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00:00mom please let me in I'm so cold it was a snowy night minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit
00:07I was locked outside wearing only thin pajamas slowly turning into a snowman
00:13inside the fireplace was roaring my mom sat on the couch sipping hot mulled wine
00:19while my twin brother Jacob wrapped in a wool blanket curled up in her lap
00:24watching cartoons mom said Jacob had suffered from the freezing wind for 20
00:29minutes during the parade and he was traumatized so just for fairness I had
00:34to stand in the cold for 20 minutes too then we were even Jacob and I are twins
00:40so mom insists on fairness and everything when he ate ice cream from the food stall
00:46and got diarrhea my mom knew that I was lactose intolerant so she forced me to
00:51drink milk and suffer just like him just for fairness as I curled up on the
00:57bathroom floor pale and completely drained Jacob stood at the door sobbing
01:01mom was satisfied just smiled and stroked his hair
01:09meanwhile under mom's disgusted glare I had to choke down cold oatmeal and spent two
01:15days in bed just trying to recover when Jacob failed to finish his homework and
01:20got detention mom dragged me to school and forced me to rip my own homework right in
01:25front of the teacher just for fairness seeing me burst into tears ripping my
01:30hard work page by page Jacob started bawling mom I promise I'll do my homework
01:36please don't do this to Helen even my teacher just stared at me with pure pity
01:41unable to say a word and today during the Thanksgiving parade Jacob got
01:46separated from the crowd and was lost for 20 minutes when we got home mom's face
01:51was dark Helen your brother was lost for 20 minutes he was terrified out there to be
01:58fair you need to feel exactly what he felt she dragged me to the front door and
02:03slammed it shut it was minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit and I was wearing thin cotton
02:08pajamas standing barefoot outside it was freezing I curled up in the corner of the
02:15porch steps the wind sliced through the wooden cracks like needles piercing my skin I
02:20picked up a twig with numb fingers I scraped it for a bit of warmth just like
02:24Little Match Girl but no matter how hard I tried it wouldn't light I was so tired I just
02:31wanted to sleep I reached into my pocket and felt the drawing I did in art class in
02:37the drawing mom was sitting by my bedside holding a fairy tale book smiling gently as
02:42she read me a bedtime story I pressed the drawing tightly against my chest and closed my
02:47eyes in a daze I felt myself sinking back into that warm soft bed mom was
02:53whispering gently and I could smell the faint lingering scent from her go to sleep
02:58sweetie mommy will always be here with you the snow kept falling but suddenly I
03:04felt warm mom I'm falling asleep now maybe when I wake up you'll open the door and get
03:10me back inside you'll read me a gentle bedtime story just like in my drawing snowflakes
03:16drifted down landing on my hair my eyelashes and the drawing in my arms and finally I
03:23couldn't feel cold anymore I was jolted awake by mom's screeching voice opening my
03:29heavy eyes I realized I was floating in midair hovering beside the chandelier in the
03:34living room I tried to scream tried to rush down and grab them but my fingertips
03:40passed right through Jacob's hair without stirring a whisper of wind
03:47mom where's sissy mom was busy packing two massive suitcases were stuffed with clothes toys and
03:54snack hearing his question she didn't even look up her that ungrateful brat I made her stay outside
04:01to reflect for fairness last night this morning she was gone probably ran off to grandma's to complain
04:06about me complain mom no I didn't I hovered in the air opening my mouth to explain but the air
04:15just
04:15slipped through my throat not a single sound complain yeah she was acting out yesterday thought it wasn't
04:25fair and ran off at night well she went to grandma's to have fun then I'm taking you to the
04:32fairyland theme
04:33park for three days just to be fair my dead body was just outside the door huddled in the corner
04:39buried under the heavy snow like an abandoned snowman my soul drifted upon the ceiling while mom just to
04:47be fair was taking my brother out to a theme park mom what about me you haven't even found me
04:53yet
04:54but sissy has never been to fairyland are we really not bringing her Jacob remember she left us first
05:03she only cared about herself and went grandma's leaving you here all frightened just to be fair
