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00:05ترجمة نانسي قنقر
00:30But me just saying mom i'm hungry would make my necklace flash red instantly followed by a jolt of electricity
00:37straight to my skin at first i tried to defend myself but mom said machines don't lie the pain will
00:44teach you a lesson mom's doing this for your own good after thousands of electric shocks i started to believe
00:50it too maybe i really was born a liar on new year's eve mom was taking my sister to see
00:56the fireworks a sharp pain tore through my stomach
00:58i curled up on the floor begging mom my stomach hurts so bad please help me but my necklace flashed
01:06red like crazy mom looked down at me drenched in sweat and turned the current to max
01:11you're faking sick just to come with us to the fireworks you're hopeless she turned and walked out the door
01:17with my sister i couldn't help but think mom must be right the necklace is red so i must not
01:23really be in pain i'm just lying for attention again i'm sorry mom in my next life i'll learn to
01:29be an honest kid
01:30it hurts so much it hurts so much it hurts so much mom was back mom's a doctor she must
01:41have realized something was wrong she came to save me
01:44are you done yet the fireworks are about to start and jenny's getting impatient mom mom it really hurts it
01:51feels like my intestines are twisting
01:54how long are you going to keep this up you're such a liar you can just stay home and reflect
02:01on yourself
02:02honey come on hurry up the fireworks show is about to start if she don't want to go fine should
02:07we save her some food
02:08save her food she has a bunch of snacks in her closet which she buy with the money she stole
02:12last time
02:13she won't starve lock the door we'll let her out only her necklace turns green
02:17but but what spare the rod and spoil the child look how honest jenny is her necklace is always green
02:25stella's just a bad egg and she needs to be corrected but my closet was empty that time my sister
02:32took the
02:32money she ate all the snacks too my sister just stood there her necklace glowing soft green i know one
02:39of you
02:39who took the money who did it it wasn't me and mom believed her when i tried to say i
02:46didn't take it
02:46either my necklace turned red and i got another shock no mommy i did it
02:58bye bye sister we're going to see the pretty fireworks
03:05it hurts so much
03:12i'm not in pain i'm really not in pain i'm not in pain i'm really not in pain tears streaming
03:20down my face i
03:22hypnotized myself i don't know how long passed it didn't hurt quite as much anymore with my last bit of
03:28i crawled to my desk i had to write a self-criticism that was the rule whenever the
03:34red light came on i had to write a thousand words of i am a liar my hands shaking i
03:39opened that crumpled
03:40worn out diary it was filled with self-criticisms from before but this time i wanted to write the truth
03:46mom i really love you
03:57everything was getting blurry tears streaming i used my last bit of strength to write
04:02after i wrote the last word the sharp pain in my stomach suddenly vanished in its place was a
04:07lightness i'd never felt before my body grew light i floated up i looked down and saw myself slumped over
04:14the desk my hand hanging limply in the air on my neck the necklace was still blinking red like crazy
04:20so this is what it's like to die i still haven't learned to be an honest kid
04:26i'm sorry mom i was woken up by laughter it was mom dad and my sister mom's voice held a
04:34tenderness
04:34i'd never heard before i floated in midair watching the front door open even though i was a soul now
04:40i instinctively floated over to greet them wanting to get their slippers like i always did
04:44it was a habit carved into my bones the need to please mom i'm not in pain anymore i'll be
04:52good
04:54please don't be mad i opened my arms wanting to hug the woman still carrying the winter chill
04:59but my hands passed right through her like wind through nothing why is it so cold in here is the
05:04i froze staring at my own transparent hands yeah i'm dead dead people can't hug the living
05:14go check on stella she hasn't come out to eat maybe she's really hungry good old dad i looked
05:20hopefully at mom if she found out i was dead would she be sad would she regret it mom snorted
05:26and walked
05:26toward my room she pushed my door open she didn't turn on the light in the glow from the living
05:34room
05:34she saw me slumped over the desk not moving like i was asleep oh still lying there
05:42you think lying that will make me carry you to bed stella you're 10 years old not five
05:48mom i'm not pretending to sleep i'm dead look at me touch me i'm cold but she couldn't hear me
06:02she only believed what she could see sister's a big sleepy head look my necklace is green
06:09but sister's is still red sister's always lying she's even lying in her dreams
06:17our jenny's such a good girl don't mind this liar let her lie there see how long she can keep
06:25it up
06:26maybe we should put her in bed it's cold out put her in bed the experts in scientific parenting say
