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00:01The night before my sister Chloe's college acceptance party, I slid my suicide note under
00:07my pillow. This past year, I endured 78 shock therapy sessions. I always believed it was all
00:13because I was sick, and I just didn't want to be a burden to my family anymore. But after my
00:18latest
00:18electroshock therapy, my family thought I was dead asleep. I heard my elder brother Liam whispering
00:23outside my door. Double the dosage. Once Chloe officially replaces Nina for the premier medical
00:28school spot, I'll bring Nina home. Do you really have to keep doing this? Nina is nothing but skin
00:32and bone. She was supposed to be the one going to med school. Mom was crying. My childhood sweetheart
00:37Rowan was silent for a long time. Mrs. Sterling, it's just for this year. Once Chloe is in, I'll help
00:43Nina take a gap year. I'll tutor her. I'll help her get into the pre-med program she's always dreamed
00:48of.
00:48I will spend the rest of my life making it up to her. Turned out, I was never mentally ill.
00:53The
00:53sleepless nights, the trembling hands, the breakdown that sent me to the psychiatric ward.
00:58My own family. They had done this to me. For Chloe, their real daughter. The one they found
01:03a year ago. And me, the adopted daughter. They promised they'd make it up to me someday,
01:08but they never knew I wouldn't live long enough to see that day. I lay motionless on the hospital
01:13bed, tears silently streaming down my face. The sedatives from the therapy hadn't worn off
01:17yet. My head was still spinning. Half an hour ago, Liam had personally placed the pills in
01:22my mouth. Sleep, Nina. You'll feel better when you wake up. But I didn't fall asleep.
01:26My mind was completely numb. The horrific truth hit me. Their muffled voices continued outside the
01:31door. She's suffered enough this past year. I just can't. Mom, we've made it through the whole
01:37year. We can't back out in the last few days. What about Nina later? Silence settled over the
01:41room. We'll help her recover slowly. She'll be fine. It was Rowan. My breath caught. I'd heard those
01:46words from every one of them over the past year. Once you're better, I'll bring you home. We'll
01:52take care of you. Take the pills. Just hang in there a little longer. It'll get better when
01:57you're stable. We'll be together. I'll take you out. We'll go wherever you want. But the care they
02:02did was never about making me better. They were waiting for Chloe to take my dream, take my guaranteed
02:07spot at the top medical school. Then they'd come back and make it up to me. Mom sounded like she
02:12was
02:12falling apart. But Nina was the one meant for that top med school. It was her only dream
02:17since she was a little girl. Dad said nothing. After a long pause, Liam spoke again. Chloe's
02:22nomination is already locked in. Once we get through her acceptance party tomorrow, this
02:26will all be over. The sleepless nights, the tinnitus, the shaking hands, the agonizing shocks,
02:31the handfuls of pills. I wasn't sick. My sudden psychotic break during the admissions exam.
02:36It wasn't an accident. And losing my guaranteed spot had nothing to do with bad luck. It was them,
02:43my family. They conspired together to break me into pieces. I couldn't help thinking back to the exam
02:48that destroyed my life. Actually, before that exam, my body was already acting up. It started with
02:54insomnia. I was exhausted. But the moment I closed my eyes, my chest felt crushingly tight. Then came the
03:00tremors. My hands would shake when I held a pen. And even when I held a fork. Sometimes in the
03:05middle of
03:06a loud ring would explode in my ears, like something bursting inside my brain. But back
03:11then, my family and I just thought it was the stress of the upcoming Hoth admissions exam.
03:15Mom heated milk for me. You'll be fine once it's over. Liam told me to go to bed early.
03:21Stop pushing yourself so hard. The night before the exam, he handed me a pill.
03:25A sleep aid. You've got this. Good luck tomorrow. I didn't think twice and swallowed it. I slept
03:29deeply that night. When I woke up, my head felt incredibly heavy. I rubbed my temples and brushed it off.
03:35Mom got up early and made me breakfast. Don't be nervous, Nina. Just do your best.
03:40You've got this. Rowan texted me. Good luck. Call me when it's over. I replied, will do.
