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Chapter 1

"Erin, you have no idea how athletic Damon is! And he's gorgeous!"He's six-one, with perfect features, broad shoulders, and a narrow waist!"He's the younger son of the family that owns Titan Group. Rich and handsome. I really, really like him!"But when we said goodbye, he told me he likes women who are all bone. He said I shouldn't come find him until I got down to seventy-seven pounds."What am I supposed to do?"Sienna told me all about meeting her online boyfriend and the problem she'd run into in one breath, exactly the way she had in my previous life.I sniffed. The suffocating feeling of her pressing a pillow over my mouth and nose still hadn't completely faded.In my previous life, I'd pleaded with her until I was blue in the face. I told her that at seventy-seven pounds, her BMI would be 12.55, far below the healthy range.I listed case after case of people who'd died of anorexia.I told her Damon Whitaker was a liar, and that telling her to get down to seventy-seve

Chapter 2

Her weight got stuck at ninety-nine pounds and didn't budge for three whole days.She went berserk in her room, slamming the digital scale around."Why isn't it going down? Why?"Mom was so worked up she smacked the apple I was peeling right out of my hand. "Eat, eat, eat, that's all you know how to do! Look at the state your sister's in, and you can't even help her think of something. What kind of older sister are you?"I clutched the finger the paring knife had nicked. Blood dripped out between my fingers, drop by drop.Mom acted like she didn't see it.My whole life, my parents had guilt-tripped me with the same line: I was the older sister, so I had to act like one.To them, acting like an older sister meant I suffered in Sienna's place, and every good thing went to her first."What do you want me to do?" I shot back coldly. "Lose the weight for her? Or talk her into giving up?"That only set Mom off more. "What kind of nonsense is that? How could she give up? Don't you wa

Chapter 3

Sienna finally got down to seventy-seven pounds.Dad was over the moon.He threw a celebration dinner at home and invited every aunt, uncle, and cousin he could think of.Among the guests was Owen Clarke, a big-time shrimp farmer from our hometown who walked with a limp.Dad quietly told me, "Mr. Clarke's family is loaded."His right leg's a little lame, that's all."But who cares about a limp? As long as the family has money, right?"You're not like your sister. You don't have the looks to be picky! Just aim for a comfortable life and be done with it!"I was so angry I laughed. In Dad's eyes, even a man with a limp was out of my league!"What if I say no?""Don't be ridiculous! You're lucky he's even willing!"While Dad and I were locked in a standoff, Sienna came out of her bedroom in flawless makeup, and the relatives' chatter stopped dead.One aunt's eyes went wide, a handful of nuts frozen halfway to her mouth.Another aunt covered her mouth and nearly cried out.Sie

Chapter 4

Sienna threw her arms wide and flung herself at him."Honey! I'm seventy-seven pounds!"Damon went rigid. Disgust flashed through his eyes."S-Sienna?" he stammered."You... you're amazing. I'm speechless."But something urgent came up at the company. I have to go abroad on business for a month!"I have to leave right now, or I'll miss my flight!"Wait for me to come back!"The instant the elevator doors slid shut, I caught the look in his eyes: pure relief, like a man who'd just escaped with his life.Sienna whipped around, a little dazed.I thought she'd finally gotten it. Instead, she said, "Erin, do you think he was moved?"The way he looked at me was pure shock."He never expected me to be this hard on myself for him, right?"But why didn't he take me with him?"I curled my lips. "Yeah, why didn't he?""Maybe he thinks seventy-seven pounds still looks a little fleshy? Those supermodels are all skin and bones, after all!" Sienna said thoughtfully.I didn't deny it.

Chapter 5

The moment she unfolded the letter, her face went white, and she dropped to the ground.She stared at the words on the page and didn't make a sound.The crowd, who loved nothing more than a spectacle, started egging her on."Read it out loud! Is it the rich boy's marriage proposal?""Don't be shy, gorgeous! Let us share the good luck!"Someone was livestreaming on their phone."Hey, everybody, this is the girl who starved herself down to fifty-seven pounds for love! Look how emotional she is!"Sienna sat on the ground, completely lost. Then she suddenly tried to stuff the letter into her mouth.I hurried over to "rescue" her.I slid the crumpled letter out of her hand, gently but firmly."I'm her sister. I'll read it for her."Sienna scrambled up and lunged to grab it, but I dodged her."Sienna, I never liked you. I told you to get down to seventy-seven pounds purely so you'd take the hint and back off."And you actually took it seriously!"Bursting with righteous anger,

