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00:00I was born a liar, at least.
00:03That's the label mom slapped on me.
00:05As a diehard believer in data-driven parenting,
00:09she strapped truth bands on my twin sister Mia and me the day we were born.
00:14If we lied, the band flashed red, and mom would hit a remote to shock us.
00:20Mia's band was always green.
00:23She could shred mom's favorite dress to pieces, blame the cat,
00:27and her band would just glow a soft, gentle green.
00:34But for me, even if I just whispered,
00:38Mom, I'm hungry.
00:40My band would instantly explode into an angry red,
00:45followed by a piercing electric shock.
00:49I'm not a machine, Mom.
00:50I used to try to defend myself, but she'd always say,
00:55Machines don't lie. Pain is how you learn.
00:58I'm doing this for your own good.
01:00After thousands of shocks,
01:03I honestly started to believe I was just completely broken.
01:07New Year's Eve, everything changed.
01:10New Year's Eve, everything changed.
01:14On New Year's Eve, Mom was getting ready to take Mia to see the fireworks.
01:18A sudden, tearing agony hit my stomach.
01:23I curled up on the floor, begging,
01:26Mom, my stomach hurts so much.
01:28Please help me.
01:30But my band just frantically flashed red.
01:34She glared down at me, shivering in a cold sweat,
01:38cranked the shock dial to the absolute max, and spat.
01:41You're pretending to be sick just so you can come watch the fireworks with us?
01:45You never change!
01:47She turned, grabbed Mia, and slammed the door behind them.
01:51I couldn't help but think she was right.
01:54The band was red, so I must not actually be in pain.
01:58I was just making it up for attention again.
02:01I'm sorry, Mom.
02:03Next time around, I promise I'll be an honest kid.
02:06It hurts so much.
02:08I writhed in agony,
02:11my fingernails scratching pale marks into the floorboards.
02:19The doorknob turned.
02:21A glimmer of hope sparked in my eyes.
02:25Mom was back.
02:27She was a doctor.
02:28She must have realized something was horribly wrong
02:32and came back to save me.
02:34Are you done yet?
02:35The fireworks are about to start.
02:37Mia's getting impatient.
02:38Mom.
02:39I called out weakly,
02:41reaching a trembling hand toward the door.
02:43It really hurts.
02:45It feels like my intestines are tearing apart.
02:48She just glanced at the frantic red light flashing on my wrists.
02:52Squatting down,
02:54she pinched my chin,
02:55her voice dripping with venom.
02:57Lily,
02:58how long are you going to keep up this act?
03:00You're a pathological liar.
03:02You can stay home and think about what you've done.
03:04Honey,
03:05hurry up.
03:06The fireworks are about to start.
03:09If Singha doesn't want to go,
03:10fine.
03:11Should we leave her some food?
03:12Mom stood up and dusted off her hands,
03:15like touching me had made her filthy.
03:18Leave her food for what?
03:19She has plenty of snacks in her room.
03:21She bought them with money she stole last time.
03:23She won't starve.
03:25Lock the door.
03:26Don't let her out until that bracelet turns green.
03:29But...
03:29But what?
03:30Spare the rob?
03:32Spoil the child?
03:33Look at Mia.
03:33She's perfectly honest.
03:35Her band is always green.
03:37Lily is rotten to the core.
03:39We have to correct her.
03:40But my closet was completely empty.
03:43Mia was the one who stole the cash,
03:46and she ate all the snacks.
03:49Mia had just stood there,
03:51her band glowing that soft green,
03:54and said,
03:55It wasn't me.
03:57And Mom believed her.
04:00When I tried to defend myself,
04:02and said I didn't take it either,
04:04the red light flashed,
04:05and I got shocked.
04:07I watched Mom turn around to leave.
04:12Mia peeked through the crack in the door,
04:15and stuck her tongue out at me.
04:17Bye, sis.
04:19We're going to see the pretty fireworks.
04:21Her band was glowing a vibrant green.
04:23It really was beautiful.
04:25The door slammed shut.
04:27Followed by the heavy click of the deadbolt.
04:29The house went dead silent.
04:32Leaving just me alone,
04:34with the saw tearing through my stomach.
04:37It hurts so much.
04:40Mom was right.
04:41Machines don't lie.
04:43The band is red,
04:44so I must be making this up.
04:47I'm not in pain.
04:49I'm really not in pain.
04:51Tears streaming down my face.
04:53I tried to brainwash myself.
04:57I don't know how much time passed,
05:00but it actually started to hurt less.
05:04Using my last breath,
05:05I dragged myself to the desk.
05:08I had to write my punishment lines.
05:12Those were the rules.
05:14Whenever the red light flashed,
05:17I had to write,
05:18I am a liar a thousand times.
05:21Once I finished,
05:23Mom would forgive me, right?
05:25She'd take me to the hospital then.
05:27With trembling hands,
05:29I flipped open my crumpled diary.
05:32The pages were crammed with all my previous apologies.
05:39I used to always write,
05:41I'm sorry, I was wrong.
05:43I won't lie again.
05:45But this time,
05:47I wanted to write the truth.
05:50My vision blurred.
05:52Crying,
05:53I used every last ounce of my strength to write,
05:58Mom,
05:59I really do love you.
06:01It hurts so much.
06:03Why won't you just believe me?
06:05Mom,
06:06please,
06:07just believe me this one time.
06:10The moment I finished the last word,
06:12the excruciating pain in my stomach completely vanished.
06:16My body felt light,
06:18and I began to float.
06:19I looked down and saw myself slumped over the desk,
06:24arm dangling in the air,
06:26completely motionless.
06:28The band on my wrist was still frantically flashing red,
06:32so I was dead.
06:34But I still hadn't learned how to be an honest kid.
06:39I'm sorry, Mom.
06:41I was awakened by a burst of laughter.
06:44It was my dad,
06:45my mom,
06:46and my sister.
06:47The fireworks were so beautiful tonight,
06:49especially the smiley face one.
06:51It was as cute as our Mia.
06:53There was a tenderness in Mom's voice
06:57that I had never heard before.
06:59I floated in midair,
07:00watching the front door open.
07:02Now a soul,
07:03I instinctively drifted toward them,
07:05wanting to bring them their slippers like I used to.
07:09It was a people-pleasing instinct carved into my bones.
07:12Mom,
07:13I opened my arms,
07:14wanting to hug the woman still carrying the chill of the night.
07:18I don't hurt anymore.
07:20I'll be good from now on.
07:22Please don't be mad.
07:24But my hands passed straight through her body,
07:27like trying to catch the wind.
07:28Mom shivered and frowned.
07:30Why is it so cold in here?
07:32Is the heat off?
07:33I froze,
07:34staring at my transparent palm.
07:36That's right.
07:37I was already dead.
07:39The dead can't hug the living.
07:42Go check on Lily.
07:43That girl hasn't come out to eat either.
07:44Don't let her really starve.
07:45Dad mentioned it casually.
07:47Dad was still the better one.
07:49I looked at Mom expectantly.
07:51If she found out I was dead,
07:53would she be sad?
07:54Would she regret it?
07:56Mom snorted and slipped into her house shoes,
07:59walking toward my room.
08:01She'd deserve it if she starved.
08:02Faking illness for attention is a bad habit
08:04that comes from being spoiled.
08:06She pushed my door open.
08:09She pushed my door open.
08:11She didn't turn on the light.
08:13By the light from the living room,
08:15she saw me slumped over the desk,
08:18motionless,
08:18as if asleep.
08:20Oh?
08:21Still lying there?
08:22You think lying on the desk pretending to be pitiful
08:25will make me carry you to bed?
08:27Lily, you're ten years old,
08:29not five.
08:30Mom!
08:31I'm not pretending to sleep!
08:33I'm dead!
08:34Look at me!
08:36Touch me!
08:37My body is cold!
08:38But Mom couldn't hear me.
08:40She only believed what she chose to see.
08:43My sister slipped in under her arm
08:46and raised her wrist proudly.
08:48Big Sat is a lazy pig!
08:50Look!
08:51My bracelet is green!
08:52Hers is still red!
08:54She's always lying!
08:56She even lies in her dreams!
08:58Mom patted her head.
09:00Dad peeked in from behind.
09:01Maybe carry her to bed?
09:02It's freezing.
09:03Carry her?
09:04For what?
09:05Kids these days are spoiled.
09:06This bracelet manufacturer say
09:08this is when you apply cold treatment.
09:09She has to realize her own mistakes.
09:12Look at that red light.
09:13It shows she's still in a state of extreme resistance.
09:15She hasn't reflected at all.
09:17That's enough.