05:07she will get punished and you deserve to go have a good time outside that door my body had already
05:14gone stiff the last thing I remembered was the bone chilling cold and endless despair I had wanted to
05:21strike a twig wanted to wait for mom to come and get me but until I froze to death that
05:27door never opened
05:34the snow is so heavy the roads must be bad maybe we should call and check if Helen arrived okay
05:40call her for what if she's got the nerve to run away then she can look after herself if you
05:47call her
05:48now you're giving in to her you want her to behave like this all the time if we want our
05:54children to
05:54grow up into leets we must use fair discipline and give them cold treatment if necessary just wait
06:01for it she will come back crying for forgiveness in this house mom's fairness was the law I stared at
06:09dad's back strangely I didn't feel any hate but just sad for him turned out in their eyes my leaving
06:17was
06:17just a solo drama they needed to handle they finished packing laughing and chatting as they
06:23walked out the door mom look there's a snowman I think Helen made it the mound trembled slightly
06:29but it didn't collapse my body was just inside frozen stiff in a curled position don't touch that
06:37it's dirty must be that little brat making a mess at the doorstep let's go the fireworks are about
06:44to start they got into the car the exhaust fumes blasted against the mound instantly melting a tiny
06:51patch of snow to reveal a corner of my great pajamas but no one noticed it wasn't until the tires
07:00rolled
07:00over the edge of the mound that the car jolted dad glanced at the rearview mirror that tiny flash of
07:06great pajamas caught his attention Sarah I need to get out and look I think I just saw come on
07:12we're
07:12going to be late for fairyland it's just a rock in the snow I'm sure it's from your baby girl
07:18just to
07:19be fair when she comes back I'm making her shovel every last spot of snow from the driveway in fact
07:23she's going to clear the roads for the entire neighborhood she should be doing this while we
07:29are out right it's just not fair with her perfect makeup mom smirked I was already dead yet she was
07:36still thinking about my punishment her fairness on the way to the park Jacob remained silent holding
07:42the toy bear I had gifted to him it was a gift for his sixth birthday I had saved up
07:48for over half a
07:49year for it back then mom had said you got a gift for your brother then you need to give
07:54one to me too
07:55just to be fair it needs to be the same price I didn't have any money left so mom punished
08:01me
08:02by making me wash the dishes for a month cheer up Jacob we're going to fairyland you're going to
08:08see Superman your favorite Jacob forced a smile burying his face into the bear's plush fur inside
08:16the theme park it was packed cheerful music colorful balloons it really felt like a fairy tale paradise
08:24excitedly mom dragged Jacob into a souvenir shop she picked out a blue princess gown and began
08:32holding it up against Jacob here Jacob put this on that's for girls I'm not wearing that Helen likes
08:39it not me I remembered that dress I had seen it on TV once my eyes glowing with envy at
08:48the time mom
08:49had told me want a dress fine just to be fair your brother doesn't wear dresses so neither do you
08:57and now she was forcing that exact dress onto my brother who says boys can't wear dresses
09:05your sister is definitely dressing up over at grandma's right now I bet she even got new clothes
09:11just to be fair you got to wear new clothes too and the exact one she wanted the most that'll
09:17teach
09:17you're a lesson but I don't want to put it on I am doing this for your own good to
09:25make sure you get
09:25what's fair why can't you understand how much I sacrifice for you right there with everyone watching
09:31she stripped off Jacob's jacket and forced the princess gown over him Jacob's face flushed from
09:36humiliation tears streamed down his cheeks in the crowd there were whispers and mockings but mom ignored them all
09:45she took out her phone snapping photo after photo of Jacob as he sobbed then with a satisfied smile
09:53she uploaded them to Instagram her caption read my little princess a million times sweeter than some
10:00little brat little brother fulfills his sister's dream fairness is everything mommy loves you both
10:06I stared at the phone screen a sharp ache piercing my heart I watched the light in my Jacob's eyes
10:13slowly
10:14die down just like last night in snow the little twig I tried to strike it would never ever light
10:20at night the theme park started fireworks above the castle Jacob look so pretty Jacob was in that
