Todos los capítulos de The Things We Forget: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

My father, Mark Brooks, caught my mother, Rebecca Brooks's hand just inches from my cheek and held it tightly."Enough!" Dad's voice was hoarse. "She's sick! Do you understand? She's sick!""That's exactly why I told her not to take Lily out of the house, not even for a second!" Mom wrenched her hand free from Dad's grip but didn't come any closer to me.She simply glared at me with bloodshot eyes. "She's only three years old... Where could she possibly go in all this snow?"Three?I tried to open my mouth, but no sound came out.Was she talking about my sister? Was she three?But there was truly nothing in my mind.Nothing except the comedy sketch that had just replayed on the TV during the New Year's Eve variety show, and the snowflakes swirling through the air around me.Hearing the commotion, the neighbors came over, too."Keep looking. She can't have gone far. Maybe she's at one of her friends' houses?"Dad pulled Mom to her feet. "Why are you still sitting here? Get up

Dad stayed up all night, but I never came home.Mom came out of the bedroom. "That little brat still hasn't come back?"Dad sat at the table, smoking. "I went around asking a few neighbors this morning. None of them have seen her. She's probably hiding in some corner, throwing a tantrum because she's mad at us."Mom flung the dirty bedding she was holding onto the floor. "Isn't that what she's best at? Every time she does something wrong, she pretends she's lost her memory or acts like an idiot so we'll feel sorry for her and go easy on her."She almost got Lily killed this time, and she's still pulling this crap? Just wait until I catch her. I'll break her legs!"Lily sat on a small stool, playing with building blocks. At those words, she looked up. "Mommy, don't hit Sadie.""You're such a good girl, Lily." Mom immediately softened her voice. "Sadie did something very wrong. She almost let you freeze to death. When someone does something wrong, they have to be punished. Do you u

Mom knelt at the edge of the pit, as if the snow had glued her in place. Then she began brushing the loose snow away, bit by bit.First came the faded pink undershirt. At the collar was the little duck I'd begged her to embroider for her last year.Then came my loose hair, threaded with tiny icicles that clung to my deathly pale cheeks. My eyes were closed. Frost coated my eyelashes, and my skin had turned an unnatural shade of purple."Sa-Sadie?" Mom's voice was barely audible, as if she were afraid of waking me. She reached out and touched my face with her fingertips.It was ice-cold. Hard.She snatched her hand back as if she'd been burned.But the very next second, she reached out again, grabbed my shoulders, and shook me violently. "Sadie Brooks! Get up!"My head lolled helplessly with each shake, my neck limp and loose."Stop pretending! Keep pretending! You think you can scare us like this? Well, you can't! Get up! Get up right now! Do you hear me?"Dad rushed over, sho

The police arrived quickly. Two officers came, one older and one younger.When the younger officer, Gavin Ormond, saw me lying on the bed, his eyes widened. He immediately turned his face away.Mom clung to the older officer's sleeve as if he were her last hope. "Officer, you have to investigate this! Someone killed my daughter!"She's a sensible girl. She knows her way around! Someone must have tricked her into going with them, killed her, and dumped her there! You have to catch the murderer! He deserves the death penalty!"The older officer, Gabriel Rodriguez, listened patiently, trying to calm her down.At the same time, he sent Gavin to inspect and photograph the scene near the oak at the edge of town, check the surrounding area, and contact the town authorities about obtaining any available surveillance footage."We need to establish what happened first. Please try to stay calm.""How can I stay calm? That's my daughter! My living, breathing daughter!" Mom pounded her chest

Seeing how much they were suffering made me suffer, too.But my brain was slow. Even after dying, I was still slow.Then, suddenly, a man appeared in front of me. He said he was the Reaper, and that he had come to take me to my next life."Mr. Reaper, if I move on to my next life, will I really forget everything?"The Reaper nodded."Then... then could you give me back all my old memories? Could you let me stay with my family until we finish celebrating the New Year?" I asked timidly.The Reaper hesitated for a long time before finally nodding in agreement. He gently tapped my forehead with his finger. "I'll come for you at midnight tonight."Before I could reply, a powerful wave of dizziness swept over me. It was as if someone had pressed the rewind button. Countless scenes flashed rapidly before my eyes.I was four.Mom lifted me high above her head while Dad stood below with his arms spread wide."Up you go! Our little Lily is flying!"The sunlight was warm against our fa