09:18Go to bed.
09:18We're visiting Grandma tomorrow.
09:19Mom turned briskly
09:21and pulled the door closed again.
09:23I hovered beside my body
09:24staring at the crimson light
09:26in the darkness.
09:27A sorrow deeper than death
09:29filling me.
09:30Mom,
09:31if you had just taken one step closer
09:33just touched my hand
09:35you would have known
09:36I was already cold.
09:37But you didn't.
09:39You trusted that cold machine
09:41more than the daughter
09:42you carried for ten months.
09:43Late at night
09:44a rat crawled out
09:45from the empty cabinet.
09:47I used to be terrified of rats.
09:49I would scream every time I saw one.
09:52But now
09:53I could only float near the ceiling
09:55and watch it roam freely
09:56over my corpse.
09:58I tried to shoo it away weakly
09:59but no sound came out.
10:01The rat bit into my toe
10:03dark purplish blood seeping out.
10:05I couldn't feel any pain.
10:07That was good.
10:08It finally
10:09didn't hurt anymore.
10:10I spoke to the pitiful shell below me.
10:13Don't be afraid.
10:14You can't feel pain anymore.
10:16It will all be over soon.
10:18The next morning
10:19sunlight
10:20washed over my corpse
10:22but it brought no warmth at all.
10:24Clattering sounds
10:26drifted in
10:27from the kitchen.
10:28Mom was
10:29making breakfast.
10:31The rich smell
10:32of frying bacon and eggs
10:34crept through the crack
10:36under my door.
10:37Normally
10:38that was the smell
10:39I craved the most.
10:41But
10:41I was only ever
10:42allowed
10:43plain oatmeal
10:44because
10:44mom said
10:46liars didn't deserve
10:47good food.
10:48Today
10:48she was
10:49deliberately
10:50banging the spatula
10:52against the pan.
10:53I knew exactly
10:54what she was doing.
10:55She was trying to tempt me.
10:57She wanted me
10:58to give in
10:59to the hunger
10:59and crawl out
11:00to beg for
11:02forgiveness.
11:03In the past
11:04I might have actually
11:05confessed
11:06to
11:07things I never did
11:09just for a single
11:10bite of food.
11:11But now
11:11I didn't need to eat anymore.
11:13Lily still hasn't come out?
11:15Dad asked
11:15reading the newspaper
11:17at the dining table?
11:18No.
11:20Stubborn as a mule.
11:21She's just spoiled.
11:23If she doesn't want to eat
11:24she can starve.
11:25Mia took a sip of her milk
11:27her eyes darting around
11:29mischievously.
11:30She
11:31intentionally ran over
11:32to my door.
11:33Mom!
11:34It smells so gross
11:36in Lily's room!
11:37Did she use the floor
11:38as a toilet?
11:39Floating by the door
11:40I looked at my sister
11:42with a bitter smile.
11:43I had already started
11:45to smell
11:46after just one night.
11:47Mom marched over
11:48her forehead
11:49deeply wrinkled
11:50in disgust.
11:52You actually
11:53soiled your own room?
11:55She pounded on the door
11:57and roared.
11:59You are unbelievable!
12:02You throw away
12:03your own dignity
12:04just to throw
12:05a tantrum at me?
12:06It reminded me
12:07of when I was
12:08little.
12:09Once
12:10I had
12:10severe stomach flu
12:12and couldn't make it
12:13to the bathroom
12:14in time
12:15messing my pants.
12:16She pointed at me
12:17and told the neighbors
12:18Look at this child
12:20dirty as a pig.
12:22And now
12:22she thought
12:24I was being
12:25filthy again.
12:26Just leave her!
12:28Mom waved her hand
12:29in disgust
12:30like shooing away
12:32a fly.
12:32Let her sit
12:33in her own stitch.
12:34See how she likes it.
12:36Dad put down
12:37his paper.
12:38The smell really
12:39is getting strong.
12:40Let me go check
12:41on her.
12:41Maybe a rat
12:42died in the walls.
12:43He stood up
12:44and walked
12:46toward my bedroom door.
12:48My ghost heart
12:49leaped into my throat.
12:51Dad!
12:52Hurry!
12:53Open the door!
12:54Please!
12:55Look at me!
12:56I'm right
12:57behind the door.
12:59If you just
13:00turn that knob
13:01you'll see
13:02I'm not moving
13:03anymore.
13:04You'll see
13:05my face
13:06has already
13:06turned bruised
13:07and dark.
13:08Dad's hand
13:09grasped
13:10the doorknob.
13:11His phone
13:11suddenly blared.
13:13What?
13:13It was his boss
13:14calling.
13:15The servers crashed?
13:16Okay, okay
13:17I'm on my way.
13:19Honey,
13:20there's a massive
13:21emergency at work.
13:21I have to go.
13:22I might not be back
13:22for a few days.
13:23Wait, what about Lily?
13:24I froze
13:26in mid-air.
13:28It was so
13:29incredibly close.
13:31Just one second
13:32away.
13:33If that call
13:34had come
13:35just a moment
13:36later
13:37they would have
13:38found me.
13:39Maybe then
13:39I wouldn't have
13:41to keep
13:41rotting in here.
13:43That afternoon
13:44mom took
13:45Mia out shopping
13:46leaving my corpse
13:47alone in the house.
13:48They came back
13:49in the evening.
13:50As soon as
13:50they walked in
13:51the stench
13:52hit them
13:53even harder.
13:54Are you trying
13:55to turn this
13:55house into
13:56a literal dumpster?
13:57Instead
13:58she grabbed
13:58a roll of
13:59duct tape
13:59crouched down
14:01and viciously
14:01sealed the crack
14:02under my door
14:03tight.
14:03Since you love
14:04the stench so much
14:05you can just
14:05sit in it!
14:06Mom dusted
14:07off her hands
14:07in satisfaction.
14:09Finally
14:09some peace
14:10and quiet.
14:11Watching
14:12that duct tape
14:13door
14:13the very last
14:14shred of hope
14:15in my heart
14:16suffocated
14:16right along
14:17with the seal.
14:18So this
14:19was it.
14:20In mom's
14:20mind
14:21my life
14:22and death
14:22mattered
14:23even less
14:24than a fancy
14:25dinner.
14:25She would
14:26rather seal
14:26me in
14:27like a tomb
14:27than check
14:28if I was
14:28actually dying
14:29inside.
14:30You win
14:30mom.
14:31I will
14:32never bother
14:32you again.
14:33By the
14:33morning of
14:34the third
14:34day
14:35the warm
14:36winter sun
14:36spilled
14:37into the
14:38living room
14:38but it
14:39couldn't
14:39dispel
14:40the dark
14:40gloom
14:41hanging over
14:42the house.
14:43The
14:43thermostat
14:43was cranked
14:44way up
14:45to almost
14:4580 degrees.
14:47The duct
14:48tape
14:48could no
14:49longer hold
14:50back the
14:51smell.
14:51It was
14:53a nauseating
14:54thick
14:55greasy
14:56stench
14:57of decay.
14:58Mom was
14:58trimming fresh
14:59flowers she
15:00had just
15:00bought but
15:01no matter
15:02how strong
15:02the floral
15:03scent was
15:04it couldn't
15:05mask the
15:05smell of
15:06a rotting
15:06corpse.
15:07Mom
15:08angrily
15:09snapped a
15:10rose stem
15:11letting a
15:12thorn prick
15:13her finger.
15:13she had
15:16finally reached
15:17her breaking
15:17point.
15:18In her
15:19twisted logic
15:20me not
15:21showering
15:22using the
15:23room as
15:23a toilet
15:24or even
15:26hiding dead
15:26rats in there
15:27it was all
15:28just an act
15:29of rebellion
15:30to disgust
15:30her and
15:31challenge her
15:31authority.
15:32Lily you
15:33are completely
15:34out of
15:35control.
15:36Mom stormed
15:37into the
15:38kitchen
15:38grabbed a
15:39heavy wooden
15:40spoon and
15:41marched furiously
15:42toward my
15:43room.
15:44Since the
15:44shock collar
15:45isn't working
15:46anymore maybe
15:47you need some
15:48old fashioned
15:49discipline.
15:51Floating right
15:52in front of
15:52her looking at
15:53her contorted
15:54furious face
15:56I waved my
15:57hands frantically
15:58to stop her.
15:59Don't go
16:00in.
16:01Mom please
16:02don't.
16:03I look awful.
16:04I'm rotting.
16:05You'll be
16:05scared.
16:06Even though
16:07she didn't
16:08love me I
16:09still didn't
16:09want her to
16:10see me in
16:11such a
16:11horrific state.