10:28loose princess gown shivering in the wind mom can Helen see the fireworks too why do you keep bringing her
10:37up
10:37you're ruining the mood she's probably stuffing herself in grandma's forgotten us already just to be fair
10:43let's just fun you are not allowed to think about her the fireworks were so beautiful so warm so full
10:51of life but my body was lying hundreds of miles away right outside our house a new flurry of snow
10:58began to fall the flakes drifted down burying the mound that hid me even deeper occasionally stray dogs have
11:07passed by sniffing around it then run away from the freezing wind I couldn't feel the cold anymore but I
11:15was terrified
11:15they would eat me if they did would mom still be able to recognize me three days later they returned
11:27still not melting yet it's getting dark
11:32better melt soon what a mess to look at Jacob's eyes were glassy he had been running a low-grade
11:38fever mom
11:40Teddy says he's cold he wants to play with the snowman play it's filthy your sister's not even home yet
11:50she leaves
11:51this here just to ruin the view this driveway looks like a dump site just to be fair she made
11:56a mess out
11:57here none of her junk is allowed inside my house get inside you leave it there let her and her
12:06garbage
12:07rot outside until she learns her lesson
12:18a week has passed the temperature began to climb and the sun became bright the snow mound started shrinking
12:26it turned filthy and gray the little toy bear heads slid off and was caked in mud mrs. margaret the
12:34neighbor
12:34from next door was walking her dog when she passed the house she covered her nose frowning as she looked
12:39at the mound just then mom came outside to take out the trash and mrs. margaret called out to her
12:46hey sarah what on earth is that by your steps what is that weird smell it was the smell of
12:53rot thick and
12:54foul though it was still cold after a week the smell came out oh hi that's just a snowman helen
13:00made
13:00naughty girl god knows what garbage she stuffed inside where is helen anyway haven't seen her in
13:06days over at her grandmother's she's a brat we can't control her just to be fair i'm letting her
13:12learn a lesson out there so she'll finally appreciate us sarah i'm not being mouthy my dog
13:19was sniffing around that mound last night and i couldn't even drag him away you really gotta clear
13:23it out it's quite creepy what a jinx even when she's gone she leaves a bloody disaster behind
13:29fine i'll have david shove it away just to be fair when she gets back the cost of labor comes
13:34straight out of her pocket money i drifted behind mrs margaret watching her walk away while shaking
13:40her head she obviously felt something was wrong even if she couldn't quite put her finger on it
13:47a moment later dad came out carrying a snow shovel he looked hollow his eyes bloodshot for the past few
13:54days nightmares had hunted him night after night he dreamt of me crying alone in the snow as he
14:00approached the mound the stench hit him what the hell is that smell right before he raised the shovel
14:08he stopped the mound had melted more than halfway down and there a patch of gray fabric appeared it was
14:15my gray pajamas he bought those pajamas for me at the time mom had said jacob got new sneakers just
14:23to be
14:23fair let's get helen a pair of pajamas not like anyone's going to see her in them at home anyway
14:28he seemed to realize something yet he refused to believe it dropping the snow shovel he slowly knelt
14:35he extended a trembling finger wanting to touch the fabric david get in here jacob fainted he glanced at
14:43the mound where the gray fabric peeked out his eyes wide with terror and denial in the end he turned
14:50his
14:50back and rushed inside such as human nature when facing huge terror our instinct is always to flee
14:57from the truth inside it was pure chaos jacob's face was flushed from the fever his jaw locked tight
15:05as his whole body trembled jacob jacob don't scare mommy like this hurry get him to the hospital now
15:17at the hospital the doctor diagnosed it as acute pneumonia compounded by a severe stress reaction
15:23after his sedative jacob finally calmed down but he was in a coma he kept murmuring helen cold matches
15:34it's all helen's fault she's not even here yet she's still torturing jacob when she gets back i'm
15:40going to punish her it's just not fair why should jacob suffer while she's living it up at grandma's
15:48it was a call from grandma mom glanced at the screen let out a cold snort and answered it on
15:54speakerphone
15:55mom so you finally decided to call helen must be enjoying herself over there huh do you know that
