After the Countdown
When she returned home, she sat stunned on the doorstep, muttering, "When Brandon was here, my vegetables sold out nearly every day… Occasionally, when there were leftovers, I blamed him for being a jinx. How could I blame him for the vegetables not selling out?"
Dad heard this from inside the house and rasped, "What's the use of saying all this now? This is karma…"
Mom fell silent, tears streaming down her face.
I watched quietly, not sure what to say.
Six months passed.
My sister's leg, which she broke from stealing candy, was almost healed, but one day, its condition suddenly worsened.
She kept crying out in pain and started walking with a limp. At school, her classmates laughed at her an
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