Mom’s Punching Bag
“Ray, I’m sorry.
“I know you’ve always been the one taking the beating for me. I wanted to take it for you, but I was too scared. Mom’s beatings hurt too much.
“Every time you were hit, I told myself I wouldn’t repeat the same mistake. But I still couldn’t place at the top of the class or get full marks…
“Ray, am I really useless?”
I hovered beside her, shaking my head desperately.
“No, you’re not.
“Having such a brilliant sister like you makes me so happy.”
No matter how much I cried and shouted, however, Bella couldn’t hear me.
Her voice choked with tears. “Yesterday, when Mom hit you, you lay there and didn’t get up. I thought you were really angry this time. Until I saw the blood under t
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