16:00jacob got sick because of her put her on the phone sarah what on earth are you talking about helen
16:05never
16:05came here what what did you say i said helen never came here that day you said you were going
16:14to teach
16:14her a lesson and hung up on me i've been worried sick ever since but you haven't been answering my
16:19calls for days where on earth is helen it's been a whole week that's impossible she said she was going
16:27to grandma's she must be hiding she's lying to me dad stood to the side his face as pale as
16:32a sheet
16:33the stinky snow drift by the driveway flashed across his mind he remembered the patch of gray pajamas
16:40he remembered the stiffness that had been within his fingers reach and more suddenly ripped from dad's
16:48throat clutching his head with both hands he collapsed to the ground tearing at his own hair it's over it's
16:53all over we we killed helen losing his mind dad bolted out of the hospital room
17:02mom froze for a few seconds before stumbling out after him they climbed into the car and tore down
17:08the streets blowing through red lights rushing back home it had gone completely dark by the driveway
17:15the streetlight flickered on and off casting a dim glow over the snow drift dad threw himself forward
17:22scrambling on his hands and knees he no longer cared about the smell or the filth with his bare hands
17:28he dug frantically once twice black slush splattered across his face and into his mouth but he felt
17:36nothing mom stood a few meters away her entire body shaking her teeth chattering no it can't be
17:46this is a prank just to be fair she wouldn't dare scare me like this the snow drift was peeled
17:51away
17:51piece by piece first there was that muddy toy bear then my gray pajamas and finally my face bruised
18:01bloated and utterly deformed i was huddled just like that arms locked tightly against my chest my fingers
18:08still clutching the drawing i had painted from my imagination my eyes were shut my eyelashes frosted with
18:14ice she stared at my dead body the daughter she had once seen as a burden the one who had
18:21caused
18:22others to point fingers at her for not being fair enough helen dad is so sorry i'm a coward i'm
18:30a
18:30monster he tried to warm my hands trying to wake me up strangely i didn't feel any joy and finally
18:37being found by my parents instead a bittersweet ache welled up in my eyes turned out only after i died
18:45they shed tears over losing me only when i became a corpse was i worthy of my father's hugs right
18:50at
18:51that moment the whale of sirens approached oh my god this is devastating how could a mother treat her
19:00own child like this she doesn't even deserve to be a parent the police set up a cordon and the
19:06medical
19:06examiner knelt beside me switching on her flashlight to examine my body she aimed the light at the object
19:13clutched tightly in my hands the drawing now tattered and soaked drawn in crooked crayon strokes mom's hair
19:20cascaded down softly the light giving her silhouette a warm golden glow her head was bowed a faint smile
19:26on her lips as she read me a bedtime story i was lying in bed tucked beneath a thick blanket
19:31my eyes bright
19:32and listening intently now this heartwarming drawing was held in a death grip by my fingers
19:38my knuckles frozen after the medical examiner carefully slid the drawing out from between my
19:44fingers with a pair of tweezers everyone fell into a dead silence though the paper was blurred from the
19:50blood and snow the words written on it remained crystal clear mom reads me a bedtime story every day as
19:56two female officers hoisted up mom she was still struggling let go of me i was teaching my child a
20:04lesson this is fairness her brother was terrified so his older sister should reflect outside this is all
20:12her prank she loves doing this she's been playing mind games since she was little look she's still
20:18pretending to sleep helen get up stop faking it she screamed at my corpse her gaze vacant and wild it
20:25wasn't grief it was denial let me in let me see her she's perfectly fine why is she doing this
20:31to me
20:32shut up that is a corpse the corpse of your own daughter she looked at me and was suddenly drained
20:40she
20:40slid down to the ground inside the interrogation room mom sat on a cold metal chair handcuffs binding
20:53her wrists she was no longer hysterical instead she had become strangely calm even a bit self-righteous
21:01officer you don't understand my husband and i also come from twin families ever since i was a child i've
21:08known that fairness is the most important thing when the brother eats ice cream and gets diarrhea
