A group of bodyguards held boxes of presents.
“Happy birthday!”
He was always there.
I didn’t hate it.
My parents were excited.
The Andersons were a great family, but Josh’s family was the top.
They thought they had control over my life.
They didn’t know I had a gift for myself.
“We’re going to the office and will come back
to celebrate your birthday,” Mom said.
I looked at her. “Walter’s not here.”
“It’s fine, your dad can drive,” she said.
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He grabbed the keys to the leftmost car
I watched him.
After they left, Josh and I watched cartoons.
“You like this?”
“It keeps me young,” I said.
He put the gifts in front of me.
“Open them,” he said.
I opened the gifts.
He had put a lot of thought into the gifts.
“Do you like them?” he asked.
My phone rang.
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The name of “Dad” came up.
I smiled and laughed.
“I love it!”
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“Happy birthday,” I said to myself in my heart.
Then I answered the phone.
“Your parents were in a car accident and are
being treated at the hospital. Please come
soon.”
I dropped my phone.
Josh asked, “What’s wrong?”
I started crying.
“My parents were in a car accident.”
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Josh drove me to the hospital.
At the operating room, I signed the forms.
Three hours later, I shook.
Josh grabbed me,
“Why don’t you sit down?”
I nodded.
He hugged me,
The surgery wasn’t over, but the cops were
here.
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“We found that someone tampered with the car
and it’s in your name. Do you know what
happened?”
I blinked. “What? Do you think I did this?”
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“We can’t rule that out.”
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“You’re joking,” Josh said. “It wasn’t her. I was
there when they left. The Anderson Family
grabbed the keys. How could she be sure what
keys he would grab? Would she tamper with all
of the cars?”
The cops nodded. “Could be.”
Then he looked at me. “Can we check your
other cars?”
“Do what you want.”
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The surgery was over.
The results weren’t good.
My mother was paralyzed and would lie in bed
for the rest of her life.
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My father was brain dead.
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Hearing that news, I cried on Josh’s shoulder.
“It’s okay.”
“You can see them.”
I wasn’t crying.
I was laughing.
Even if they didn’t die, they treated me great so
that I wouldn’t be a bad person.
I stopped laughing and looked serious.
My parents were asleep.
I would pay for the best rooms and nurses.
I was alone with my parents.
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Looking at their faces, I smiled.
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“You wanted to see me laugh, right? I yelled out
to you.”
“It’s too bad you can’t see.”
“I will take care of you. You said I was ugly, but
I don’t think you’re ugly.”
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After leaving the hospital, Josh and I went to
the police.
All of the other cars were fine.
I didn’t have a motive.
Josh and his bodyguards said that my father
had grabbed the keys.
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The cops said I could leave.
“Is Daisy still in jail? Can I see her?”
The cops thought that I missed her.
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I was visiting the person who tried to kill me.
Josh frowned. “Why do you need to see her?”
“You can go back.”
“You can go ahead. I will wait for you outside.”
I went inside.
There was no security camera.
The cop left.
It was just Daisy and me.
She said, “What are you doing here? Do you
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want to laugh at me?”
“Daisy, you have a secret you don’t know.”
“What?”
“You’re Timmy’s sister.”
“You’re crazy!”
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“I thought you and Timmy’s mom looked similar.
I tested it and it’s true.”
She was shocked.
“You married Timmy and he’s your brother.”
She started shaking. “You’re lying. That’s not
possible!”
“Timmy’s company has been failing, but there’s
still around forty to fifty million out there.”
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She looked like she wanted something.
www.
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“I can try to get it, but it is at Timmy’s mom’s house. You won’t be inheriting anything when you get out.”
“You! I’m stuck here, why are you doing this?”
I said, “You kidnapped me.”
“You…” She covered her chest.
I ran out.
“She looks sick!”
Daisy was out cold.
She had died on the way to the hospital.
She had a heart attack.
The cons asked what had hannened
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said my parents were hut and that
happened.”
The cops didn’t believe me. “Why would she
care?”
I don’t know but she called them mom and
cad. Exenone knows.”
Whether the coos believed me or not. I was
gone.
She had a heart attack and had never seen a
doctor. No one knew she had heart issues. I
was off the hook.
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My birthday was crazy.
I forgot about my lips.
Josh was driving. “Did you do that?”
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“Huh?”
He was driving and looked calm. “You were
talking about kidnapping and fire.”
“Josh.”
I called his name.
“Do you want to date me?” he asked.
He dropped me off.
I went inside and looked at the presents.
I stepped over them.
I didn’t need anyone’s love because I didn’t trust
anyone.
Loving myself was enough.
