All Chapters of Why Did My Daughter Do That?: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I'd always thought that once Hannah finished the college entrance exam, our whole family would finally be able to relax.Until then, preparing for the test had practically become a family project.Hannah's only job was to study and do her best.The rest of us handled everything else.I worked to support the family.My mother-in-law, Margaret, got up at five every morning to make Hannah a healthy, filling breakfast.My husband, Ethan Clove, drove her to school every single day, rain or shine.Even our son, who was still in elementary school, had been repeatedly warned not to bother his sister while she was studying.We'd spent twelve years doing everything we could to give her the best possible future.All of us were holding out for the same thing.Once the college entrance exam was over, we could finally let go of all that pressure, take a family trip, and enjoy ourselves.But I never could've imagined that on the very night the test ended, my sweet, sensible daughter would

“I thought something serious had happened. She was just stabbing a stuffed doll with scissors.”I stared at him in disbelief.“What do you mean, just stabbing a stuffed doll? Doesn't that prove how much aggression she's holding inside?“Right now it's a doll. Next time, it could be us!”Ethan rubbed his forehead, then took my hand and tried to calm me down.“Claire, Mom already said it. Hannah's the kind of girl who can't even bring herself to step on an ant. How could she possibly murder her whole family?“You're reading too much into it. She's probably just under a lot of stress because of the exam and needed some way to let it out.”Just stress from the college entrance exam?I thought about it.Maybe it really was possible that the pressure had pushed Hannah over the edge in my previous life.So first thing the next morning, I called her school and told them she'd be absent.Then I took the whole family to an amusement park.When Hannah was younger, she'd loved it whene

On the camera feed, Hannah was sitting at her desk.Neatly arranged in front of her were three things.A kitchen knife.A can of gasoline.And a lighter.They were the exact same things she'd used to murder our entire family in my previous life.There was no way I could be mistaken.My family's deaths and my rebirth hadn't been some anxiety-induced delusion.They were real.My whole body started shaking as I grabbed Ethan and yanked him awake.At first, he looked annoyed.But the moment he saw what was on the camera feed, he froze.This time, he had no choice but to believe me.Everything I'd told him about Hannah murdering our entire family in my previous life was true.We didn't tell Margaret or Noah.Margaret was getting older, and Noah was still too young. We were afraid the truth would terrify them.Instead, Ethan and I stayed up together, trying to figure out why Hannah wanted to kill us all.Ethan spoke first.“Could it be because we had Noah? Maybe Hannah rese

For the past few days, Hannah had seemed so happy that I'd assumed she'd given up on killing us.So I hadn't checked the camera again.But when I pulled up the footage now, I discovered something horrifying.On the screen, Margaret walked into Hannah's room carrying a bowl of nourishing soup, a warm, grandmotherly smile on her face.The instant the bedroom door closed behind her, her expression changed.Her eyes turned cold and vicious.She slammed the bowl down on Hannah's desk, grabbed her by the ear, and hissed,“You little brat. Pretending to dote on you these past few days has been driving me crazy.“Your mother keeps insisting you're going to hurt the whole family. As if a useless girl like you could ever pull off something like that.”She twisted Hannah's ear harder.“Go on. Tell me. Are you really capable of it?”Then she started slapping Hannah over and over again.Hannah endured it without fighting back.Her voice trembled.“No.”“Exactly. I knew you weren't.”

“They're trying to sell my daughter!”I was so frantic that tears filled my eyes.The female officer immediately reassured me.“Don't worry. We're here now. We won't let them get away with it.”She and another officer rushed me into the patrol car.As we sped in the direction Ethan had gone, they made calls to have his car tracked.I sat in the back seat, my chest unbearably heavy.I still couldn't believe it.The man who had shared my bed for all these years, and the mother-in-law I'd trusted completely, were the ones who had destroyed my daughter.And I couldn't bear to imagine what would've happened to Hannah if I hadn't discovered the truth in time.Maybe after selling her off, Ethan and Margaret would've come home and told me Hannah had rebelled, skipped the college entrance exam, and bought a plane ticket overseas.I'd never once doubted either of them.And after everything that had happened lately, I'd already been so disappointed in Hannah.I might've believed thei