~ROSE~ It all started on my twenty-first birthday. The day that was supposed to be full of laughter, cake, and peace,turned into the beginning of my nightmare. We didn’t throw a big party it was just me, Mom, and Dad, I never had friends anyway I was always that quiet, fragile girl everyone in school called “weak.” I got used to it, or at least I thought I did. That evening, Mom kept watching me like she was waiting for something to happen. “Are you okay, sweetheart?” she asked again for what felt like the hundredth time. “Yeah, I’m fine, Mom,” I said, forcing a smile “Why do you keep asking?” She exchanged a quick look with Dad. His face was tense, eyes shadowed with something that looked like worry or fear... I didn’t understand why they were acting so strange,i told myself it was love. They were just being protective, right? I was their only child, after all. But later that night, during the little cake-cutting, everything
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