Born to Be Sacrificed
My neighbor's daughter is sick, and my mother forces me to donate a kidney to her.
I've been malnourished since childhood—just drawing blood is enough to cost me my life. However, my mother says, "What does your death matter to me? Rhea is my actual daughter!"
Only then do I learn that my mother switched me and our wealthy next-door neighbor's daughter at birth! I glance at my neighbor's daughter, but she's calm and unaffected.
I watch as my mother signs the consent form for the operation. My father ties me to the operating table, and my brother performs the surgery. I have no strength to retaliate, so I make one last request—a DNA test with my mother.
She agrees—she wants me to stop holding out hope.
Later, I forget everything after the surgery, but she breaks down.