She Chose My Brother Over Me
My younger brother and I were hit by the same truck.
My liver ruptured. He walked away with a few scrapes.
But our mother, the director of the hospital, signed my discharge papers without telling anyone, just so she could keep the best surgeons available for him.
With the last of my strength, I called and begged her to save me.
"How did I give birth to a selfish bad seed like you?" she snapped. "Will you only be happy when you've killed your brother?"
In the end, I died, just as Mom wanted.
But the mother who had never liked me went gray overnight.