21:13how terrible would he feel if his older sister is perfectly fine just to be fair the sister has to
21:20get diarrhea too only then can the two children love each other so that's why you forced her to drink
21:27milk knowing she was lactose intolerant of course that is discipline then what about this time
21:33you locked her outside to freeze to death was that for fairness too that day jacob almost got lost
21:40during the parade he was so traumatized as the older sister helen failed to look after her brother
21:46jacob had to suffer the freezing wind so helen needed to feel it too jacob was terrified so helen needed
21:51to
21:52clear her head outside i was just trying to make things fair make things fair this is how you do
21:57it this
21:57is a human life the daughter you carried in your womb for 10 months but but i got the time
22:04right
22:04in the past her timeouts were always 30 minutes this time i i only intended to lock her out for
22:0930
22:09minutes too and why didn't you open the door because jacob started crying i went to comfort him and then
22:15then i forgot after that i thought she wasn't knocking anymore she must have run off to grandma's
22:20i thought she was acting out just to be fair i couldn't back down first
22:25the results are back helen's stomach was almost empty we found only a bit of moldy grain fiber
22:31the estimated time of her death was over 36 hours in other words she had gone without a proper meal
22:36for at least a day and a half before she died sarah we checked your household's dining records
22:43including food delivery orders and credit card statements during the week of the incident jacob's
22:49dinners were logged what about helen we looked through the receipts from those seven days and we
22:56couldn't find a single transaction related to helen tell me how on earth did you manage to treat them
23:03fairly she she ate home cooked meals what was that oatmeal she didn't like meat just to be fair i
23:12had
23:12her eat more grains didn't like meat then why is it that on the same day jacob was having steak
23:17there
23:17wasn't a single purchase record for grain meals or ingredients in that kitchen
23:24outside the interrogation room dad curled up in a corner of the hallway burying his face in his
23:30hands weeping he had confessed to everything he confessed to his cowardice his long-term enabling of mom's
23:39twisted parenting i'm an accomplice i'm a co-conspirator meanwhile across the internet the story
23:47exploded like wildfire when grandma ruth arrived at the police station her entire body was trembling
23:54the officer handed her a evidence bag containing my drawing the one soaked through with blood and
24:01melted snow its edges already turned black she stared at the mom in the picture who was smiling and reading
24:08the story grandma suddenly clutched her chest her eyes rolled back and she collapsed straight backward
24:15acute heart attack she was brought in too late grandma passed away she closed her eyes forever
24:21carrying endless guilt toward me and hatred for her own daughter sarah overnight grandpa henry seemed to age
24:2920 years he stood in the hospital hallway when my paternal grandparents arrived to beg for mercy
24:36he didn't scream or strike them he simply handed them a formal legal notice i am suing sarah for
24:44intentional murder and i am taking jacob with me henry please we are all family here dragging this into
24:52a courtroom won't do anyone any good family my granddaughter froze to death in a snow drip right
25:01outside your front door for a whole week you all went off to enjoy themselves at a theme park and
25:07because
25:07of all this my wife didn't survive and you dare speak to me a family sarah is your daughter after
25:14all
25:16she's sick she's a patient patients deserve treatment but they must also face the law don't do this
25:22jacob is our grandson sarah made a mistake but the child has nothing to do with this nothing to do
25:28with
25:29this a child raised in that kind of environment is already half destroyed do you want him to be
25:33completely ruined helen is already gone i will not allow jacob to become the next lunatook sarah or the
25:39next coward david the headline north dakota girl walked outside and frozen to death by her mother in
25:45the name of fair discipline soared to the top of x trending topics and reddit's front page circulated by
25:52major media outlets two hours after the news broke in the comment section someone dropped a link to
25:58a screenshot it was the photo mom had posted on instagram when she took my brother to the fairyland
26:05theme park in the image a young boy stood in the middle of the theme park square wearing a blue
26:10princess