06:32you have to be cold in moments like this she has to realize her own mistake look at that red
06:37light
06:38it means her mental state is still extreme resistance she hasn't repented at all all
06:43all right time for bed we're going to grandma's tomorrow for new year's
06:47mom turned sharply and closed the door again i floated beside my body staring at that single
06:52point of red light in the darkness the sadness in my heart was colder than death itself mom if you
06:58had taken just one step closer if you had just touched my hand you would have known i was dead
07:04but you didn't you only believed that cold lifeless machine not the daughter you carried for 10 months
07:10late at night a mouse crept out of my empty closet i used to be terrified of mice i'd scream
07:17every time i saw one but now i could only float on the ceiling watching it crawl all over my
07:22body
07:23i whispered weakly but no sound came out the mouse spit through my toe a little blackish purple blood
07:29oozed out i couldn't feel it anymore good it finally didn't hurt i said to the pitiful shell below me
07:36it's okay you can't feel it anymore it'll be over soon the next morning sunlight fell on my body
07:44but it brought no warmth from the kitchen came the clatter of pots and pans mom was making breakfast
07:50the smell of fried eggs drifted through the crack in my door usually that was the smell i craved most
07:56but all i ever got was boiled vegetables because mom said liars didn't deserve meat
08:01today she banged the spatula extra loud on purpose i knew what she was doing she was trying
08:08to tempt me she wanted me to give in come out and admit i was wrong if this were before
08:14maybe i would
08:15have confessed to things i didn't do just for one fried egg but now i didn't need to eat anymore
08:22stella still hasn't come out nope stubborn as a mule spoiled brat fine don't eat see if i care
08:33my sister drank her milk her eyes darting around she ran up to my door on purpose and took a
08:39big sniff
08:39then with a dramatic yell mom sister's room stinks did she poop in there the heater was too strong
08:50after just one night i was starting to smell
08:55mom would hate me even more stella the bathroom's right there did your legs break you actually pooped
09:04in your room you're hopeless you'd rather lose all self-respect than admit you're wrong i remembered once
09:11when i was little i had acute gastroenteritis i couldn't make it to the bathroom and messed up my
09:17pants mom not only refused to wash me she made me stand in the yard as a punishment she pointed
09:23at
09:23me and told the neighbors i was as dirty as a pig now she thought i was dirty again leave
09:28her alone
09:29let her sit in her own stink let it choke her the smells pretty strong let me check it out
09:34maybe there's
09:35a dead mouse or something dad stood up and walked toward my door my heart leaped dad open the door
09:43look at me i'm right here just turn the handle and you'll see i'm not moving you'll see my face
09:51already
09:51turning black what the server crashed okay okay i'm coming right now honey emergency at work i gotta go
10:01might not be back for a few days but what about stella mom didn't even finish before dad slammed
10:07the door shut behind him i was stunned so close just one second if that call had come a moment
10:14later
10:14i'd have been found maybe then i wouldn't have to rot any longer that afternoon mom took my sister out
10:21shopping the house was empty except for my body at night they came back loaded with fancy seafood and
10:26gifts the smell hit them the second they walked in mom covered her nose even gagging
10:33stella does this place have to look like a lamb stilt she wouldn't even open the door to yell at
10:39me
10:39like looking at that room would somehow dirty her eyes she grabbed wide packing tape crouched down
10:44and viciously sealed the bottom crack of my door you like the smell so much fine
10:49rot in there by yourself just don't let it stink up the rest of us
11:00ah peace and quiet i stared at that sealed door the last bit of hope in my heart suffocated along
11:06with the tape turns out in mom's heart my life or death mattered less than a fancy seafood dinner
11:11she'd rather seal me and then look to see if i died in there mom you win
11:21i'll never bother you again
11:26the third morning winter sunlight streamed into the living room but it couldn't dispel the gloom
11:31hanging over the house the underfloor heating was cranked up 26 degrees the tape couldn't
11:37hold back the smell anymore it was a nauseating greasy stench of decay mom was trimming freshly
11:43bought flowers but no amount of floral scent could cover the reek of death mom cut a rose viciously
11:48the thorns piercing her hand she'd finally had enough in her mind i hadn't bathed i'd pooped in
11:55my room i'd probably hidden a dead mouse in there all just to spite her to defy her authority
12:00stella you've gone too far if you don't repent i won't let you off easily it seems that gentle
12:07remindings don't work for you i must use hard arvap to teach you jelfitwin i floated in front of mom