Chapter 6

"It's you! This is all your fault!"Dad sprayed spit all over my face, his eyes bloodshot."You knew Damon was lying to her, and you still egged her on to lose weight!"Now she's lying in there, and you're paying for every last bit of it!""What does that have to do with me? Where would I get that kind of money?"Mom wiped her tears, but her mind was still working."Go ask Owen for it. He's got money."I looked at them coldly and pried Dad's fingers off me one by one."Dad, you can't put it that way."Sienna's an adult. Losing weight was her own choice, and she has to take responsibility for what she does."Besides, weren't you two all for it in the first place?"Looking at Dad's face, twisted with rage, I let a mocking smile curl my lips."You always said any suffering was worth it to marry into money."Now there's just a little more suffering than you expected, and you can't take it?""I don't care! You caused this mess, so you're finding the money!"Hand over all your

Chapter 7

Sienna's body had suffered serious damage, especially her stomach and intestines, which had shrunk from going so long without food.The doctor said her follow-up treatment, nutritional support, and rehab would cost a lot, and told my parents to brace themselves.But they'd already spent all their savings on Sienna's wedding fund.The hospital gave them an ultimatum: if they didn't pay soon, they'd stop her medication.Mom video-called me for help.On the screen, Sienna was barely recognizable.Her eyes had sunk into two black holes, her cheekbones jutted out, and her lips were dry, cracked, and peeling.When she saw me, a venomous light suddenly blazed in her dull eyes, and she struggled to sit up."It's you... You did this to me..."You knew... Damon was a liar... and you still pushed me to lose weight..."She was gasping for air."You're jealous of me... jealous that Mom and Dad love me... jealous that I'm prettier than you... You wanted to ruin me!"Mom had meant for her

Chapter 8

I wrote a long post titled "The Truth About the Skeleton Bride: A Sister's Confession in Blood and Tears" and put it online along with the chain of evidence I'd prepared long ago.As it happened, today was the day that, in my previous life, Damon had made a big public announcement of his engagement, and Sienna had smothered me to death.This time around, I'd be the one with a surprise for them.There was no way I was letting a scumbag like Damon off the hook.I posted all of his chats with Sienna online.I circled his disgusting messages pushing her to lose weight in bright red so no one could miss them."Honestly, I'm into that fragile, sickly look. The thinner the better. Ideally, I'd be able to see bone.""Look at those models overseas. Now that's art."I also posted the letter he'd written her, along with the sexually suggestive messages and videos he'd sent her before.The evidence was undeniable, and the internet was in an uproar.The same people who'd been laughing at

Chapter 9

When the relatives saw Sienna, shriveled like a mummy, they all blamed my parents for not taking care of their daughter.Something that serious had happened to Sienna, and her own parents hadn't even known.The aunts and uncles who'd come to the dinner celebrating Sienna hitting seventy-seven pounds were the loudest."You should've stopped her at seventy-seven pounds, and you let her keep going?"My parents answered almost in unison. "Only Erin knew Sienna was still losing weight."But as the older sister, not only did she not stop her, she helped her hide it. She didn't act like a big sister at all."It was the same old line, again.But this time, I wasn't taking it.I pulled up the records of Mom's transfers to Sienna and showed the relatives."Sienna ended up like this because Mom and Dad spoiled her. If they hadn't casually wired her thirty thousand dollars, how could she have afforded to rent a place in Harbor City and starve herself?"They didn't care about her health.

Chapter 10

He said he wanted to take me to meet someone.He brought me to his family's shrimp farm.We walked past the shrimp sheds into a small courtyard.It was full of flowers and plants, pretty as a painting.A beautiful young woman was trimming some branches. When she saw us come in, she quickly got up to greet us.She looked so familiar, but I couldn't remember her name.She tried to gesture something to me, her face flushing red with the effort.Owen quickly stepped in. "This is Mia, my little sister."It all came back to me at once. She'd been my desk mate in elementary school. But why couldn't she talk?Owen told me that when Mia was in fourth grade, a few local thugs had attacked her.Afraid it would come out, they cut out her tongue and dumped her in an abandoned brick kiln.By the time he found her, she was barely alive.He reported it to the police, but the town mayor, who ran everything, blocked the case, and it went nowhere.He went after the thugs to get revenge for h

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