They Left Us to Freeze
When the deep freeze hit, my parents took my younger sister, Jayla Wilson, and all our supplies to a shelter, leaving me with nothing but my mentally unstable uncle.
"There are only three spots for our family on the evacuation list. Jayla is still young. She has to come with us."
Mom shoved the last ration bar into Jayla's pocket before pointing at the man chained up in the corner. "You can stay here with this useless burden and wait for the next rescue team."
I looked at the man shivering in the corner. He was my Uncle Xavier, once a genius in physics.
A physics experiment had cost him one hand and driven him mad. From then on, he had become the family disgrace.
"Mom, are you sure?" I