16:12but she
16:14walked right
16:15through my
16:16spirit and
16:17viciously ripped
16:18the duct tape
16:18off the
16:19door frame.
16:19The sound
16:20of the
16:21adhesive
16:22tearing was
16:23piercing.
16:24She jammed
16:25the spare
16:26key into
16:26the lock
16:27and twisted.
16:28The door
16:29was violently
16:30shoved open.
16:33A sickening
16:34wall of
16:34concentrated death
16:36hit her
16:37instantly
16:37like opening
16:39Pandora's
16:39box.
16:40Mom stumbled
16:41backward
16:42gagging
16:43as the
16:44stench
16:44assaulted her.
16:45Lily!
16:46What the
16:47hell are you
16:48doing in here?
16:49She looked up
16:50and saw me
16:50still slumped
16:51over the
16:52desk in the
16:52exact same
16:53position from
16:54three days ago.
16:55My back to her
16:57completely
16:58motionless.
16:59To her
17:00this was a
17:01silent provocation.
17:03Pure
17:04sheer
17:05arrogance.
17:06Are you
17:07deaf?
17:07Are you
17:08still playing
17:09dead?
17:09Blinded by
17:10rage she
17:11closed the
17:11distance in
17:12three steps
17:13raising the
17:14heavy wooden
17:15spoon high
17:15in the air.
17:16But she
17:17didn't strike
17:18right away.
17:19She wanted
17:20to yank me
17:20up first
17:21to see the
17:22stubborn expression
17:23she was sure
17:25was on my
17:25face.
17:27Get up!
17:27She grabbed
17:29me roughly
17:30by the
17:32back of
17:33the collar
17:33her fingers
17:34digging into
17:35my skin.
17:36The very next
17:37second she
17:38froze.
17:39The moment
17:39she made
17:40contact time
17:41seemed to
17:42stop completely.
17:44Through the
17:45thin fabric
17:46of my pajamas
17:47her fingers
17:48didn't feel
17:49warm living
17:50skin or
17:51soft flesh.
17:53Instead she
17:54felt a block
17:56of ice cold
17:57rock hard
17:58dead meat.
17:59It was a
18:01bone chilling
18:01unnatural cold
18:04entirely devoid
18:06of the warmth
18:08of life.
18:10Mom hesitated
18:12for a fraction
18:13of a second
18:13but her momentum
18:15carried through
18:16yanking backward
18:18with brute force.
18:19My stiff body
18:21was pulled
18:22backward
18:22falling rigidly
18:24taking the
18:25heavy desk chair
18:27down with it
18:28crash.
18:29The chair
18:30slammed loudly
18:31against the
18:32hardwood floor.
18:33My corpse
18:34fell perfectly
18:35stiff like a
18:37toppled marble
18:37statue.
18:39And finally
18:40my face
18:41was revealed.
18:42I was no longer
18:44the timid little
18:46girl she knew.
18:47My face
18:48was a bruised
18:49sickly purple
18:50my eyes
18:51bulging
18:52my features
18:53completely
18:55contorted
18:57from the
18:58sheer agony
18:59of my final
19:00moments.
19:01Dried white
19:02foam and dark
19:03crusted blood
19:04stained the
19:05corners of my
19:06mouth.
19:06and there
19:08on my
19:10blackened
19:11wrist
19:11was the
19:13truth band
19:14Mom was
19:15always so
19:16damn proud
19:16of.
19:17It hung
19:18there
19:19lifeless.
19:21The skin
19:21underneath
19:22was scorched
19:23pitch black
19:24from the
19:25electricity.
19:26The melted
19:27rubber fused
19:28directly into
19:29my charred
19:30flesh.
19:31No more
19:31red lights.
19:32No more
19:33green lights.
19:34Just dead
19:36heavy silence.
19:38Smack.
19:39A soft
19:40thud.
19:41My diary
19:42which had
19:43been pinned
19:44under my
19:44arm
19:45slipped out
19:46as my
19:46body fell.
19:47It landed
19:49right at
19:49Mom's feet.
19:51It fell
19:52open
19:53facing
19:54her
19:55perfectly.
19:57On that
19:58page
19:59my messy
20:01desperate
20:02handwriting
20:03stabbed
20:04into her
20:05eyes
20:06like
20:06daggers.
20:08Mom
20:08my stomach
20:09really hurts.
20:10The band
20:10is broken.
20:11I swear
20:12I'm not
20:12lying.
20:13Please
20:13don't
20:13shock
20:14me
20:14anymore.
20:17It was
20:18a shriek
20:18that didn't
20:19even
20:19sound
20:19human.
20:21Piercing
20:21and guttural
20:22like her
20:23throat
20:23was tearing
20:24apart.
20:25Mom
20:25stumbled
20:26backward
20:27her
20:28lower
20:28back
20:28slamming
20:29hard
20:30against
20:30the
20:30bookshelf.
20:31A glass
20:32vase
20:33crashed
20:33to the
20:33floor
20:34shattering
20:35into a
20:35million
20:35pieces
20:36but she
20:38didn't
20:38even
20:38flinch.
20:39Her
20:40eyes
20:41were wide
20:41with pure
20:42terror
20:43locked
20:44onto my
20:44body
20:45on the
20:45floor.
20:47No
20:47way.
20:49She shook
20:50her head
20:50frantically
20:51her hair
20:52falling around
20:53her face
20:54like a
20:54madwoman.
20:55You're
20:56still
20:56faking
20:56it.
20:57This
20:58is
20:58makeup.
20:58It's
20:59a
20:59trick.
21:01Lily
21:02get up
21:02right
21:02now.
21:06Mommy
21:06isn't
21:07mad
21:07anymore.
21:08Stop
21:08scaring
21:09me.
21:10Trembling
21:10violently
21:11she
21:12reached
21:13out
21:13trying
21:13to
21:14grab
21:14my
21:14stiff
21:15arm
21:15but
21:16the
21:17split
21:17second
21:18her
21:18fingertips
21:19brushed
21:20my
21:20freezing
21:20skin.
21:22She
21:22recoiled
21:23like
21:24she
21:25just
21:25touched
21:25a
21:26hot
21:26stove.
21:27That
21:27sensation
21:28it
21:30was
21:30undeniably
21:31real.
21:32It
21:33was
21:33the
21:34temperature
21:34of
21:35death.
21:36Martha
21:36her
21:37neighbor
21:37called
21:38the
21:38cops.
21:39She
21:40had
21:40rushed
21:41over
21:41after
21:42hearing
21:43mom's
21:43screams
21:44took
21:44one
21:45look
21:45at
21:45the
21:45scene
21:46and
21:46collapsed
21:47right
21:47in
21:47the
21:47doorway.
21:49Sirens
21:49soon
21:50flooded
21:50the
21:50neighborhood.
21:51The
21:52police
21:52swarmed
21:54Forensics
21:55followed.
21:56Crime
21:57scene
21:57tape
21:57went
21:58up.
21:59I
21:59watched
21:59them
21:59hustle
22:00in
22:00and
22:00out,
22:01camera
22:01flashes
22:02exploding
22:03over
22:04my
22:04corpse.
22:05A
22:05female
22:06officer
22:07had to
22:07drag
22:08mom out
22:08to the
22:09living
22:09room
22:09couch.
22:10She
22:11was
22:12still
22:13babbling
22:14incoherently,
22:15trying to
22:16defend
22:16herself.
22:17Officer,
22:18I swear
22:19she was
22:19faking
22:20it.
22:20She's
22:21been a
22:21liar
22:21since
22:22she
22:22was
22:22a
22:22kid.
22:23The
22:23band
22:23was
22:23red.
22:24The
22:24machine
22:25doesn't
22:25lie.
22:26I
22:26was
22:26just
22:27disciplining
22:27her.
22:28I
22:28was
22:28doing
22:28it
22:29for
22:29her
22:29own
22:29good.
22:30Nobody
22:31even
22:31looked
22:31at
22:31her.
22:32Everyone
22:33just
22:33stared
22:33at
22:34her
22:34like
22:34she
22:34was
22:34an
22:34absolute
22:35monster.
22:37When
22:37the
22:38coroner
22:38tried
22:38to
22:39move
22:39move
22:39my
22:39body
22:40they
22:41ran
22:41into
22:41a
22:41problem.
22:42The
22:43truth
22:43band.
22:44The
22:44truth
22:45band.
22:46Because
22:46it
22:46had
22:47discharged
22:48high
22:48voltage
22:49electricity
22:49for so
22:50long,
22:51the
22:51intense
22:52heat
22:52had
22:53literally
22:53melted
22:54the
22:54rubber
22:54right
22:55into
22:55my
22:55skin.