26:10gown with tears on his face behind him it was the brightly lit castle the post originally had over 400
26:17likes and the comments like so cute and what a cool mom now however the comment section was upended
26:25wait that older sister who wanted to wear a dress is same little girl who just froze to death outside
26:31while she was posting this her daughter was already dead in the snow
26:36i can't believe she actually has a public parenting account her entire feed is filled with this absolute
26:40fairness garbage before long the internet found mom's full profile calling herself fairness mom she had
26:47nearly 20 000 followers and regularly posted about her scientific and fair parenting method her posts
26:53featured well staged living room backdrops with comment sections full of mothers writing so helpful
26:59and i wish i could be a mom like you and that photo of the princess gown was the most
27:04liked post in her
27:06fair education and practice series users took screenshots of these posts compiling them into long form images
27:12marked with red lines within two hours of being uploaded the post racked up over a hundred thousand retweets
27:19this isn't fairness this is murder where was the father he's an accomplice i treat my children fairly
27:24but her son gets stakes while her daughter gets nothing that poor little girl she deserved a much better
27:31life the fairness mom account was reported more than 80 000 times within 30 hours before being forcibly
27:38purged by the platform however that photo of the princess gown had already been permanently archived by
27:45hundreds of accounts the screenshot showcasing jacob's tear-stained face right next to the line mom had
27:52written fairness is everything mommy loves you both became one of the most viral images on the internet that
28:00year no one was saying so sweet anymore i stared at these comments my heart untroubled by any emotion
28:09late justice cannot bring back my life but i suppose this tragedy will warn those parents not to push
28:17extreme education on their children this family collapsed piece by piece like a row of toppled dominoes
28:24when mom learned of grandma's passing while in the detention center she broke down completely she began
28:30screaming all night slamming her head against the wall crying out mama i'm sorry i'm so sorry i wasn't there
28:41following a psychiatric evaluation mom was diagnosed with severe paranoid personality disorder
28:47accompanied by psychotic symptoms she was involuntarily committed to the state psychiatric hospital
28:54dad was sentenced to five years for manslaughter and child abandonment on the day of the trial
28:59dad didn't hire a lawyer to defend him standing in the defendant's stock he stared at the empty gallery
29:08i am guilty please give me the death penalty
29:14after the verdict was delivered jacob was taken away by grandpa when he left the house he didn't
29:21take anything with him except for that muddy toy bear retrieved from the snow drift
29:26and the drawing i'd held in my arms before i died grandpa's house was in the suburbs it was quiet
29:32and the fireplace
29:33was always crackling with warm logs a world away from that snowy night but jacob stopped speaking entirely
29:42he washed the toy bear over and over again sewing up its split belly he dried my old drawings taking
29:50pictures of
29:51every single one to save them properly he cradled the toy bear in his arms just as if he were
29:56holding me
29:57no matter how grandpa tried to comfort him baking his favorite chocolate cake or buying him brand new
30:03paint brushes he would only curl up in the corner of the sofa clutching the bear his hollow eyes staring
30:09blankly at the flames in the fireplace he had developed severe ptsd
30:14this is a form of self-defense he believes that if he makes a sound or shows any sign of
30:20happiness
30:20it would be a betrayal of his deceased sister his sister froze to death in the snow while he lives
30:26in a warm house to him this is unfair so he punishes himself stripping away his own right to speak
30:31and to
30:31feel joy to maintain fairness in his mind through this self-torture jacob had locked his voice away in
30:38that snowy thanksgiving night grandpa didn't force him instead every single night he would sit by his
30:44bedside reading my old diaries and telling stories of the fun things i did when i was little helen used
30:50to be terrified of thunder every time it stormed she would crawl straight under jacob's blanket when helen
30:57won that award for her drawing she saved up her lunch money just to buy that toy bear for jacob
31:03jacob listened his tears falling silently yet his lips remained tightly sealed finally one night
