The Prank That Stole My Last Breath
My adopted younger sister, Marissa Payton, loves pulling pranks on others. But I'm the only one who gets hurt in her pranks.
Last year, she and our older brother, James Payton, locked me up in a cold storage room. Because of that, I'm afflicted with a case of severe asthma.
James apologizes to me before telling me that he'll take me cave diving just to make it up to me.
Marissa tags along with us on the trip. She keeps casting me malicious glances every now and then.
Feeling rather uneasy, I quickly get into the water just so I can get away from Marissa. But when I'm 65 feet deep, I feel a wave of suffocation hitting me all of a sudden.
It turns out that Marissa has secretly shut off the oxygen supply.
I can hear Marissa's smug laughter ringing out from the underwater communicator.
"Look, Jamie! I told you that Nat would fall for it again!"
James' voice is filled with affection. "Leave it to you to be smart enough to think of such a prank to play on your sister, you little imp."
My face has gone blue from the suffocation. I struggle with all my might in an attempt to turn on the bailout cylinder, only to feel my hands getting slapped away from them thanks to Marissa, who has swum over to me.
She then whines into the communicator, "Look at how dramatic Nat is being, Jamie! She can't stand the suffocation at all even though it's only been a few seconds!"
I hear James' icy and aloof voice reverberating in my earpiece.
"Just hold on a little longer. Look at how delicate you are! It hasn't been all that long, yet you already can't stand it. How humiliating. You're not even in the same league as Mari!"
This time, I can only stare at James in despair as my complexion slowly goes purple.
Has he forgotten what happened to me? Thanks to their prank, my lungs have already sustained irreversible damage.
It's getting more and more difficult for me to breathe. Finally, my vision goes black, and I collapse in the dark bottom of the sea.
This prank isn't funny at all, James.
This time, I'm going to die for real.