22:56It
22:57was
22:57basically
22:58fused
22:58to my
22:59flesh.
23:00Jesus
23:00Christ.
23:01He
23:02had
23:02to
23:03grab
23:03a
23:04pair
23:04of
23:04medical
23:05shears
23:06to
23:06force
23:06it
23:07off.
23:07The
23:08sickening
23:09sound
23:09of
23:10skin
23:10tearing.
23:11Even
23:12though
23:12I
23:12was
23:13already
23:13dead,
23:14my
23:14phantom
23:14wrist
23:15throbbed.
23:16The
23:16band
23:17finally
23:17came
23:17off,
23:18taking
23:19a
23:19chunk
23:19of
23:19my
23:20charred
23:20flesh
23:20with
23:21it.
23:21A
23:22detective
23:22picked
23:23up
23:23my
23:23diary
23:23from
23:24the
23:24floor,
23:25flipping
23:25through
23:26it
23:26with
23:26gloved
23:27hands,
23:28his
23:29face
23:29growing
23:29darker
23:30by
23:30the
23:30second.
23:31Mom's
23:32eyes
23:32locked
23:33onto
23:33the
23:33notebook.
23:35Suddenly
23:35she
23:36lunged
23:37at
23:38the
23:38detective
23:39like
23:39a
23:39rabid
23:40dog
23:40trying
23:41to
23:41snatch
23:42it.
23:43Those
23:43are
23:43her
23:43punishment
23:44lines!
23:45She
23:45definitely
23:45wrote
23:46it
23:46in
23:46there!
23:46She
23:46admitted
23:46she
23:47was
23:47lying!
23:47Read
23:48it!
23:48She
23:48confessed!
23:50The
23:50detective
23:50shoved
23:51her
23:51back
23:51hard
23:52and
23:53dropped
23:53the
23:53diary
23:53into
23:54an
23:54evidence
23:55bag.
23:56He
23:56glared
23:57at
23:57her
23:57with
23:58eyes
23:58as
23:58cold
23:59as
23:59ice,
24:00looking
24:00at
24:00her
24:01like
24:01she
24:01was
24:01pure
24:02garbage.
24:03We'll
24:03decide
24:04who
24:04was
24:04lying.
24:05Right
24:05then,
24:06Dad
24:07finally
24:08rushed
24:08back.
24:09He
24:10saw
24:10the
24:11black
24:11body
24:12bag
24:12being
24:12carried
24:13out
24:13the
24:13door.
24:14That
24:15long
24:15zipper
24:16sealing
24:17away
24:17my
24:18entire
24:18miserable
24:19life.
24:20Dad's
24:21legs
24:21gave
24:22out.
24:23He
24:23collapsed
24:24onto
24:24the
24:24lawn,
24:25literally
24:26wetting
24:26his
24:27pants
24:27in
24:27shock.
24:28Mia
24:29was
24:29standing
24:30to
24:30the
24:30side,
24:31sobbing
24:31in
24:32fear.
24:33She
24:33didn't
24:34even
24:34fully
24:35grasp
24:35what
24:36was
24:36happening.
24:37She
24:38just
24:38pointed
24:39at
24:39the
24:40bloody
24:40band
24:41left
24:42on
24:42the
24:42table
24:42and
24:43asked,
24:44Mommy,
24:45why
24:45is
24:45Lily's
24:46band
24:46black?
24:47And
24:47is
24:47still
24:48green?
24:48She
24:49held
24:49up
24:49her
24:50wrist,
24:50the
24:51little
24:51green
24:51light
24:52still
24:52blinking
24:53cheerfully.
24:53It
24:54was
24:55a
24:56massive
24:57sickening
24:58irony.
24:59The
25:00police
25:00began
25:00an
25:01impromptu
25:02interrogation
25:03in the
25:04living
25:04room.
25:05Mom
25:05acted
25:06like
25:07she
25:07just
25:07found
25:07her
25:08lifeline.
25:09She
25:09pointed
25:10sharply
25:10at
25:11my
25:11bloody
25:11band,
25:12her
25:12voice
25:13shrill
25:13and
25:14desperate.
25:15Check
25:15the
25:15band.
25:16You
25:16have
25:16to
25:16check
25:16the
25:17band.
25:17It
25:17proves
25:18she
25:18was
25:18lying.
25:19Red
25:19means
25:20lie.
25:21I
25:21only
25:21ever
25:21shocked
25:21her
25:21when
25:22it
25:22turned
25:22red.
25:22I
25:23am
25:23not
25:23abusive.
25:24The
25:24machine
25:25told
25:25me
25:25to
25:25do
25:25it.
25:26I
25:26was
25:26just
25:26teaching
25:27her
25:27a
25:27lesson.
25:28The
25:28detective
25:29scowled
25:30at
25:30her,
25:31completely
25:31disgusted.
25:33Ma'am,
25:35your
25:35daughter's
25:35body
25:37is
25:37covered
25:38in
25:38old
25:38repetitive
25:40electrical
25:40burn
25:40scars.
25:41That
25:41was
25:42discipline!
25:43It
25:43was
25:43education!
25:44Mom
25:45shrieked,
25:46cutting
25:46him
25:47off,
25:47desperate
25:48to
25:49prove
25:49she
25:49was
25:49right.
25:50Desperate
25:51to
25:51prove
25:52she
25:52wasn't
25:53a
25:53murderer.
25:54She
25:54suddenly
25:55made
25:56the
25:57most
25:57insane
25:58demand.
26:00You
26:00don't
26:00believe
26:00me?
26:01That
26:02machine
26:02is
26:02flawless!
26:03I'll
26:03put it
26:04on right
26:04now!
26:05I'm
26:05telling
26:05the
26:05truth,
26:06so
26:06it's
26:06going
26:07to
26:07be
26:07green!
26:08She
26:08lunged
26:09for
26:09the
26:09table,
26:10snatching
26:11up the
26:11band that
26:12was still
26:12coated in
26:13my
26:13burnt
26:13skin
26:14and
26:14blood.
26:15Completely
26:16ignoring
26:16the
26:17gore,
26:17her hands
26:18shook
26:19wildly
26:20as
26:20she
26:21forced
26:21the
26:21strap
26:22around
26:22her
26:22own
26:23wrist.
26:24I'll
26:24show
26:24you,
26:25I'm
26:25innocent.
26:26If
26:26it's
26:26green,
26:27it
26:27means
26:27everything
26:27I've
26:28said
26:28is
26:28true.
26:29Trembling,
26:30she
26:31snapped
26:31the
26:31blood
26:32soap
26:32device
26:33into
26:33place.
26:35Locked
26:35tight,
26:37the
26:37freezing
26:38rubber
26:38pressed
26:39against
26:39her
26:40skin,
26:41sticky
26:41and
26:42slick
26:42with
26:43my
26:43blood.
26:44Mom
26:45took
26:45a
26:45deep
26:46breath,
26:47trying
26:47to force
26:47herself
26:48to
26:48calm
26:48down.
26:49She
26:50was
26:50so
26:50desperate
26:51to
26:51prove
26:52I
26:52deserve
26:53to
26:53die,
26:54to
26:54prove
26:55her
26:55twisted
26:55parenting
26:56was
26:57flawless.
26:58She
26:59held
26:59her
26:59wrist
27:00up
27:00to
27:00the
27:00cops,
27:01a
27:02gleam
27:02of
27:02manic
27:03confidence
27:04in
27:04her
27:04eyes.
27:05Watch
27:06closely.
27:07My
27:08name
27:08is
27:08Evelyn.
27:09I
27:09am
27:09Lily's
27:10mother.
27:10It
27:11was
27:11a
27:11pure
27:11fact,
27:12the
27:13absolute
27:14truth,
27:15but
27:16then
27:16a
27:17sharp
27:18ear
27:18piercing
27:19alarm
27:19instantly
27:20shrieked
27:21from the
27:21band.
27:22The
27:22long
27:22dead
27:23red
27:23light
27:23violently
27:24exploded
27:25to
27:25life.
27:26Mom
27:26was
27:26stunned.
27:27Her
27:27cocky
27:28expression
27:28froze
27:29instantly.
27:30She
27:31smacked
27:32the band
27:32hard,
27:33like hitting
27:33a glitching
27:34TV
27:34remote.
27:35What the
27:35hell?
27:36Is it
27:36broken?
27:37I'm telling
27:38the truth.
27:38I am
27:39Evelyn.
27:40Panic
27:40started
27:41setting in,
27:42her words
27:42spilling
27:43out faster.