03:45When the test booklets were handed out, I even breathed a sigh of relief. The questions were
03:50standard. I had reviewed most of the topics the night before. I started off strong,
03:54scribbling formulas on the scratch paper, managing my time perfectly. But halfway through,
03:59a sudden ring pierced my ears. I frowned, thinking I had just lost focus. The next second,
04:04the words in front of me started to float. Then, a brutal tightness gripped my chest.
04:09I couldn't breathe. My entire body started to shake violently. I knew the answers. But in that
04:15moment, I couldn't read a single word. The next second, I stood up abruptly and ripped the test
04:20booklet and Scantron in half. Everyone was stunned. But my body was completely out of control.
04:26I violently shoved my desk over. The chair screeched across the floor. Everyone was staring at me.
04:31The proctor rushed over and pinned my shoulders down. Someone shouted my name. Someone ran out to
04:35get help. I wanted to explain that I didn't mean to. But my throat felt blocked. I couldn't utter a
04:42single syllable. Now, in front of everyone, I looked like a complete lunatic. When mom arrived,
04:49her hair was a mess. She pulled me into a tight hug. It's okay, Nina. It's okay. She said it
04:54over and
04:54over, crying. Liam sat by my hospital bed, holding the test result, silent, for a long time. Rowan
05:00arrived a little later, his forehead slick with sweat, like he had run all the way. It's okay.
05:05It's not your fault. A long time passed. Liam, am I going crazy? Seconds ticked by before he finally
05:11grabbed my hand. Nina, yes. But if you get the treatment, you'll be okay. After I was admitted to
05:18the private psychiatric facility, I stopped checking the time. Time for meds, time for therapy,
05:23time to sleep. The days dragged on in agonizing silence. When I first got here, I used to ask mom
05:30when I could go home. She always said, when you're better. Eventually, I stopped asking, because even
05:37when she said it, her eyes were bloodshot. She quit her job and stayed by my side almost 24-7.
05:44When I
05:44couldn't eat, she would blow on the soup and spoon feed me. When I woke up screaming in the middle
05:49of
05:49the night, shaking all over, she would pull me into her arms and pat my back. Once, I cried and
05:56told
05:56her I was sorry. Nina, as long as you're okay, nothing else matters. Dad couldn't visit as often,
06:02but he rushed over whenever he had a break. He wasn't good with word. Every time he came, he only
06:07asked
06:08one thing. Are you feeling better today, Nina? Are you in pain? He never came empty-handed. Sometimes,
06:13it was my favorite slice of red velvet cake, sometimes a cute stuffed animal. I actually
06:19couldn't eat anymore, and I didn't care about the toys, but I always took them, because I noticed
06:25his hair was getting grayer by the day. In those moments, I suddenly felt like my existence was only
06:30dragging them down. Liam visited the most, especially during my ECT sessions, but I dreaded those times
06:37the most. Whenever the clock struck the hour, panic would seize my chest. When the machine turned
06:43on, a faint electric hum would buzz in my ears. When the pain peaked, I would blindly grab onto
06:49anything near me. Once, I grabbed Liam's hands so hard my nails dug into his flesh, he didn't pull
06:55away. Nina, just bear with it a little longer. After the sessions, Liam was always the one handing
07:00me my med. White ones, pink ones, sometimes a pill broken in half. I never suspected a thing,
07:06even when my stomach turned violently after taking them. Even when my nose bled in the middle of the
07:12night. Even when I spent entire days in a groggy haze. I only blamed it on how sick I was.
07:18Rowan
07:18visited often, too. Most of the time, he just sat by my bed and gave me updates on the outside
07:24world.
07:25But the things he brought up kept circling back to Chloe. Once, he brought a popular medical journal
07:31you could buy anywhere. Didn't you used to love reading this stuff? I stared down at the diagram
07:36of the human skeleton, zoning out for a long time. I really used to want to be a doctor. I
07:41wrote my
07:42major on sticky note. I told everyone I was going to the best medical school in the country. I was
07:48going to be a great surgeon and save lives. But instead, I became a patient who couldn't even save
07:55herself. That night, I sat alone on the edge of the bed. I slowly took everything out of my drawer.
08:00Award. My school ID. Old photos. My two favorite pens. I lined them up perfectly on the nightstand.
