequently driven out of this ward when he ran out of money to foot his hospital bill. Left with nowhere to go, he hobbled back to the dilapidated hut at the entrance of the village.Every night, his heart-wrenching cries could be heard from the hut. Neighbours who walked past could always hear him yelling to himself. “Charles… I was wrong! I should have pulled you into the emergency vehicle that day…”But no one responded to him.Charlie had his just desserts, too.As I was always the one facing the consequences of his mistakes since we were young, he never knew what it meant to follow rules or to bear responsibility.After going overseas, he got into a fight with someone in a cyber cafe, during which he grabbed a chair and smashed someon
When the Example Died Chapter 7
Charlie pulled his luggage case straight out of the door.Dad quickly chased after him.He managed to catch up to Charlie at an alley. Pulling out a crumpled wad of cash, he stuffed it in Charlie’s hands and said, “Charlie! Be good and come home with me!”Dad’s eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was shaking.“Your brother is gone. I can’t afford to lose you as well… You feel terrible, but I feel equally bad! I had wanted to save Charles, but you know your mother’s temper…”Charlie looked down at the money in his hands. He looked up and flung them away.“Who are you putting on an act for?” Charlie stared at Dad and sneered.“Where were you when Mom pressed Charles’ head into the river? Where were you when Mom forced Charles to eat uncooked rice till his mouth was filled with blood?“That day in the evacuation vehicle, even Mustard had a seat. Charles had to stand in the storm. Where in the world were you at that time?”Dad’s face was ashen, his lips quivering. “I… I voiced ou
When the Example Died Chapter 6
Mom was held down by two policemen in the station.She struggled against their hold while yelling at the top of her lungs.“I wasn’t trying to harm him! I was just following the age-old rule of our town! Do you know what it means to make an example of someone? I was trying to discipline my younger son! I wasn’t trying to kill my eldest!”One of the policemen was so furious he smacked the table hard.“Discipline? I’ve never seen a mother like you! It was a super hurricane! You left him behind in a danger zone and refused to sign your consent for his operation in the hospital! You’re not disciplining anyone, you’re murdering him with your own hands!”Everyone around Mom was pointing fingers at her and criticizing her actions.Mom’s face flushed bright red. She raised her voice and tried to speak up for herself. “I’m his mother! Why would I harm him?”Just then, a young policeman rushed in with an evidence bag containing a phone.“Chief! We managed to restore the data in the vic
When the Example Died Chapter 5
Mom was still holding onto that wet piece of reflection Charlie wrote.She stood stunned for two seconds before chuckling.“What? You’re in cahoots with that brat to fool me, aren’t you? He’s always been great at putting up an act.”She made a move toward the emergency room, yelling, “Charles Sheppard! Get up right now! Quit acting dead! If you don’t get up right now, I won’t be getting even one pair of sports shoes for you!”There was only dead silence in the emergency room.No one answered her.A nurse pushed the operating table out where I was lying on with a white cloth over me.Mom rushed over and pulled the cloth away.I laid quietly on the table, my face as white as a ghost and my lips purple. My hair was still stuck on my forehead, wet and still dripping with cold rainwater.Mom reached a trembling hand out and put it under my nose.She didn’t feel my breath.Not one bit.Mom retracted her hand at once as though she had scalded it.“Charles?” She pushed my should
When the Example Died Chapter 4
A volunteer pulled me onto a rescue boat and did three rounds of CPR on me before I spat out water and my heart started beating weakly again.When I was sent to the hospital where a doctor from the emergency room attended to me, the look on his face changed at the sight of my condition.“Drowning and prolonged suffocation. His lungs are filled with water! Prepare for intubation and inform the operating room!”He then yelled at the door, “Where is his family? Get his next-of-kin here to sign their name!”Footsteps sounded down the corridor.Mom walked over unhurriedly. “Who asked you to rescue him?”Everyone looked at her, aghast.“He’s not dead yet. I bet he’s just pretending. He’s been great at that ever since he was young.”One of the nurses was first to respond. She barked, “What are you talking about? A minute later and he’d be dead! Hurry up and sign your consent for the operation right now! Any further delay, and he’ll be dead!”Mom ignored her. She turned around and loo
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