27:44It
27:44has
27:45to
27:45be
27:45broken.
27:46That
27:46coroner
27:47must
27:47have
27:47busted
27:48it.
27:50Let
27:51me
27:51try
27:51again.
27:51I'm
27:52going
27:52to
27:52say
27:52it
27:53again.
27:53She
27:54swallowed
27:54hard,
27:55her voice
27:55pitching
27:56up in
27:56hysteria.
27:57I
27:57did
27:57not
27:58abuse
27:58my
27:58child.
27:59I
28:00was
28:00doing
28:00it
28:00for
28:00her
28:01own
28:01good.
28:01I
28:02loved
28:03her.
28:03The
28:03red
28:04light
28:04flashed
28:04even
28:05more
28:05violently,
28:06blurring
28:06into a
28:07solid
28:07block
28:07of
28:07furious
28:08red.
28:09And
28:09because
28:10it
28:10detected
28:11an
28:11extreme
28:12spike
28:12in
28:13heart
28:13rate,
28:13the
28:14band
28:14automatically
28:15triggered
28:15a
28:15mild
28:16electric
28:16shock.
28:17Mom
28:17jolted,
28:18her
28:18entire
28:19arm
28:19stagnating
28:20as she
28:20flinched
28:21hard.
28:21It
28:22hurt.
28:23Even
28:23just a
28:24low-level
28:25shock
28:25was enough
28:26to cover
28:26her in
28:27goosebumps.
28:28It
28:28suddenly
28:29hit her.
28:29How I
28:30felt
28:30at
28:3110
28:31years
28:31old,
28:32being
28:32hit
28:33with
28:33the
28:33absolute
28:34maximum
28:34voltage,
28:36curling
28:36into a
28:36ball
28:37on the
28:37floor,
28:37biting
28:38through
28:38my
28:38lip
28:39just
28:39to
28:39keep
28:39from
28:40crying
28:40out.
28:40So
28:41this
28:42was
28:42how
28:42much
28:42it
28:42hurt.
28:43Mom
28:43completely
28:44lost
28:44her
28:45mind.
28:45Why
28:46is
28:46it
28:46red?
28:47Why?
28:48I'm
28:49telling
28:49the
28:49truth,
28:50stupid
28:50thing!
28:51I'm
28:51telling
28:52these
28:52things!
28:54Turn
28:55green,
28:56you stupid
28:56thing!
28:57You broken
28:58piece of
28:58trash!
28:59You're
28:59setting
29:00me up!
29:00No
29:01No matter
29:01how loud
29:02she
29:02shrieked,
29:03the
29:04red
29:04light
29:04just
29:05kept
29:05frantically
29:06blinking.
29:07That's
29:07enough.
29:08You
29:09know
29:09what
29:09happens
29:09if
29:10that
29:10thing
29:10goes
29:10off.
29:11A
29:11forensics
29:12tech
29:12standing
29:13nearby
29:13finally
29:14spoke
29:14up,
29:15his
29:15voice
29:15ice
29:16cold.
29:16He
29:17honestly
29:18couldn't
29:19stomach
29:19it
29:19anymore.
29:20Stop
29:20trying.
29:21That
29:22thing
29:22isn't
29:22a
29:22lie
29:23detector,
29:23lady.
29:24He
29:24grabbed
29:24the
29:24instruction
29:25manual
29:25they'd
29:26found
29:26during
29:26the
29:27search
29:27and
29:27slammed
29:28it
29:28onto
29:28the
29:28coffee
29:29table.
29:31How
29:31it
29:32works
29:32is
29:33simple.
29:33When
29:33someone
29:34is
29:34nervous,
29:35anxious,
29:35terrified,
29:36or
29:37in
29:37extreme
29:37pain,
29:38their
29:38heart
29:38rate
29:38spikes.
29:39They
29:39sweat,
29:40their
29:40skin
29:40conductivity
29:40jumps,
29:41and
29:42the
29:42light
29:42turns
29:42red.
29:42Right
29:43now,
29:43you
29:43are
29:43panicking.
29:44You're
29:45terrified
29:45and
29:45your
29:45heart
29:46is
29:46racing.
29:46Of
29:47course
29:47it's
29:47flashing
29:48red.
29:48The
29:49tech
29:49took
29:49a
29:49slow
29:50step
29:50toward
29:51mom,
29:51who
29:52is
29:52now
29:52slumped
29:53on
29:53the
29:53floor.
29:54Every
29:54word
29:54he
29:54spoke
29:55dropped
29:55like
29:55a
29:56sledge
29:56hammer
29:56onto
29:57her
29:57skull.
29:57Think
29:58about
29:58it.
29:59Your
29:59daughter's
29:59appendix
30:00burst.
30:00She
30:01was
30:01wringling
30:01on
30:01the
30:01floor.
30:02Do
30:03you
30:03have
30:03any
30:03idea
30:03how
30:04agonizing
30:04a
30:05ruptured
30:05organ
30:05is?
30:06How
30:07fast
30:07do
30:07you
30:07think
30:07her
30:07heart
30:08was
30:08beating?
30:08How
30:09terrified
30:09do
30:10you
30:10think
30:10she
30:10was?
30:11But
30:11to
30:11you,
30:12the
30:12more
30:12pain
30:12she
30:12was
30:13in,
30:13the
30:13faster
30:14her
30:14heart
30:14beat,
30:14and
30:15the
30:15brighter
30:15that
30:15red
30:16light
30:16got.
30:17You
30:17just
30:17assumed
30:18she
30:18was
30:18lying
30:19harder,
30:19so
30:19you
30:19cranked
30:20up
30:20the
30:20voltage.
30:21The
30:21shock
30:21caused
30:22more
30:22pain,
30:22which
30:23made
30:23her
30:23heart
30:23race
30:23faster,
30:24which
30:24made
30:25the
30:25light
30:25even
30:25brighter.
30:26She
30:26was
30:26begging
30:26you
30:27for
30:27help,
30:27and
30:28you
30:28turned
30:28it
30:28into
30:29a
30:29torture
30:29device.
30:30You
30:30tortured
30:31your
30:31own
30:31daughter
30:31to
30:32death
30:32while
30:32she
30:32was
30:32begging
30:33you
30:33to
30:33save
30:33her.
30:34Mom's
30:35entire
30:35reality
30:35shattered
30:36into a
30:36million
30:37pieces.
30:37She
30:46ten
30:46years.
30:47Every
30:48single
30:48time
30:49my
30:49band
30:50flashed
30:50red.
30:51It
30:51was
30:51just
30:51because
30:52I
30:52was
30:52scared,
30:53terrified
30:53of her
30:54getting
30:54mad,
30:55terrified
30:55of being
30:56misunderstood,
30:57terrified
30:57of the
30:58food she
30:58forced
30:59down
30:59my
30:59throat.
31:00I
31:00was
31:00in
31:00pain.
31:01In
31:01so
31:01much
31:02pain,
31:02my
31:02heart
31:02was
31:03racing,
31:03and
31:04I
31:04was
31:04drenched
31:04in
31:05cold
31:05sweat.
31:05I
31:06was
31:06yearning,
31:07desperate
31:08for her
31:08to
31:08hug
31:09me,
31:09just
31:09once,
31:11the
31:11way
31:11she
31:11hugged
31:12Mia.
31:12Every
31:13single
31:13flutter
31:14of
31:14my
31:14heart
31:14had
31:15been
31:15twisted
31:15into
31:16proof
31:16of
31:17a
31:17lie.
31:20She
31:21started
31:21tearing
31:22frantically
31:22at the
31:23band
31:23on her
31:23wrist.
31:25Get
31:25off
31:26me!
31:28But
31:29the
31:29clasp
31:30jammed
31:31from
31:31being
31:31forced
31:32on
31:32and
31:33damaged
31:33from
31:34melting
31:34was
31:35completely
31:36stuck,
31:37locked
31:37around
31:37her
31:38wrist
31:38like
31:38a
31:38shackle.
31:39No
31:39matter
31:40how
31:40hard
31:40she
31:40clawed
31:41at
31:41it,
31:41it
31:41wouldn't
31:42budge.
31:42I'm
31:43sorry!
31:44I'm
31:44so
31:44sorry!
31:45Lily!
31:46Take
31:47it
31:47away!
31:48Mommy
31:48is
31:49sorry!
31:49I
31:49can't
31:49even
31:50handle
31:50this
31:50little
31:51bit
31:51of
31:51pain,
31:51mom.
31:52I
31:52had
31:52to
31:52live
31:53with
31:53it
31:53for
31:5310
31:54years.