31:10grandpa closed the diary looking out at the pitch black night through the window
31:17jacob you're still blaming yourself aren't you you feel like it's unfair that helen is dead while you
31:23are alive don't you do you think that if you stay silent that if you make yourself miserable you are
31:29somehow suffering alongside her child the fairness your mother talked about wasn't true it was just
31:39calculation but the love helen gave you was never like that on that snowy day she would rather freeze
31:44to death than let go of that drawing against her chest because her heart was filled with love for
31:48you not hatred she couldn't save herself but she left the hope of living to you if you lock yourself
31:54away in the dark you are truly failing the fairness she paid for with her life true fairness isn't for
31:59you to die too it's for you to carry her share of life and look at this world for her
32:04jacob began to
32:05shake all over he looked up and for the very first time a violent surge of emotion broke through his
32:11dead vacant eyes he opened his mouth a few whispers escaping his throat but in the end an overwhelming
32:18terror force his mouth shut once again burying his face into the toy bear's belly he wept his heart
32:25breaking to pieces grandpa said no more he simply pulled him into a silent tight embrace until christmas
32:33one month later that day grandpa took jacob to the cemetery snowflakes drifted down thick and fast
32:42covering my name on the tombstone helen grammy come to you over on that side don't be afraid
32:51grammy will take good care of you she'll never will let you freeze again jacob stood before my tombstone
32:58gently brushing the accumulated snow away he pulled the toy bear out of his pocket and leaned it against
33:04the tombstone he knelt and pressed his ear against the cold stone as if listening for something grandpa's
33:11heart seized he was terrified that jacob had lost his mind jacob
33:21grandpa
33:24helen said she's not cold anymore
33:30let's go home together these were the very first words he had spoken since that day
33:37she said that the little match girl finally struck a big match there was a fireplace a roast goose and
33:44and a mummy who didn't scream at her
33:47sissy said she's not cold anymore
33:53she also said for me not to cry she wants me to see the fairyland's fireworks
34:00to see them for her he turned around and for the first time proactively took grandpa's hand that
34:09hand was cold yet it held firm strength
34:15all right jacob let's go home
34:20the wind kept blowing and the snow kept falling but that frozen winter at long last in this very moment
34:27had
34:28finally passed in the ward of the psychiatric hospital there lived a strange woman she was
34:37always cradling a pillow in her arms a standard issue white pillow from the hospital she had drawn
34:44eyes and a mouth onto the pillow and had even used an old bed sheet to make a little dress
34:51for it
34:52Helen sweetie it's time to eat
34:55holding a food tray mom would carefully feed that pillow if grains of rice fell onto the pillow she
35:02would gently wipe them away eat slowly don't choke just to be fair mommy takes a bite then you take
35:09a bite
35:11she would take a bite herself then bring the spoon to the side of the pillow wait for a few
35:16seconds and
35:17dump the food into the trash pretending it had swallowed it the nurses whispered that she was
35:22the most deeply disturbed patient until one day a new patient arrived in the ward an easily angered
35:29middle-aged woman she snatched the pillow straight out of sarah's arms threw it onto the floor and stomped
35:36on it a few times what are you acting for hugging a stupid pillow mom let out a shriek she
35:43lunged forward
35:44throwing herself recklessly into a violent scuffle with a woman even as her face was scratched until
35:50it bled she protected that now filthy pillow with her life don't touch my helen nobody can hurt my helen
35:58the doctors rushed in and injected her with a sedative as she lay on the bed she still squeezed the
36:05pillow
36:05tightly her fingertips turning white from the strain tears streamed down from the corners of her eyes
36:11soaking the smiley face drawn on the pillow mommy will protect you mommy will never let you suffer
36:19again this time mommy only wants you i don't want your brother anymore is it fair now floating by the
36:28head
36:28of the bed i stared at her tear-stained face covered in scratches the deep resentment in my heart seemed
36:34to
36:35slowly dissipate along with her madness she had finally learned how to love me only after i was dead
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