Chapter 11

The robot was something I'd bought for my tenth birthday for myself. I'd saved up for three months just to buy it. But the moment I brought it home, Matt snatched it from me and played with it instead.He played with it for two weeks before getting bored with it and throwing it into the trash. I picked it up, cleaned it, and hid it under my pillow, playing with it for the next six years.Now, Carrie held the robot in her arms wherever she went. Sometimes, she would crouch before my old room and speak to herself."Do you want some cantaloupe, Archie? I'll go and buy some for you, alright? "I was wrong, Archie. I'm sorry. I won't let you take my punishments anymore. Won't you please come back?"Sometimes, she would get up in the middle of the night, rush out to the 24-hour supermarket, and beg the staff to cut up a whole fresh cantaloupe for her. She'd then bring it home and pound heavily on my door, crying and yelling at me to come out and eat it.The neighbors eventually agreed

Chapter 12

Matt had to wake up every morning at 6:00 am and work until 8:00 pm, but he only earned about 100 dollars a day. The sun was scorchingly hot during the summer, and it made Matt so sunburned that his skin peeled off in large chunks. His back was also covered in welts. It hurt so badly that he could barely go to sleep at night.His hands were covered in blisters, and they would burst inside his gloves, making his skin stick painfully to the fabric. When he took off his gloves at the end of the day, his skin and flesh would be peeled off as well, causing him excruciating pain.And yet, the foremen yelled at him and scolded him almost every day, accusing him of being slow and lazy and even deducting his daily wages regularly.In the past, Matt never needed to even lift a finger at home. He could just come home after school and lie in bed as he gamed on his phone. Mom would be the one bringing meals to him on a tray at times.But now, he had to climb dozens of flights of stairs with d

Chapter 13

Mom also cried. She kept slapping herself until her lips split and she began bleeding from the corners of her mouth."I was a monster, Archie! I was out of my mind! I never should have taken it out on you. I never should have hit you. I never should have tied you up…"If you hate me now, won't you just come and haunt me in my dreams? You can punish me however you like… Please don't just ignore me like this… I can't take it…"Mom and Dad continued talking to themselves in their cell, slapping and hitting themselves until their faces were swollen and bloody. The prison guard saw their pitiful state and sighed before telling them to pull themselves together.I floated outside the glass window, staring at their sorry sight. Suddenly, the resentment I'd held toward them for more than a decade just dissipated like that.I suddenly stopped hating them now that I saw them living in perpetual remorse and burdened for life with the guilt of killing their own son.They'd already received th

All Chapters of Locked In While My Siblings Chase Freedom: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13