31:54To
31:55establish
31:55the
31:56details
31:56of
31:57the
31:57abuse
31:58and
31:58build
31:59a
31:59solid
31:59case,
32:01the
32:01police
32:02opened
32:02the
32:02diary,
32:03now
32:04officially
32:05labeled
32:05as
32:06key
32:06evidence
32:07right
32:08in
32:08front
32:08of
32:08mom
32:08and
32:08dad.
32:09That
32:10notebook
32:10I
32:10used
32:11for
32:1110
32:11years
32:12filled
32:12with
32:13blood,
32:13tears
32:14and
32:14pure
32:14humiliation.
32:16The
32:16female
32:16officer's
32:17voice
32:17was
32:18soft,
32:18but
32:19every
32:19single
32:20word
32:20cut
32:21like
32:21a
32:21knife.
32:22February
32:2314th,
32:23Sonny.
32:25Mom
32:25made me
32:25eat
32:26celery.
32:26I'm
32:26allergic.
32:27It
32:27makes
32:28my throat
32:28swell up
32:29and I
32:29can't
32:29breathe.
32:30I
32:30told her
32:31I
32:31didn't
32:31want
32:32it.
32:32I
32:32didn't
32:33want
32:33it
32:33that
32:34I
32:34felt
32:34sick.
32:35I
32:35don't
32:36care
32:36if
32:36you're
32:36sick.
32:37You
32:37will
32:37eat
32:38that
32:38celery.
32:38and the
32:39band
32:39turned
32:39red.
32:40Mom
32:41said I
32:41was just
32:42being a
32:42picky liar
32:43and forced
32:43me to
32:44eat the
32:44whole plate.
32:45That
32:46night I
32:46threw up
32:46blood.
32:47My throat
32:48felt like
32:48it was
32:49on fire.
32:50Mom
32:50saw it,
32:51said I
32:51sneaked
32:52tomato juice
32:52to fake
32:53being sick
32:54and shocked
32:54me for
32:55another
32:5510 minutes.
32:56Mom
32:57covered
32:58her
32:58mouth,
32:59her
32:59entire
32:59body
33:00trembling
33:00violently.
33:02That
33:02night
33:03she
33:04honestly
33:04thought
33:05it
33:05was
33:05just
33:05tomato
33:06juice.
33:07She
33:08hadn't
33:09even
33:09given
33:09my
33:10vomit
33:10a
33:10second
33:10glance
33:11before
33:12turning
33:12around
33:13to
33:13read
33:13Mia
33:13a
33:14bedtime
33:14story.
33:15It
33:16turned
33:16out
33:17it
33:17was
33:18blood.
33:19Blood
33:19from
33:20my
33:21swollen
33:22ruptured
33:23throat.
33:24The
33:25officer
33:25turned
33:26in the
33:26page
33:26and
33:27kept
33:27reading.
33:291st
33:29Children's
33:30Day
33:30Mia
33:31cut
33:31up
33:32mom's
33:32favorite
33:32dress.
33:33Mia's
33:33heartbeat
33:34was
33:34slow
33:34so
33:35she
33:35got
33:35a
33:35green
33:36light.
33:36I
33:36was
33:36so
33:37frantic
33:37to
33:37explain
33:38terrified
33:39of
33:39being
33:39beaten
33:39so
33:40I
33:40only
33:40got
33:41read.
33:41Mom
33:42shocked
33:42me
33:42for
33:4310
33:43minutes.
33:44The
33:44dial
33:44was
33:44on
33:44level
33:455.
33:45It
33:46hurt
33:46so
33:46much
33:47but
33:47I
33:47didn't
33:48dare
33:48cry
33:48because
33:49crying
33:50makes
33:50your
33:50heartbeat
33:51foster.
33:51Mom
33:52would
33:52think
33:52I
33:52was
33:53being
33:53defiant
33:53and
33:53shock
33:54me
33:54even
33:54harder.
33:55I
33:55just
33:56held
33:56my
33:56breath
33:56and
33:56pretended
33:57it
33:57didn't
33:57hurt.
33:58Mom
33:59said,
33:59See?
34:00She's not
34:00even making
34:01a sound.
34:02It doesn't
34:02even hurt.
34:03She's
34:03definitely
34:04faking.
34:04Dad
34:05finally
34:05couldn't
34:06listen
34:06anymore.
34:08This
34:08man
34:09who
34:09had
34:10been
34:10completely
34:11invisible
34:12in this
34:13house
34:13for years
34:14who
34:15had
34:15turned
34:15a blind
34:16eye
34:16to my
34:17suffering
34:17just
34:18for
34:18some
34:19peace
34:19and
34:19quiet
34:20suddenly
34:21lunged
34:22forward.
34:25You
34:25absolute
34:26monster!
34:27Look at
34:27what you've
34:28done!
34:29He
34:29slapped
34:29Mom
34:29across
34:30the face
34:30with
34:31everything
34:31he
34:32had.
34:32Mom
34:33was
34:33knocked
34:33to
34:33the
34:34floor
34:34That
34:35was
34:36your
34:36own
34:36daughter!
34:37You
34:38treated
34:38her
34:38like
34:39an
34:39animal!
34:40But
34:40she
34:41didn't
34:41fight
34:42back
34:42and
34:43she
34:43didn't
34:43cry.
34:44She
34:45just
34:45mumbled
34:45to
34:46herself
34:47her eyes
34:48completely
34:48unfocused.
34:51It
34:52was
34:52Mia!
34:53Her
34:53band
34:53was
34:54always
34:54green!
34:55She
34:55was
34:55the
34:56honest
34:56one!
34:57She
34:57misled
34:58me!
34:59If
34:59I
34:59didn't
34:59have
34:59her
35:00green
35:00light!
35:01If
35:01I
35:01didn't
35:01have
35:01her
35:02to
35:02come
35:02to
35:02I
35:03wouldn't
35:03have
35:03trusted
35:03the
35:03red
35:04light
35:04so
35:04much!
35:05Every
35:05eye in
35:06the room
35:06snapped
35:07to
35:07Mia,
35:08the
35:08little
35:09princess
35:09who had
35:10always been
35:11held in
35:12the palm of
35:12mom's hand.
35:14A detective
35:15walked over to
35:16her.
35:17He
35:18unclasped the
35:19green band
35:20from her
35:21wrist,
35:21pulled out a
35:22screwdriver,
35:23and pried it
35:24open right there
35:25on the spot.
35:26The plastic
35:28casing split
35:29open.
35:30There were
35:30no complex
35:31sensor chips
35:32inside.
35:33No heart
35:34rate monitors.
35:36Just two
35:37cheap LED
35:38lights and
35:38a couple
35:39of button
35:40batteries.
35:41The circuit
35:42board was
35:42hardwired.
35:43As long
35:44as it
35:45had power,
35:46it would
35:46only ever
35:47shine green.
35:48This is a
35:49$2 plastic
35:50toy.
35:51Your younger
35:52daughter's band
35:52was factory
35:53set to stay
35:54green permanently.
35:55No matter
35:56what she says
35:57or does,
35:58she could
35:58commit murder
35:58and set a
35:59house on fire
36:00and it would
36:00still be green.
36:01Your so-called
36:02data-driven
36:03parenting is
36:04nothing but a
36:05complete biased
36:06joke.
36:07Mom stared at
36:08the pile of
36:08plastic shards.
36:10The truth
36:12she had
36:13blindly believed
36:14in for 10
36:15years.
36:17The sole
36:17evidence she
36:18used to
36:19sentence me
36:19to death,
36:21it was just
36:22a toy all
36:23along.
36:24My 10
36:25years of
36:26torment
36:27were dictated
36:28by a cheap
36:29toy.
36:30A rig
36:31game where
36:32I lived
36:32in hell
36:33and my
36:34sister lived
36:36in heaven.
36:37So,
36:38I wasn't
36:39a liar,
36:41I wasn't
36:42a bad
36:42kid.
36:43Then,
36:44what the
36:45hell was
36:45all my
36:45suffering
36:46for?
36:47I laughed
36:48and as I
36:49laughed,
36:49I started
36:50to cry.
36:51It turns
36:52out ghosts
36:53have tears
36:54too.
36:55The final
36:56page of
36:57the diary
36:58was turned.
36:59The female
37:00officer's
37:01voice choked
37:02up.
37:02The handwriting
37:03is a mess.
37:04She must
37:05have written
37:06this right
37:06before she
37:07died.
37:08Mom,
37:09if I die,
37:10will the
37:10band finally
37:11turn off?
37:12Will you
37:12hug me
37:13then?
37:13I'm really
37:14not lying.
