Mom’s Bias: She Chose My Sister Over Me
I'd never risk my life just to grab anyone's attention.
Everyone's persuasion worked. My mother stood up straighter, resuming her haughty self. "I'm going to expose them tomorrow. If I don't see Sheila at the morgue, I'm breaking her legs! And that nurse is fired!"
Perhaps God took pity on me. It started to rain. This conversation hit me hard, but I couldn't even squeal in agony. I never knew these people wanted me dead so much.
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The next morning, my mother hurried to the hospital, skipping her breakfast. Concerned, my father followed her. My mother grumbled about how I was wasting their time, but when she got to the morgue and saw my body, she stumbled backward in horror.