08:07Then I pulled out a few sheets of paper. When my pen hit the paper, my hand was still trembling.
08:12The first sentence I wrote was, Mom, Dad, I'm sorry. I stared at those words for a long time.
08:20I still didn't know the truth back then. I just realized, very clearly, for the first time,
08:26I probably wasn't going to live to see myself get better. I hid the note at the very bottom of
08:33the
08:33drawer and pushed it shut. The medicine was so bitter. The shocks hurt too much. The future I
08:40wanted was already gone. Every single day left felt like torture. Just dragging Mom down until she aged
08:48more. Just dragging Dad down until his hair turned completely white. Just draining everyone until they had
08:55nothing left. That night, I sat there for a long, long time. I decided to die. The next afternoon, the
09:02psychiatric ward was eerily quiet. Mom had visited in the morning. She sat by my bed. She watched me swallow
09:08my
09:08pills and tucked me in. I have some errands to run this afternoon. I'll be back later to keep you
09:14company.
09:15I didn't need to ask. The family group chat had been blowing up since morning. I picked up my phone.
09:21The most recent
09:22message was a photo from my cousin. Floral arrangements flanked the entrance of the country club. Next to a custom
09:28sign,
09:29I stared at those words for a long time. Eden Bridge University. Acceptance. I had dreamed about those
09:36two words countless times. When I was too exhausted to do another practice test, I used them to motivate
09:43myself, telling myself to push just a little harder. I was almost there. But now, they were attached to
09:50Chloe's name. Like a cruel reminder of exactly what I had lost this past year. The notifications kept
09:56rolling in. Someone uploaded a video from the private banquet room. When the camera panned,
10:03the first person I saw was Mom. She was wearing that designer evening gown she rarely brought out,
10:08smiling as she fixed Chloe's hair. Dad stood next to them, smiling brightly with a champagne flute in
10:13his hand. Liam was holding her acceptance letter for her. Rowan was there too. He gently patted Chloe's
10:20head. I watched the video. I watched their loud, happy celebration. And suddenly, I didn't want
10:26to cry anymore. I was tired. Not just today. I had been tired for a very long time. But today,
10:33I finally hit my breaking point. My mind is made up. I'm not changing it. The girl in the reflection
10:39was so thin, I barely recognized her. Pale skin, hollow eyes, a quiet stranger. I looked down, put on a
10:48face
10:48mask, and changed into the cleanest white dress in my closet. Then I slipped the letters I wrote last night
10:55under my pillow. During the afternoon shift change, the hallway was deserted. I opened the door and
11:02walked out, keeping my head down. The nurse on duty was busy writing charts and didn't notice me.
11:08I leaned against the wall, inching my way forward into the elevator and hit the top floor. As the
11:13elevator slowly ascended, the metallic doors reflected a blurry silhouette. I stared at it,
11:19suddenly remembering the old me. Wearing a high ponytail, running down the school hallways, clutching
11:25my books, my skirt swaying in the breeze. Back then, I thought I had my whole life ahead of me.
11:30Looking
11:31back now, it all vanished in the blink of an eye. The wind on the roof was howling. I walked
11:37to the edge
11:37and sat down. My phone buzzed again. I glanced at the screen. The group chat was still celebrating.
11:44People were toasting, cutting the cake, saying Chloe had a limitless future ahead. Everyone was there,
11:51except me. It wasn't that I hadn't thought about dying before. Since I got locked in here, I thought
11:57about it when the pain was unbearable. I thought about it during endless sleepless nights waiting for
12:02dawn. But every time I thought of mom's tears, dad's gray hair, Liam and Rowan keeping watch by my bed,
12:09I
12:09would tell myself to just hold on. At least spare them the heartbreak. Until last night.
12:14Every ounce of suffering I was enduring right now was just to clear the path for someone else. So what
12:19was the point of holding on? This time I'm finally out of your way. Then I took a step forward.
12:25Inside
12:26the banquet room, the party was at its peak. Mom had just sat down when her phone suddenly rang. It
12:30was
12:30an unknown number. She hesitated, but answered it anyway. Hello, is this the family of Nina Sterling?
