Obey Until I Die
After my family joined hands to send me to prison for three years, I start learning how to behave myself. I do whatever everyone else tells me to do.
The day I'm released from prison, my wife, Regina Johnson, sits in the car and says coldly, "If you ever lay those hands of yours on Ty again, I'll…"
Before she can say anything else, I jump out of the car, pick up a brick from the side of the road, and smash my hand into a pulp with it.
Regina stares at the bone sticking out and goes pale.
When we get back home, Tyler Lowe, my adopted younger brother, ambushes me in the bathroom and scoffs. "So what if you're the biological son of the Lowe family? I can just as easily have you kicked out of the family!"
Then, he uses a blade to make a small cut on one of his fingers before crying out in alarm, "If you really hate me, Cal, I'll leave right away! Please don't kill me!"
Regina and my older sister, Calista Lowe, enter just in time to witness his display. Shaking with anger, they stomp on my wound with their high heels.
"You haven't changed one bit! If anything happens to Ty, I'll make you pay for it with your life!"
I nod obediently and march straight to the kitchen, where I jump into the massive meat grinder before turning it on.
The blood and bits of flesh spray all over Mom and Dad, who end up walking in right then.
Mom lets out a shrill shriek before fainting, while Dad forces himself to remain composed as he turns off the power.
At this point, even Regina, my sharp-tongued wife, can't find the words to say anything. She stands frozen, her body trembling.
When we're inside the ambulance, Tyler clings to Regina, quivering as he says, "This has nothing to do with me! He jumped into the machine himself. You have to believe me!"
It's almost impossible for me to stay conscious through the unbearable pain, but I muster the strength to nod along with him.
After failing to win over my family, I'd spent three years in prison. Later on, the system told me that if I showed absolute obedience until the day I died, I would receive massive financial compensation and be transported back to my original world.