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Chapter 3

Author: Bright Lights
“I thought something serious had happened. She was just stabbing a stuffed doll with scissors.”

I stared at him in disbelief.

“What do you mean, just stabbing a stuffed doll? Doesn't that prove how much aggression she's holding inside?

“Right now it's a doll. Next time, it could be us!”

Ethan rubbed his forehead, then took my hand and tried to calm me down.

“Claire, Mom already said it. Hannah's the kind of girl who can't even bring herself to step on an ant. How could she possibly murder her whole family?

“You're reading too much into it. She's probably just under a lot of stress because of the exam and needed some way to let it out.”

Just stress from the college entrance exam?

I thought about it.

Maybe it really was possible that the pressure had pushed Hannah over the edge in my previous life.

So first thing the next morning, I called her school and told them she'd be absent.

Then I took the whole family to an amusement park.

When Hannah was younger, she'd loved it whenever I took her there.

But as she got older and school became more demanding, she'd had less and less time to just have fun.

Maybe one full day of relaxing and enjoying herself really could ease some of that pressure.

Maybe it could even change what happened to our family.

With that hope in mind, I spent the entire day enthusiastically dragging Hannah from ride to ride, determined to make sure she enjoyed herself.

And she really did seem happy.

Her smile was bright and completely unguarded.

Margaret busied herself taking pictures of Hannah and our son, Noah, while they played.

Ethan leaned toward me and lowered his voice.

“See? I told you Hannah was just stressed about the exam. Look how happy she is now.”

I nodded.

Watching Hannah laugh so freely, I finally felt some of the tension in my chest ease.

Then, in the very next second, my eyes widened in horror.

Hannah and Noah were sitting together on a roller coaster.

And just before the ride started, I saw Hannah unfasten Noah's safety restraint.

That roller coaster went completely upside down.

Without the restraint, Noah would fall from the ride.

The operator was already reaching for the controls.

My voice cracked as I screamed,

“Wait!”

The operator stopped and turned toward me.

I didn't even think.

I rushed over and pulled both Hannah and Noah out of the ride area.

Ethan and Margaret followed, completely confused.

Only when we reached an open space and I finally stopped did they ask,

“What happened? Why wouldn't you let Hannah and Noah keep riding?”

I pointed at Hannah.

“Ask her!”

Hannah looked up at me innocently.

“Mom, I don't know what you mean.”

“Claire, what are you doing?”

Margaret clearly didn't like the way I was pointing at Hannah.

She stepped in front of her protectively and frowned at me.

Even Ethan looked unhappy with the way I was treating our daughter.

Seeing the entire family instinctively defend Hannah made me feel both desperate and powerless.

“Hannah unfastened Noah's safety restraint on the roller coaster!”

I'd thought that would finally make Ethan and Margaret understand how serious this was.

Instead, they stared at me in disbelief.

“Hannah would never do something like that. Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?

“Maybe one of the employees forgot to secure Noah properly.”

Noah immediately nodded too.

“Yeah. It wasn't Hannah's fault.”

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