12:35Your daughter jumped off a building. She's in the ER right now fighting for her life. You need to get
12:40here immediately. The room went dead silent. What's wrong? Mom's mouth opened, but her breeding seemed
12:46blocked. Nina jumped.
12:53By the time mom, dad, Liam and Rowan rushed to the hospital, I was already being wheeled into the
12:58emergency room. The harsh white lights of the hallway were blinding. They washed every ounce of color from
13:04their faces. Mom had run all the way from the parking lot, crying hysterically. She lost one of
13:10her designer heels, but didn't even care. She almost collapsed in front of the OR doors. Dad caught her just
13:17in time, but his own hands were shaking uncontrollably. Liam stood closest to the door, staring unblinkingly
13:23at the red, in surgery, light. His face was completely devoid of expression, like his soul had been sucked
13:29out of his body. Rowan's dress shirt still had a splash of champagne from the party. That lingering trace
13:34of celebration now looked like a sick, twisted joke. A doctor rushed out. She's in critical condition.
13:40You need to sign this now. Mom's hand shook so violently, she could barely hold the pen.
13:45No, she's going to be fine. She's only 18. Please, you have to save her.
13:51The doctor nodded grimly and disappeared back into the operating room. The moment the doors clicked
13:56shut, mom finally broke. The hallway fell into a terrifying silence. After a long time, Rowan
14:03finally asked in a barely audible whisper. Did she hear us last night? No one answered, because no one
14:11dared to even think about it. Last night, they thought I was fast asleep. They thought that after
14:17today, everything would just go according to plan. Chloe would smoothly enroll at Edenbridge University.
14:24They would take me off the heavy meds. They would bring me home. And they would slowly make amends.
14:31Mom suddenly remembered how eerily calm I was when she visited my room this morning. I didn't ask where
14:37she was going, like I usually did. I didn't frown when swallowing those bitter pills. When she touched
14:43my cheek and said she was leaving, I had even smiled. Goodbye, mom. She had thought I was finally
14:49feeling a little more stable. Looking back now, it wasn't calmness. It was a final goodbye.
14:57She knew. She knew everything. Right then, the OR doors swung open. Mom practically lunged at him.
15:06Doctor, how is my daughter? The doctor paused for two agonizing seconds before speaking softly.
15:13I am so sorry. We did everything we could. The words dropped like an anvil and mom's legs gave out
15:19entirely. Dad caught her as she fell backward, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot. Liam lost control
15:24and grabbed the doctor by the collar. What did you just say? My sister is only 18. How can she
15:31be dead?
15:35The injuries from the fall were catastrophic. And the patient's physical baseline was already
15:41incredibly compromised. Prolonged exposure to identified heavy sedatives caused severe damage
15:46to her nervous system and vital organs. Furthermore, the patient's will to live was virtually unexistent.
15:54impossible. You're lying. She's terrified of pain. She still had dreams. She was going to be a doctor.
16:00She's never even got to be with the person she loved. How could she ever want to die?
16:06Why wouldn't she want to live? The medical staff wheeled my body out of the OR. All four of them
16:13surged forward. Mom's hands trembled violently as she reached for the white sheet covering my face.
16:19I lay there, perfectly still. My skin a deadly grayish white. My lips completely devoid of color.
16:26There were stitched up lacerations on my forehead and the side of my face. In her memory,
16:31I was never supposed to look like this. I was the girl who hugged her waist and acted spoiled.
16:37I was the one who massaged her back when she was sore. I was the one who apologized for keeping
16:42her
16:42awake when she stayed by my bedside. I was the one who, even while shaking in agony after the shock
16:48therapy, still forced a smile and told her I was fine. But now, I would never move again.
16:55Mom collapsed against the granny, her entire body convulsing with sobs.
17:01Nina, please don't scare Mommy like this.
17:08Open your eyes and look at me, baby, please.
17:12Mommy was wrong. Mommy was so, so wrong.
17:18She broke down completely, unable to even string a coherent sentence together.
17:22She gripped the white sheet like a lifeline, as if holding onto it could somehow keep me here.
17:27Dad stood next to her, his eyes raw and red, his lips trembling. He looked at me, but he didn't
17:33even
17:33dare to reach out, as if touching me would make it real, as if acknowledging that the daughter who
17:38used to call him Dad was now just a cold, unresponsive corpse. Liam stood rooted to the floor,
17:44his face ashen. He stared at my body without blinking, as if he had been nailed to the spot.