37:15My stomach
37:16hurts so
37:16bad,
37:17like there
37:17are knives
37:18twisting
37:18inside.
37:19Mom,
37:20please don't
37:21make me wear
37:21the band
37:22in my next
37:22life.
37:23I'm begging
37:24you.
37:24I just
37:25want to
37:25be a
37:25normal
37:26kid.
37:26I want
37:27to eat
37:27your
37:27braised
37:28pork.
37:29Mom
37:30stared at
37:31the broken
37:31plastic
37:32pieces.
37:33Her
37:35unquestionable,
37:36honest,
37:37green
37:38light.
37:39Nothing
37:39more than
37:40a cheap
37:41plastic
37:41toy.
37:42Because
37:43of this
37:44toy,
37:44she spoiled
37:46Mia for
37:47ten years.
37:48And
37:49because of
37:50that damn
37:51red light,
37:52she tortured
37:52me for
37:53ten years.
37:54Mom
37:55suddenly
37:55burst
37:56into
37:56laughter.
37:57A
37:58shrill,
37:59horrifying
38:00laugh that
38:01looked worse
38:02than sobbing.
38:03She snapped.
38:04This
38:05time,
38:05she truly
38:06went insane.
38:08My death
38:09became the
38:10biggest news
38:10story in
38:11the city.
38:12Martha,
38:13our neighbor,
38:14was kind
38:15hearted,
38:16but she
38:17also had a
38:18huge mouth.
38:19She posted
38:19everything she
38:21saw that
38:21day online.
38:23The headline
38:24was
38:25shocking.
38:26The girl
38:27shocked to
38:27death by
38:28a pseudoscience
38:29band.
38:30The article
38:31detailed the
38:32gruesome state
38:33of my corpse
38:34and the band
38:35melted right
38:36into my flesh.
38:37It went
38:38completely viral.
38:40The internet
38:41exploded in
38:43absolute fury.
38:45Mom got
38:45completely doxxed.
38:47Electric demon
38:49murderer
38:50doesn't deserve
38:52to be a
38:52mother.
38:53Countless death
38:54threats and
38:56insults flooded
38:58in like an
38:58avalanche.
38:59Our front
39:00door was
39:01splashed with
39:03red paint
39:04with the
39:05word die
39:06scrawled
39:06all over it.
39:08Dad was
39:08also taken
39:09in by the
39:10police,
39:10investigated
39:11for criminal
39:12negligence and
39:13child endangerment.
39:15Although his
39:15alibi saved him
39:16from serious
39:17jail time,
39:18he lost his
39:19job and his
39:20reputation was
39:21completely ruined.
39:22His company
39:23fired him
39:24immediately to
39:25avoid the
39:25PR nightmare.
39:27Our family
39:28went bankrupt.
39:29They had to
39:30sell the house
39:31and the cars
39:32just to
39:34cover the
39:35legal fees
39:36and settlements.
39:37Unable to
39:38stand the
39:38crazy woman
39:39mom had
39:39become,
39:40dad took
39:41the last bit
39:41of money
39:42and left
39:43with Mia.
39:43Even if
39:44Mia was a
39:45bad seed,
39:46she was his
39:47only living
39:48bloodline left.
39:50Before leaving,
39:51Mia tried to
39:52grab her
39:53green band.
39:54Dad stomped
39:55it into pieces.
39:57What the hell
39:57do you want
39:57this piece
39:58of trash
39:58for?
39:59Mia was
40:00dragged away
40:02crying.
40:03Mom was
40:04released on
40:05bail because
40:06psychiatric
40:07evaluations
40:08showed she
40:09was suffering
40:09from severe
40:10schizophrenia
40:11and PTSD.
40:13She was
40:13left alone
40:14in a cheap
40:15stinking
40:16rental apartment
40:17filled with
40:18the memory
40:18of my
40:19rotting corpse.
40:21Her mental
40:21state deteriorated
40:23rapidly.
40:23she constantly
40:26hallucinated
40:27that I was
40:28still in the
40:29house.
40:30She absolutely
40:31refused to
40:32take off my
40:33red band.
40:34In fact,
40:34she became
40:35addicted to it
40:36because she
40:37realized that
40:38only by wearing
40:39it, feeling the
40:40weak sting of
40:42the electric
40:42leaks, I
40:43floated in the
40:44room watching
40:45her daily
40:46descent into
40:47madness.
40:47she would
40:49cook a
40:50full
40:51table
40:52of food
40:53and yell
40:54into thin
40:54air.
40:55Lily, time
40:56to eat.
40:56I didn't put
40:57celery in it
40:58today.
40:59It's all
40:59braised pork.
41:00Your favorite.
41:01Then she
41:02would pick up
41:02a piece of
41:03meat, her
41:04hands shaking
41:05violently.
41:06Triggered by
41:06her anxiety,
41:08the band
41:08would flash
41:09red.
41:10Mommy
41:10doesn't deserve
41:11to eat.
41:11Liars must
41:12be punished.
41:13She would
41:14put down
41:15her chopsticks
41:16and pick
41:17up the
41:18remote and
41:19press it
41:20against her
41:21own neck.
41:22Even though
41:23the battery
41:23was almost
41:24dead, she
41:26always managed
41:26to find fresh
41:28ones to put
41:28in.
41:29The intense
41:30voltage would
41:31make her
41:32convulse and
41:34foam at the
41:35mouth.
41:35Lily, it's
41:36such pain.
41:38I'm sorry.
41:40Mommy feels
41:42it now.
41:44She started
41:45replicating the
41:46punishments
41:46from my
41:47diary on
41:48herself.
41:49I was
41:49shocked for
41:50not eating
41:51celery, so
41:52she forced
41:53herself to
41:54eat rancid,
41:55spoiled food.
41:57Even when
41:57she vomited
41:58blood, she
41:59swallowed it
42:00back down.
42:00I was locked
42:01in the dark, so
42:03she would lock
42:04herself in the
42:05bedroom without
42:06the lights on.
42:07Repeatedly bang
42:08her head on
42:09the floor in
42:10front of my
42:11memorial photo.
42:12Thud, thud,
42:14until her
42:15forehead was a
42:16bloody mess,
42:17leaving bloody
42:18prints all over
42:19the floorboards.
42:20Deep in the
42:21night, she
42:22would see the
42:23red light
42:24reflecting on
42:25the wall, like
42:25my bleeding
42:26eyes staring
42:27right back at
42:28her.
42:28On the back
42:29of the diary,
42:30she would
42:31frantically
42:32scribble in
42:33red ink.
42:33I'm sorry,
42:35mom was
42:35wrong.
42:36Red is
42:37pain, red
42:38is love.
42:39Please come
42:40back.
42:40Just say it
42:41hurts one
42:42more time.
42:43Mommy will
42:43definitely save
42:44you.
42:45What a shame.
42:46I was
42:47already dead.
42:48And dead
42:49girls can't
42:50feel pain.
42:51Mom was
42:51eventually locked
42:52up in a
42:53psychiatric
42:53ward.
42:54Her severe
42:55self-harm reached
42:56the point where
42:57she nearly
42:58electrocuted
42:59herself to
42:59death at
43:00home.
43:00Adult
43:01Protective
43:01Services forced
43:03an intervention
43:04and had her
43:05committed.
43:06She was the
43:07most bizarre
43:08patient in the
43:09entire facility.
43:12Somehow, she
43:13had found a
43:14red plastic
43:15ring and
43:16jammed it
43:17tight around
43:17her neck.
43:18It was her
43:19homemade truth
43:21band.
43:22If anyone
43:23tried to take
43:24it off, she
43:25would bite them
43:26frantically like
43:27a rabid dog.
43:29Don't touch
43:29my light!
43:30Lily is
43:30watching!
43:31If you take
43:32it off, she'll
43:33get mad.
43:33She had
43:34developed a
43:35horrifying
43:36conditioned
43:37reflex.
43:39Whenever a
43:40nurse asked
43:40her,
43:41Evelyn, have
43:42you eaten?
43:43she would
43:43touch her
43:44neck first,
43:45then convulse
43:46and scream.
43:47Red light!
43:48Red light!
43:50Don't shock
43:51me!
43:51I'll eat!
43:52I'll eat!
43:53Even if it
43:54was boiling
43:54hot porridge,
43:55she would
43:56swallow it in
43:57one gulp.
43:58Even as it
43:59blistered and
44:00burned her
44:01esophagus, she
44:02didn't dare
44:03spit it out.
44:04She was
44:06mimicking me
44:07right before
44:08I died.
44:10She was
44:10using this to
44:11experience my
44:13personal hell
44:13over and
44:15over again.