12:12watching her twisted face waving my arms desperately even though she didn't love me
12:17i didn't want her to see me like that but she passed right through me i'm ugly i'm rotten you'll
12:40she looked up and saw me still slumped over the desk just like three days ago my back to her
12:46not moving to her it was silent defiance the ultimate disrespect i'm talking to you
12:52you hear me still playing dead blind with rage mom charged in raising the rolling pin but she
12:59didn't strike she wanted to grab me first to see my defiant face her hand grabbed the back of my
13:04collar touched the skin of my neck then she froze no warmth of life at all she blinked but inertia
13:11kept her pulling my body fell backward chair and all crashed to the floor the chair slammed
13:17against the ground my body stiff as a statue toppled over my face was finally visible
13:24it wasn't the shy little girl she knew anymore my face was purple black my eyes bulging my features
13:31twisted from the death throes dried white foam and black red blood caked at the corners of my mouth
13:36and around my blackened neck pressed against the rotting flesh that honesty necklace mom was
13:42so proud of hanging there lifeless the skin on my neck was burned black by the constant current
13:49fused with the metal pendant no more red light no more green light just dead silence
13:55thump a soft sound the diary that had been pinned under my arm slid out as my body fell
14:01it landed at mom's feet open facing her on that page crooked handwriting stabbed into her eyes like
14:09knives mom my stuck really hurts the necklace is broken i'm not lying please don't shock me
14:18mom stumbled back her lower back slamming into the bookshelf behind her faces shattered on the floor
14:25but she didn't feel the pain her eyes were wide fixed on me on the ground
14:36it's a trick pick up special effects stella get up mom's not mad anymore
14:44that feeling it was too real it was the temperature of death aunt shelley called the police she'd come
14:51running at mom's screams and collapsed at the door when she saw the scene
14:54sirens soon filled the neighborhood police came forensics came yellow tape went up i watched
15:00them come and go watched flashlights flicker over my body mom was pulled onto the living room sofa
15:06by a female officer officer she was faking sick she's lied since she was little the necklace was red
15:13machines don't lie i was just disciplining her i did it for her own good no one listened everyone
15:20looked at her like she was a monster when the coroner moved my body they ran into a problem
15:25the necklace because of the prolonged high voltage current the heat had fused the metal to my skin
15:31like it had grown into my flesh damn it he had to get tools force the necklace off rip the
15:39sound of skin
15:40tearing an officer picked up the diary from the floor wearing gloves he flipped through it his face
15:46grew darker and darker mom stared at that diary eyes locked on it suddenly she lunged like a mad
15:53woman trying to grab it that's her self-criticism she admitted it she admitted she she lied look she
15:59wrote it we'll find out if she lie that's when dad arrived he saw the black body bag being carried
16:05out
16:05that long zipper sealing my whole life shut dad's legs gave out he collapsed on the spot wetting himself
16:12my little sister was crying terrified she didn't understand what was happening she just
16:18pointed at the blood-stained necklace on the table and asked mom why is sister's necklace black mine's
16:25still green she held up the pendant on her neck the green light blinked innocently like a giant cruel
16:32joke the police started a temporary inquiry in the living room mom clutched at her last straw she pointed
16:39at the bloody necklace her voice shrill officers check that necklace that necklace proved she was
16:45lying red means lying i only shocked her when it was red i didn't abuse her the machine showed it
16:53i was
16:53just disciplining her the officer frowned at her like she was insane ma'am the deceased has multiple
16:58old electrical burns that was discipline education mom screamed cutting him off to prove she was innocent
17:06to prove she wasn't a murderer she made a crazy demand she lunged for the table grabbing the
17:13necklace still covered in my flesh and blood ignoring the gore hands shaking she forced it onto her own
17:19neck i'll prove it i'm innocent as long as it's green it means i'm telling the truth she clicked the
17:27necklace around her own neck click it locked the cold metal touched her skin sticky with my blood mom took
17:35a
17:35deep breath trying to calm herself she held up the pendant for the officers to see her eyes wild
17:41with certainty watch closely i'm clara i'm stella's mother that was the truth absolutely true but
17:55a piercing shriek erupted the dormant red light blazed to life red as blood red as evil in the dim
18:02living
18:02room it was like a bloodshot eye snapping open mom froze the confident expression on her face