17:50A long time passed, before his broken voice scraped out of his throat.
17:54Mom, Dad, let's take Nina home.
17:57Mom whipped around and slapped him hard across the face.
17:59Shut your mouth!
18:02How dare you speak!
18:06This is all your fault!
18:08This was your sick, twisted idea!
18:11If it were for you, my Nina wouldn't be dead!
18:15Mom lunged at him like a madwoman, punching and shoving him.
18:19Dad tried to hold her back, but he couldn't.
18:21A whole year's worth of suppressed guilt, heartache, and regret exploded out of her all at once.
18:28Didn't you say you just needed her to take a step back?
18:31Didn't you say she'd recover once we stopped the meds?
18:34Didn't you promise me she'd be fine?
18:36Look at her now!
18:38She's dead!
18:40Liam didn't dodge.
18:41He just stood there, letting her fists and slaps rain down on him.
18:45Not even lifting his head, as if he couldn't feel the pain at all.
18:49Or rather, compared to the fact that I was dead, this physical pain was nothing.
18:54Dad couldn't watch anymore.
18:56Linda!
18:56He pulled Mom back with red eyes.
18:59Are you honestly saying this is entirely his fault?
19:01Mom froze instantly.
19:05Yes, he was the one who suggested it.
19:08But weren't we the ones who nodded and agreed?
19:11When those pills were forced down Nina's throat, did any of us stop him?
19:16When she was screaming in pain, did any of us pull the plug?
19:21We all thought it was just for one year.
19:23We all thought we had time to make it up to her.
19:26But now she's dead.
19:29We killed her together.
19:31That last sentence was like a blunt knife, violently twisting into the darkest corners of their souls.
19:37Mom's voice vanished entirely.
19:39Her mouth hung open, tears pouring down her face.
19:42But she couldn't utter a single syllable.
19:45Rowan was right.
19:47Liam didn't kill Nina alone.
19:49We all did.
19:51We all did.
19:52Rowan stood the furthest away from the gurney.
19:54He looked at my lifeless body and finally let out a gut-wrenching sob.
19:58But he didn't dare take a single step closer.
20:01He probably knew it better than anyone.
20:03He had lost the right to.
20:05When they brought my belongings back to my room at the psychiatric facility,
20:08it was terrifyingly quiet.
20:10The bed was perfectly made.
20:12My water glass sat on the nightstand.
20:14Even the curtains were exactly how I had left them.
20:17The second Mom stepped inside, her tears started falling all over again.
20:21Traces of me were everywhere.
20:23But I was already gone.
20:25It wasn't until Liam pulled those folded pages from under my pillow,
20:28they finally realized the truth.
20:31I had planned this out a long time ago.
20:34The pages were crumpled, like they had been written on, balled up in frustration, and smoothed out again.
20:40Mom, you always complain about your back.
20:42The money on my card should be enough for a high-end massage chair.
20:46Dad, smoke less.
20:47Your hair is turning completely white.
20:50Liam, the ECT really hurts, but I know you just want me to get better.
20:55Rowan, keep that Edenbridge Medical Journal.
20:57I don't think I'll be going anymore.
21:00I know it too.
21:01Everything you said about wanting to be with me, you only said it to comfort me.
21:05You've already fallen for Chloe.
21:07Further down, the sentences became shorter and shorter.
21:12I always thought I was the one who was sick, so I don't blame any of you.
21:16I'm just in so much pain, and I'm so tired.
21:19I can't hold on anymore.
21:21But last night, I heard you outside my door.
21:24I was never sick at all.
21:26The room descended into a deafening silence.
21:29Mom clamped a hand over her mouth.
21:31Dad stood next to her, his hands shaking so hard he could barely hold the paper.
21:36Liam stared dead-eyed at the line, the ECT really hurts, biting his own lip until it bled.
21:43Rowan stood frozen, his eyes completely bloodshot.
21:47I wasn't just saying a brief goodbye.
21:49I was arranging my own funeral.
21:51At the very bottom of the papers was a debit card with the pin written next to it.
