The Blood-Stained Sour Candy
In my palm, they found a small piece of a candy wrapper soaked in blood.
On the back of the wrapper, a few crooked words had been scratched out in blood. I had carved them with my fingernail, bit by bit.
The officer held up the evidence bag and read the words aloud for everyone to hear.
"Mom, I wish you had never had me."
The moment those words came out, the air seemed to freeze.
Mom looked like someone had ripped out her spine. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted completely.
Liam stared at my body covered by the white sheet. He clawed at the floor like a madman, making horrible scraping sounds.