18:08locked in place she slapped the pendant like fixing a glitching tv what's wrong it's broken i told the
18:16truth i'm clara panic crept into her voice her words tumbling out faster it must be broken that coroner
18:23broke it let me try again one more time it didn't abuse my child i did it for her own
18:29good i love her
18:31the red light flashed even faster a continuous stroke of red sensing her extreme heart rate the
18:36necklace automatically released a weak current mom jolted her neck spasming hands flying to her
18:42throat as she doubled over it hurt even that tiny current make her neck cramp goosebumps rising over
18:49her skin and suddenly she remembered 10 years old me the current at maximum curled on the floor
18:57biting through my lip afraid to even cry out so this is what it felt like mom completely lost it
19:04she screamed at the necklace spittle flying why is it red why i'm telling the truth why i'm telling the
19:12truth turn green no matter how she screamed the red light kept flashing mocking her silently you're a liar
19:20you're a liar enough stopping doesn't detect lies he grabbed the instruction manual found during the
19:27search and slammed it on the coffee table it's just a simple galvanic skin response and heart rate monitor
19:31it works like this when you're nervous anxious scared or in pain your heart rate goes up your galvanic
19:37skin response increases and the light turns red right now you're terrified anxious tachycardic of course
19:43it's all red he stepped closer to mom your daughter had a perforated appendix she was
19:49riddling on the floor in agony the pain of internal perforation how fast do you think her heart was
19:55beating how terrified was she in your eyes the more it hurt the faster her heart raced the brighter the
20:01red light and you thought that meant she was lying harder so you cranked up the current
20:08your younger daughter list has been set to green since it left the factory no matter what
20:13she says or does even if she murders someone it stays green your scientific parenting it's a complete
20:21biased joke mom's world collapsed she sat there staring blankly at the red light flashing on her neck
20:28finally understanding for 10 years every time my red light came on it was because i was afraid
20:36afraid mom would be mad afraid of being misunderstood afraid of the food i hated on
20:41the table i was in pain pain made my heart race made me sweat with fear i was longing longing
20:48for
20:49her hug longing for her to hold me like she held my sister every signal of a beating heart she'd
20:54read
20:55as evidence of a lie a whale erupted from mom she clawed at the necklace around her neck
21:03but the necklace's clasp damaged by her violent struggle earlier was jammed stuck tight around
21:10her neck she couldn't pry it off can't get it off can't get it off stella take the necklace mommy
21:17was
21:18wrong it hurts can't handle this little bit of pain mom i took it for 10 years to confirm the
21:25details of
21:26the abuse and build the case the police opened the diary the key piece of evidence in front of
21:32mom and dad that diary i'd kept for 10 years filled with humiliation and blood and tears the female
21:38officer's voice was soft but every word cut deep february 14th sunny mom gave me celery i'm allergic to
21:45celery it makes my throat swell up i can't breathe i said i didn't want it that it would make
21:52me sick
21:52because i was scared of making mom mad my heart was racing the red light came on mom said i
21:59was a
21:59picky eater and a liar and made me eat the whole plate that night i coughed up blood my throat
22:05burned
22:05like fire mom saw it and said i drank tomato juice and was faking it she shocked me for another
22:1110 minute
22:12mom covered her mouth her whole body shaking violently that night she really had thought it was tomato juice
22:18she hadn't even looked closely at my vomit before turning away to tell my sister's story
22:23it was blood blood from a throat swollen and torn the officer turned the page and continued june 1st
22:31children's day sister cut mom's dress sister's heartbeat was slow her necklace was green i tried
22:37to explain because i was scared of getting hit all red lights mom shocked me for 10 minutes current at
22:44level 5 it hurt so much but i didn't dare cry because if i cried my heart would race faster
22:50and
22:51mom would think i was defiant and shocked me harder i had to hold my breath pretend it didn't hurt
22:57mom
22:57said see she's not even screaming that means it doesn't hurt she's faking dad couldn't take it anymore
23:05this man invisible in this family for so long we turned a blinder to my suffering we just wanted peace
23:12and
23:12to be quiet he lunged forward you monster
23:19you monster look what you've done that was your own daughter you raised her like an animal mom's mouth
23:27bled she fell to the floor but she didn't fight back she didn't cry she just stared blankly muttering
23:39suddenly she pointed at my sister cowering in the corner it was her jenny sister's necklace was
23:46always green sister was the honest one she misled me if it weren't for that green light i wouldn't