21:56Two crooked lines were scribbled underneath.
21:58The money in here is from years of saved up scholarships and allowance.
22:02Spend the rest of it for me.
22:04Thank you for taking care of me all these years.
22:07I love you.
22:08Reading that, Mom couldn't hold herself up any longer.
22:11Dad turned his back, his eyes red, unable to speak a single word for a long time.
22:17There wasn't a single word of blame in those letters.
22:20Even right up until my death, my heart was still aching for them.
22:23But what about them?
22:25What did they do to me?
22:26I floated in the air above them, watching this scene with complicated feelings.
22:31Did I hate them?
22:31The love they gave me in the past was real.
22:34Even though I wasn't their biological daughter or sister, they had still spoiled me endlessly.
22:39They used to give me everything I ever wanted.
22:42I wouldn't go out of my way to blame them anymore.
22:44But I still felt a little sad.
22:47My death couldn't be covered up for long.
22:50The hospital noticed something was wrong first.
22:52The doctors found horrifying anomalies in my blood work and medical charts.
22:56The drug dosage was nowhere near what was prescribed for standard mood disorders.
22:59Even the ECT protocols didn't match your initial diagnosis of an emotional breakdown.
23:04The private psychiatric facility was thrown into utter chaos.
23:11Duty logs, prescription records, family consent forms, everything was dug up.
23:17At this point, it was no longer just a simple case of a suicidal teenage girl jumping off a roof.
23:23The high school heard the news too.
23:24The college counselor in charge of the Edenbridge nomination came to the hospital.
23:29She stood outside the ward for a long time without going in.
23:32Later, she only said one thing to dad.
23:35I never had the heart to delete Nina's application file.
23:39Hearing that, dad completely froze.
23:42That was the future that was practically already in my hands.
23:45But now, I didn't even have my life.
23:48It was also around this time, Chloe finally learned the whole truth.
23:53It wasn't that she hadn't noticed anything.
23:56She knew the family avoided talking about me this past year.
23:59She knew her Edenbridge nomination came a little too easily.
24:03But she never asked, because she was too greedy to let it go.
24:07Now, she stood in my hospital room, looking at my worn-out study notes on the desk.
24:11Looking at the Edenbridge University pre-med brochure in the nightstand.
24:15Looking at the sticky note where I had written,
24:18If I get to be a doctor, I want to be one who never scares my patients.
24:22She finally broke down.
24:24I knew mom and dad favored me.
24:26I knew this nomination wasn't supposed to be mine.
24:30But I...
24:31But I didn't say no.
24:32No one said a word to comfort her.
24:34It was too late for apologies, because I was already dead.
24:38I could never come back to life, and there was no way to compensate me anymore.
24:44Meanwhile, the investigators officially showed up.
24:47The psychiatric facility had to answer to the medical board, and the school had to answer to the authorities.
24:53All the covered-up records, forged signatures, and sick timelines.
24:57Everything was laid out bare on the table.
25:00Mom stared at those documents, her hand shaking too much to even touch them.
25:04Dad sat off to the side, his face completely ashen.
25:07Liam kept his head down, looking like all the life had been drained out of him overnight.
25:13Rowan stood in the far back, never once daring to look up.
25:16This couldn't be swept under the rug anymore.
25:19Later, the psychiatric facility was shut down and heavily investigated.
25:23The high school initiated a massive audit of the nomination process.
25:27Chloe's admission to Edenbridge University was officially rescinded.
25:31She didn't fight it, nor did she throw a tantrum.
25:33She just quietly signed the withdrawal papers, because even she knew she couldn't hold onto it.
25:39Not because she wasn't smart enough, but because it was soaked in my blood.
25:43Our family's life was completely shattered.
25:47Mom never left the house anymore.
25:49She spent her days hugging my clothes and suicide notes, staring blankly into space.
25:54She cried until she was practically blind.
25:57Dad aged 10 years in a matter of days.
26:01After coming home, he would sit alone in the living room in the dark, staring into nothingness all night long.
26:07Liam went back to the high school once.
26:09He stood in front of the Edenbridge nomination display board and stared at it for a very long time.
26:16My name was supposed to be up there, but now there was nothing left.
