All Chapters of Life Stolen By My Twin Brother: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I looked down. My body was still on the ground. There was a pool of blood under my head. I had long stopped breathing. I was dead.My spirit passed through the cellar door and drifted toward the house.The house was brightly lit.My parents, Daniel, and Priscilla were all gathered around the table.My mom was forcing the acceptance letter stamped with 'Staghorn College' into Daniel's hands."Daniel, from today on, you will become Caleb. Take this and go to Staghorn City with Priscilla."Daniel didn't take it. He backed away with tears in his eyes."Mom, Caleb is still locked in the cellar. He's always been weak."Let Caleb go to college instead. I promise I won't go out on the first day of college. I won't die."Tears streamed down Mom's face."You can stay in for one day, but can you do that for the rest of your life?"My dad clutched his hair and sighed."We've tried. Caleb tutored you for so long. You understand everything normally, but you still failed the SAT."And Ca

"Caleb, I know you feel wronged, but I really have no choice."Please don't refuse to eat. No matter how upset you are, you have to take care of your body," Mom said.She pressed her ear to the door and listened for a long time. Inside, there was only silence.Panic crept into her weeping voice."Caleb? Can you answer me?"Once your brother leaves, I'll let you out right away. I'll make you meatballs."There was still no sound.She stood up, wiped the corner of her eyes, and sighed."You're a stubborn child."She left.I floated in front of her.'Mom, I'm not being stubborn. I'm dead.'As she walked back inside, she wiped the corner of her eyes again.I drifted outside the window and heard my parents talking softly."Is he asleep?" Dad asked."Yeah. He ignored me," Mom said helplessly.Dad sighed. "I hope he doesn't starve."Tears slipped down my face.In the cellar, my body was beginning to stiffen.Early next morning, Daniel got up to cook.He thought about going

Mom's scream broke the silence of the peaceful morning.I floated in midair and watched her stagger backward. Her legs gave out as she collapsed onto the ground.Her hands trembled violently while she pointed at the cellar. Her mouth was open, but she couldn't make a sound.Dad was the first to run over.He ran to the cellar and looked inside. He then froze as if struck by lightning.His legs buckled. He dropped to his knees with a thud with both hands clamped over his mouth."Caleb!"Daniel's footsteps came from the living room. Priscilla was right behind him.I floated over to the cellar entrance and waved my hands frantically."Daniel, don't come! Please don't look!"He couldn't see me.He pushed straight through me and ran to the cellar entrance. The moment he looked down, his world came crashing down."Caleb?"His voice was soft. It sounded like he was trying to confirm what he saw.Inside the cellar, my body was facing one side. The blood at the back of my head had

"Caleb, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have locked you in there. I shouldn't have taken your acceptance letter. I shouldn't have let your brother take your place."With every sentence, he slapped himself.Once on the left, then once on the right. He did it over and over again.His face swelled, and blood trickled down the corners of his mouth, but he kept going.Daniel grabbed his hand. "That's enough."Dad dropped to his knees and knocked his forehead against the ground."Caleb, I'm begging you to forgive me."I floated in front of him and looked at his graying hair.He was only in his forties. When had so much of his hair turned gray?Apparently, it happened over the past few days.On the day of the burial, many folks in the town came.They all heard about the kid who died in the Luther family. They were all here for the drama.Some sighed, some wiped tears away, and others whispered to each other."I heard he was locked in the cellar. He fell and died there.""Why was he locke

Priscilla didn't fare any better.After I died, she locked away everything related to me in a box. She didn't dare look at it. She didn't even dare touch it.But every night, she dreamed of me.In her dreams, I was still a child. I ran after her and called out, "Priscilla, wait for me!"She would stop and wait, but I would suddenly disappear.She would hear a voice from underground."Priscilla, it hurts."Every time, she woke up drenched in cold sweat after hearing this. She wouldn't be able to fall asleep again.She put away everything I had ever given her. The only thing she left behind was a pen.I had bought it with the prize money from that competition in ninth grade."Priscilla, use this pen for your SAT test. You'll definitely pass and get into college."She held that pen and cried like a child.Years went by, but this family remained frozen on the day I died.Mom's hallucinations grew worse.She kept hearing me crying out in the cellar. My voice was soft and weak.