23:53have trusted the red one so much the little princess who'd always been cherished an officer walked over he
24:01unclasped the green necklace from my sister's neck got a screwdriver pride opened the pendant
24:10there were no complex sensor chips no heart rate monitor just two cheap leds and a few button
24:17batteries the circuit was hardwired permanently set to green this is a two dollar plastic toy the officer
24:25tossed the broken pieces onto the table with a clatter your younger daughter list has been set
24:30to green since it left the factory no matter what she says or does even if she murders someone it
24:36stays green your scientific parenting it's a complete biased joke mom stared at the plastic fragments the
24:45truth she believed for 10 years the evidence that had sentenced me to death just a toy a toy
24:51controlled my fate for 10 years a game where only i was in hell and my sister in heaven so
24:57i wasn't a
24:58liar i wasn't a bad kid what were all those years of suffering for i laughed and as i laughed
25:05i cried
25:06turns out souls can cry too the last page of the diary was opened the female officer's voice cracked
25:14the handwriting is shaky probably written right before she died mom if i die will the necklace stop glowing
25:21will you hold me then i wasn't lying my stomach hurts so bad like a knife twisting inside
25:27ma in my next life please don't make me wear a necklace i'm begging you i just want to be
25:32a normal
25:33kid i want to eat the braid pork you make mom stared at the pile of plastic junk the honest
25:39green light
25:40she trusted so blindly just a cheap toy because of it she doted on my sister for 10 years because
25:47of
25:47that damned red light she tortured me for 10 years
25:52fake it's all fake i killed my most honest child and raised a liar my death became a city-wide
26:01sensation aunt shelley our neighbor was a kind soul but a big mouth she posted everything she'd seen
26:06online the headline was shocking girl electrocuted by pseudoscience honesty necklace the article detailed my
26:12corpse's condition and the necklace fused into my flesh it exploded online fury ignited instantly
26:18mom's personal information was doxxed electrocution demon murderer she doesn't deserve to be a mom
26:26insults rained down like snow our front door was splashed with red paint scrawled with the word death
26:31dad was also taken in for investigation failure to prevent abuse neglect of parental duties though he
26:38wasn't heavily sentenced due to lack of direct involvement he lost his job his reputation was
26:43ruined his company fired him immediately to avoid association the family went bankrupt pay compensation
26:50and legal fees the house and car were sold dad couldn't handle the madwoman anymore he took what
26:56little money was left and left with my sister even if my sister was a bad seed she was still
27:01his only
27:01remaining child before leaving my sister tried to take the green necklace dad crushed it under his
27:08foot what the hell do you need that piece of junk for my sister left crying mom was released on
27:14bail
27:14pending trial psychological evaluation showed severe schizophrenia and ptsd she was left in that
27:21rented room filled with the memory of my stench completely isolated her mental state deteriorated
27:28she always felt i was still in the house that red necklace she refused to take it off in fact
27:35she
27:35became dependent on it because she found that wearing it feeling that faint stain eased her guilt just a
27:42little it was her own self-inflicted punishment i floated in the room watching her daily descent into
27:47madness she'd cook a whole table of food calling out to empty air stella dinner's ready no celery today
27:54all braised pork your favorite then she'd pick up a piece of meat hands shaking from anxiety the
28:00necklace turned red she'd laugh a nervous laugh
28:12she put down her chopsticks pick up the remote point it at her own neck even though the battery was
28:19nearly
28:20dead she found new ones somewhere the strong current made her convulse foam at the mouth
28:32it hurts it hurts just like was this how much it hurt for stella i'm sorry mommy taste it now
28:40she started
28:40punishing herself according to my diary entries i was shocked for refusing celery so she forced herself to
28:46eat rotten food until she vomited blood she forced it down i was locked in my room so she locked
28:53herself
28:53in there without light in the darkness she cowed out to my memorial photo
29:00her forehead bled blood stains covered the floor late at night she'd watch the red light from the
29:07necklace cast shadows on the wall like my bloody eyes staring at her on the back page of my diary
29:12she scribbled frantically in red pen i'm sorry mommy was wrong red light is pain red light is love
29:20please come back just say it hurts one more time mommy will save you this time i promise
29:26too bad i'm already dead dead people can't say it hurts mom was eventually committed to a psychiatric
29:33hospital her self-harm had gotten so bad she nearly electrocuted herself at home community services
