Semua Bab After I Died, My Mother Finally Believed Me: Bab 1 - Bab 10

“It hurts…”I curled up on the floor, my body trembling uncontrollably.The pain in my chest didn’t ease.Instead, it felt like a rope tightening around my heart, pulling tighter and tighter.I don’t know how long I lay there before I suddenly heard the sound of a key turning in the lock.A flicker of hope sparked in my eyes.Mom was back.She worked at a clinic in Rome and had seen countless patients over the years.She must have realized something was wrong with me and rushed back specifically to save me.“Why are you still lying there?”Mom glanced at the clock on the wall, and her brows immediately knitted together.“The Christmas gala is about to start. Sophie has been waiting forever.”“Mom…”I called out weakly, reaching one trembling hand toward the doorway.“Mom, please help me…”“I really can’t breathe.”She didn’t answer.Her eyes remained fixed on the red light around my wrist.Slowly, her expression turned cold.“Julia, do you really think everyone should revolve around yo

Late at night, a gray mouse crawled out from the corner of the kitchen.It followed the wall and made its way into my room, finally stopping beside my desk.I used to be terrified of creatures like this.Whenever I saw a mouse, I would scream and hide in Mom’s arms.But now, I could only float beneath the ceiling, helplessly watching it crawl closer to my body.“Don’t touch me…”I tried to scare it away, but my voice couldn’t reach the living world.The mouse gnawed at my toes, and dark purple blood slowly seeped out.But I could no longer feel any pain.Maybe this was better.At least, I no longer had to endure that suffering.I lowered my head and looked at my own body, whispering softly to myself,“Don’t be afraid, Julia.”“It doesn’t hurt anymore. It will all be over soon.”The next morning, sunlight pierced through the thin winter fog of Florence and spilled into the room.But when that light fell upon my body, it still carried no warmth.The sound of dishes clinking came from dow

The neige police.She had been frightened by Mom’s screams.When she saw what had happened inside the room, she collapsed at the doorway, her face turning deathly pale.Not long after, the sound of sirens echoed throughout the entire building.The police arrived.The forensic examiner arrived as well.A police cordon was quickly set up, sealing off my room.I floated in the air, watching them come in and out.Camera flashes kept going off, illuminating my cold, blackened body.Mom was taken to the living room by a female officer and forced to sit on the sofa.She was still trying to explain herself.“Officer, she was pretending to be sick.”“She had always been lazy since she was little. The bracelet was always showing red. The machine couldn’t be wrong.”“I only wanted to educate her. Everything I did was for her own good.”No one responded to her.Everyone looked at her as if they were staring at a complete stranger.As if they were looking at something terrifying.When the forensic

To confirm the details of the abuse and secure the evidence,the police opened the diary that had been classified as a “key piece of evidence” in front of Mom and Dad.The notebook I had used for ten years.The notebook filled with humiliation, pain, and tears.The female officer’s voice was soft.But every word cut deeper than a knife.“February 14th. Sunny.”“Mom put peanuts on my plate. I’m allergic to peanuts. If I eat them, my throat will swell and I won’t be able to breathe.”“I told her I didn’t want to eat them. I said I felt sick. Because I was afraid Mom would get angry, my heart started beating so fast, and the red light came on.”“Mom said I was being picky and accused me of lying. She forced me to finish the entire plate.”“That night, I vomited blood. My throat felt like it was burning.”“Mom saw it and said I had secretly drunk tomato juice to pretend I was sick.”“She turned the bracelet’s alarm volume to the highest level and let the piercing sound ring beside my ears

Mom was eventually sent to a psychiatric hospital.Because she had been seriously harming herself for a long time, and had even nearly strangled herself to death at home.Everyone believed she was no longer capable of living alone.So the community intervened and forced her to be admitted.After that, she became the most unusual patient in the entire ward.No one knew where she found it.But she made a red plastic ring and wrapped it around her neck.It was something she had created by imitating the self-discipline bracelet.The first time a nurse tried to remove it, she suddenly went insane.She bit down on the nurse’s hand and refused to let go until blood was pouring out.“Don’t touch it!”“The red light is still watching me!”“Julia will get angry. You can’t take it off!”After that, no one dared to casually approach the plastic ring around her neck.She developed a terrifying conditioned reaction to the words “bracelet.”Whenever a nurse simply asked,“Maria, have you eaten today?