She broke open the locked cabinet and found
all my medical reports and diaries.
Sarah’s hands were trembling as she looked through them.
With each page she read, she gritted her teeth harder and harder until her lip was bleeding.
She threw my diaries at Mom and Dad.
She couldn’t believe her parents had abused
her sister like this!
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“How could you do this to her! She’s your
daughter too!”
“Are you even human? How could any parents
be this cruel!”
“When you were trapped in that fire, Nora rushed in, risking her life to save you!”
“And because of that, she suffered brain damage! Nora was your hero!”
“And she worked her butt off, to prove to you that she was the best. She got into Stanford!”
“She’s your daughter! And you wouldn’t even give her food!”
“Even a stray dog would get a meal! And she’s your own daughter! You didn’t give her food,
and you didn’t let her get a job to earn it! You
were literally trying to kill her!”
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Sarah screamed at Mom and Dad, hysterical.
“I know, it’s my fault, I was wrong about Nora…” Mom was crying, completely broken.
Tears were in her eyes. Each breath she took was like a painful sob, her guilt like a mountain, crushing her.
Dad was holding Mom. His face was covered in tears.
“What have we done all these years…”
Listening to their apology, why wasn’t I happy?
This was what I wanted, wasn’t it?
In that house, I had always tried my best.
I studied hard, I did the chores.
Just to get my parents to notice me.
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But, in that house, it was like I was invisible.
Everything I did was ignored, everything I
achieved was put down.
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When I was alive, I had wanted Mom to show
me a bit of warmth, a bit of encouragement, even just a smile.
But I knew I’d never get that wish.
But now, after I’m dead, Mom was finally saying
sorry.
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“If I had known you would treat her like this, would have taken her with me!”
“If I had known, I wouldn’t have called her…”
Watching Sarah crying, a weird feeling washed
over me.