26:20Rowan never touched anything related to med school ever again.
26:23He kept that medical journal locked in his car.
26:26Everyone knew they regretted it.
26:28They regretted it so much, it was driving them insane.
26:32But regret is useless, because dead means dead.
26:36Later, during the police interrogation, the detective flipped through the files, page by page.
26:41The patient was heavily medicated for an extended period of time.
26:45You, as the family, were fully aware of this, correct?
26:49The interrogation room was dead silent for a long time.
26:53Finally, Mom was the one who spoke.
26:55It wasn't an accident.
26:58We forced her into it.
27:01Dad closed his eyes.
27:02We failed her.
27:04I swear I never wanted to kill Nina.
27:07I never thought it would cause her this much damage.
27:09Rowan stood to the side, his breathing so shallow, it was almost non-existent.
27:14In the end, they confessed to everything.
27:16They wanted to compensate Chloe, and there were a million ways to do it.
27:19But they actively chose the one way that would destroy me, and I didn't even owe her anything to begin
27:25with.
27:25The day they came to visit me, the sky was overcast.
27:28Mom held a bouquet of white lilies.
27:30She hadn't said a word since she got out of the car.
27:32She had lost so much weight.
27:33She looked completely drained of life, her footsteps painfully slow.
27:37Dad walked behind her, his posture far more stooped than before.
27:41Liam trailed at the very back.
27:42Rowan came too, but he stood far off in the distance.
27:45The cemetery was eerily quiet.
27:47My picture was engraved on the headstone.
27:49It was a school ID photo from my high school.
27:51My hair was tied up in a high ponytail.
27:53My eyes bright, a soft smile on my lips.
27:56Back then, I had no idea what I was going to lose.
27:58The moment Mom saw the picture, her tears fell.
28:01She set the flowers down, and gently traced my photo with her fingers.
28:05Like she wanted to stroke my cheek one last time.
28:07But the picture was ice cold.
28:10Nina!
28:11Mommy's here to see you!
28:13Are you cold all alone down here?
28:16It wasn't a hysterical, ear-piercing scream.
28:18It was a muffled, suffocating sob.
28:21Like her entire world had caved in.
28:23Dad stood next to her, still silent.
28:25His eyes permanently rimmed with red.
28:28Liam dropped to his knees, too.
28:29Nina, I'm so sorry.
28:31If I could do it all over again.
28:32A long time passed before he forced the rest out.
28:35I should have been the one suffering.
28:37Rowan stood the furthest away.
28:39He couldn't approach.
28:40He just stared at my headstone from several paces back.
28:43He looked absolutely nothing like the gentle, composed boy he used to be.
28:47Mom cried for a long time.
28:49Cried until she had no voice left.
28:52Nina, if there's a next life, would you still want to be my daughter?
28:56The moment those words hung in the air, even the wind seemed to stop.
29:00I floated quietly above them, watching.
29:03Honestly, I wasn't in pain anymore.
29:05No more bitter pills.
29:06No more electroshock therapy.
29:08No more waking up screaming in the dead of night,
29:10wondering if I was actually losing my mind.
29:13I finally didn't have to feel guilty for being a burden while they took care of me.
29:17Sometimes, I thought about the past, too.
29:19I remembered Mom braiding my hair.
29:21Dad taking me to pick out a backpack.
29:23Liam carrying me home in the rain.
29:25I remembered Rowan sitting next to me, helping me study, talking about our future together.
29:30All of that was real.
29:31Their love for me used to be real, too.
29:34But the trauma was also real.
29:35The pills were real.
29:37The shocks were real.
29:39The life they stole from me was real.
29:42Love and abuse can never cancel each other out.
29:46I didn't hate them.
29:47But not hating them didn't mean I forgave them.
29:52So when Mom cried and asked if I wanted to come back to her?
29:56No.
29:57One lifetime was more than enough.
30:00I never wanted to be the sacrificial lamb they tossed aside ever again.
30:05The wind slowly blew across the cemetery.
30:07Mom seemed to sense something, looking up blankly into the empty air.
30:11But she couldn't see anything.
30:12I took one last look at them, and then I slowly turned away.
30:17This lifetime ends here.
30:20In the next life, let's never meet again.
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