44:16Years later,
44:18Mia grew up
44:19and she went
44:21completely off
44:23the rails.
44:24With no
44:25discipline and
44:26carrying that
44:27infamous reputation,
44:29she ended up
44:30scraping by at
44:32the very bottom
44:33of society.
44:35When she ran
44:35out of money,
44:36she remembered
44:37her mother
44:38sitting in the
44:39psych ward.
44:40She came to
44:42the hospital for
44:43a visit, not
44:44out of love,
44:45but for cash.
44:47Listen, you
44:48old lunatic,
44:49dad's dead.
44:50Give me the
44:50secret stash of
44:51money you hid.
44:52Mia was caked
44:53in heavy makeup,
44:54her face dripping
44:55with hostility.
44:56Looking at the
44:58absolute ghost
44:59her mother had
45:00become, she
45:01spat on the
45:02floor in
45:03disgust.
45:05You're
45:05disgusting, just
45:07like your dead
45:08brat of a
45:08daughter.
45:09If you don't
45:10give me the
45:11money, I'll
45:11pull your plug
45:12and send you
45:13to keep her
45:13company.
45:14Mom, who
45:15had been
45:16completely
45:16catatonic,
45:17suddenly snapped
45:18her head up at
45:19those words.
45:20Her cloudy
45:21eyes suddenly
45:22cleared for a
45:23fraction of a
45:24second the
45:24moment she
45:25locked onto
45:25Mia.
45:26She remembered
45:27that plastic
45:28toy band that
45:29always shone
45:30green, the
45:32green light that
45:33had deceived her
45:34for ten years.
45:36It was you.
45:38You lied to
45:39me.
45:40You were the
45:41fake green
45:41light.
45:42You killed
45:43Lily.
45:44Give my
45:44Lily back to
45:45me.
45:45Her final,
45:47lingering shred
45:48of maternal
45:49love twisted
45:51into the
45:51fangs of
45:52pure vengeance.
45:54Mom suddenly
45:55lunged, throwing
45:57herself at
45:58Mia, and
45:59locked her
46:01hands in a
46:02death grip
46:02around her
46:04throat.
46:05Die!
46:06Go to
46:06hell!
46:07It should
46:07have been
46:08you!
46:08Help!
46:09Mia thrashed
46:11in terror, but
46:12she couldn't
46:12break the brute
46:13strength of a
46:14mad woman.
46:15It took
46:16doctors rushing
46:17in and injecting
46:18a heavy sedative
46:19to finally
46:20pry mom
46:21off her.
46:22Mia, scared
46:24completely out
46:25of her mind,
46:26scrambled away
46:27and bolted.
46:29Maniacs, you're
46:30all crazy!
46:31Blinded by panic,
46:33she sprinted
46:34wildly out the
46:35hospital's front
46:36doors.
46:37A speeding
46:38delivery truck
46:39couldn't break
46:39in time.
46:41Bam!
46:41Mia was sent
46:43flying through
46:44the air.
46:45She survived,
46:47but both her
46:49legs were
46:50completely shattered.
46:51Condemned to
46:52spend the rest
46:54of her miserable
46:55life in a
46:56wheelchair, reduced
46:57to an absolute
47:00cripple.
47:01As for mom,
47:03she was strapped
47:05to a restraint
47:06bed, tears
47:07silently rolling
47:08down her face
47:09as she stared
47:10at the ceiling.
47:12In her dreams,
47:13she finally
47:14saw me.
47:15The dream me
47:16was still
47:17ten years old,
47:18wearing a white
47:19dress with no
47:21truth band on
47:22my wrist.
47:23Running toward
47:24her with a
47:24bright smile,
47:26overjoyed,
47:27she opened her
47:28arms to catch
47:29me, only to
47:30realize her hands
47:31were sparking
47:32with electricity.
47:33The second
47:34she touched
47:35me, my body
47:37burst into flames
47:38like dry paper.
47:40Crumbling
47:41into ash,
47:42she jolted
47:43awake from the
47:44nightmare, sobbing,
47:45her heart rate
47:46spiking dangerously
47:48high.
47:48If she still wore
47:50the band, it would
47:51undoubtedly be a
47:52blinding, piercing
47:53crimson right now.
47:55It was an
47:57eternal, inescapable
47:59pain.
48:00I stood in the
48:01void, watching it
48:03all unfold.
48:05Watching mom
48:06tortured in the
48:07psych ward.
48:08Watching Mia
48:09begging with shattered
48:10legs, watching dad
48:12drink himself into
48:14an early, pathetic
48:15grave.
48:17Yet, in my heart, I
48:19felt absolutely no
48:22thrill of revenge.
48:23Just, complete peace.
48:26Standing next to me
48:28was an old dog.
48:30It was Snowball, the
48:32puppy I had when I was
48:34little, before mom threw
48:36him away.
48:37He had been waiting
48:38for me in the spirit
48:39world.
48:40Snowball nudged my
48:42leg and gave two
48:43soft barks, as if
48:45saying, let's go,
48:47don't look anymore.
48:49Yeah, it was time to
48:52go.
48:53This life had been too
48:54bitter.
48:54There was nothing left
48:56to hold on to.
48:57I floated to the window
48:59of mom's hospital room.
49:01It was for one final
49:03goodbye.
49:04Mom lay on the bed,
49:06looking like a
49:07skeletal ghost, her
49:09hair completely white.
49:11Sensing something, her
49:13cloudy eyes shifted to
49:15an empty spot in the
49:16air.
49:17The exact spot where I
49:19was standing.
49:21Lily?
49:22Is that you?
49:23She reached out with a
49:25trembling hand, grasping
49:27blindly at the void.
49:30Mommy smashed the
49:31band.
49:32Mommy doesn't believe in
49:33that anymore.
49:34Please come back,
49:36okay?
49:36Mommy will cook for
49:38you.
49:38No celery.
49:40Mommy will buy you a
49:41new dress.
49:42I won't buy Mia one.
49:45Tears slipped from the
49:46corners of her eyes,
49:47soaking into the
49:48pillow.
49:49I glanced at the
49:51bloody ring of scars
49:52around her neck and
49:54let out a soft sigh.
49:56I reached out, pressing
49:59an ice-cold finger
50:00against her forehead.
50:02It was the last ounce
50:05of mercy I had for
50:07her.
50:08Let her sleep.
50:10When you're asleep, it
50:12doesn't hurt anymore.
50:14She quieted instantly,
50:16her heavy eyelids drooping
50:18shut as she fell into a
50:21deep sleep.
50:22A gust of wind blew
50:24through the room,
50:25flipping open the
50:27battered diary on the
50:28bedside table.
50:29The one possession the
50:31police had returned to
50:32her.
50:33On the very last page,
50:35right below my dying
50:37words, were a few new
50:40lines of jagged
50:42handwriting written by
50:44mom during a rare moment
50:46of clarity.
50:46Next life, let mommy wear
50:49the band.
50:50Let mommy be the liar.
50:52You can punish me.
50:54As long as you don't
50:55abandon mommy, mommy
50:56will do anything.
50:58I looked at those words,
51:00feeling absolutely nothing.
51:02It was too late.
51:05In the face of death, all
51:07the repentance in the
51:08world is pale and useless.
51:10Mom, I don't hate you
51:12anymore, but I don't love
51:14you either.
51:15Ma, let's them wear
51:17meesters at Everest.
51:18I turned around, walking
51:21alongside Snowball.
51:23A door of pure light
51:25appeared in the distance.
51:27The gateway to the next
51:29reincarnation.
51:31I raised my wrist.
51:33The phantom truth band
51:35that had bound my soul.
51:37The nightmare that had
51:39imprisoned my entire life.
51:41I clenched my fists
51:43tight.
51:43It shattered, dissolving
51:47into stardust and
51:49vanishing into the air.
51:51I felt an unprecedented
51:52sense of relief.
51:54No red lights.
51:56No shocks.
51:58No lies.
52:00Just freedom.
52:02I walked into the light
52:03without ever looking back.
52:08The morning sun spilled into
52:11the hospital room.
52:13A nurse pushed the door open
52:15for morning rounds.
52:17Evelyn, time for your meds.
52:19No response.
52:21The figure on the bed was
52:23completely still.
52:24The nurse stepped closer to check.
52:27Mom's hands were tightly
52:29clutching that broken diary.
52:31A single crystalline tear
52:35hung at the corner of her eye.
52:38And on the heart monitor
52:41next to the bed,
52:43that jagged green wave
52:46representing life
52:48had flattened
52:51into one
52:52long
52:53straight line.
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