29:38intervened and sent her in she was the strangest patient there she found some red plastic ring
29:44somewhere and wore it around her neck a homemade necklace if anyone tried to take it off she'd bite
29:49like a rabid dog don't touch my life stella's watching if you take it off she'll get mad she developed
29:58a
29:58terrible conditioned reflex whenever a nurse asked clara have you eaten she'd touch her neck first then
30:05convulse and scream red light don't shock me i'll eat i'll eat even if the porridge was scalding
30:11hot she'd gulp it down burning her esophagus too scared to spit it out she was imitating me right
30:18before i died reliving my hell over and over years passed my sister grew up and she grew up twisted
30:26with no discipline and that reputation hanging over her she ended up at the bottom of society broke she
30:32remembered the mom still in the psych ward she went to visit not for family love for money
30:39old crazy lady dad's dead give me the secret stash you hid my sister wore heavy makeup her face full
30:46of
30:46malice she looked at mom's pathetic state and spat in disgust just like your dear delvis daughter
30:52if you don't give me money i'll pull your plug and let you join her at those words mom who'd
30:58been in a
30:58days suddenly looked up her clotted eyes focused on my sister for a moment sharp and clear she
31:04remembered that always green toy necklace the green that had fooled her for 10 years
31:11you tricked me your green light was fake you killed stella give her back give her back
31:20die you die you're the one who should die
31:27help doctors rushed in sedated mom and took her off
31:35my sister fled in panic
31:39she ran blindly out of the hospital gate crazy all of you are crazy a speeding truck couldn't stop in
31:46time
31:46my sister flew through the air she survived but her legs were crushed she'd spend the rest of her
31:53life in a wheelchair completely broken and mom strapped to a restraint bed stared at the ceiling
31:59with tears in her eyes in her dreams she finally saw me i was still 10 years old no necklace
32:06wearing a
32:07white dress smiling i ran to her she opened her arms joyfully then she saw her own hands crackling with
32:16electricity the moment she touched me my body burned up like paper turned to ashes she woke screaming
32:30heart rate spiking
32:34if she still wore that necklace it would have been blazing red the eternal pain i stood in the void
32:40watching it all watching mom suffer in the psych ward watching my sister begging with broken legs
32:45watching dad broken drunk dying young in my heart there was no satisfaction in revenge just
32:51stillness still as death beside me stood an old dog shao bai the dog i raised as a child until
32:58mom
32:58threw him out he'd been waiting for me in the spirit world shao bai rubbed against my leg and barked
33:03softly
33:04like he was saying come on stop watching yeah time to go this life was too bitter nothing worth holding
33:11on
33:11to i floated to the window of mom's room one last goodbye mom lay in bed withered hair completely
33:17white she seemed to sense something stella is that you mom smashed the necklace mom doesn't believe in
33:25it anymore please come back mom will cook for you no celery mom will buy you new dresses not for
33:33your
33:33sister tears slipped down her cheeks falling on the pillow sighed softly i reached out my cold
33:40finger touched her forehead the last mercy i could give her let her sleep sleep and it won't hurt
33:46anymore she calmed instantly her eyelids grew heavy she fell into a deep sleep a breeze blew through the
33:53worn diary on her bedside table flipped open the police had returned it to her as a personal effect
33:58on the last page below my dying words were a few shaky new lines written by mom in her lucid
34:05moments
34:05in the next life let mommy wear the necklace let mommy be the liar you punish me just don't leave
34:17me
34:18mommy will do anything i looked at those words felt nothing too late all the regret in the world in
34:25the
34:25face of death is pale and meaningless mom i don't hate you anymore but i don't love you either
34:33mom let's don't meet again the next life i turned away took shao bai's leash in the distance a door
34:40of
34:40light appeared the entrance to the next cycle i raised my hand to my neck the necklace that had
34:45always been there in spirit form the nightmare that had bound me my whole life i grabbed it pulled
34:50snap it shattered dissolved into specks of light vanished into the air i felt lighter than i'd ever
34:57felt no red light no electricity no lies just freedom i walked toward the door of light didn't look back
35:04morning sunlight streamed in a nurse opened the door for rounds clara time for your meds no answer the
35:12figure on the bed didn't move the nurse stepped closer clara clutched the tattered diary tightly in her hand
35:18at the corner of her eye one last crystalline tear on the heart monitor beside her the line that
35:23that represented life had gone perfectly flat
35:27you
35:29you
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