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00:02The 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. I will spend the rest of my life making it up to her. Turned out, I was never mentally
00:53ill. The
00:53sleepless nights. The trembling hands. The breakdown that sent me to the psychiatric ward. My own family.
00:59They had done this to me. For Chloe, their real daughter. The one they found a year ago. And me,
01:05the adopted daughter. They promised they'd make it up to me someday. But they never knew I wouldn't
01:09live long enough to see that day. I lay motionless on the hospital bed. Tears silently streaming down my
01:15face. The sedatives from the therapy hadn't worn off yet. My head was still spinning. Half an hour ago,
01:20Liam had personally placed the pills in my mouth. Sleep, Nina. You'll feel better when you wake up.
01:25But I didn't fall asleep. My mind was completely numb. The horrific truth hit me. Their muffled
01:30voices continued outside the door. She's suffered enough this past year. I just can't. Mom, we've
01:36made it through the whole year. We can't back out in the last few days. What about Nina later?
01:40Silence settled over the room. We'll help her recover slowly. She'll be fine. It was Rowan. My breath
01:45caught. I'd heard those words from every one of them over the past year. Once you're better,
01:50I'll bring you home. We'll take care of you. Take the pills. Just hang in there a little longer.
01:56It'll get better when you're stable. We'll be together. I'll take you out. We'll go wherever
02:01you want. But the care they did was never about making me better. They were waiting for Chloe to
02:05take my dream. Take my guaranteed spot at the top medical school. Then they'd come back and make it
02:10up to me. Mom sounded like she was falling apart. But Nina was the one meant for that top
02:15med school. It was her only dream since she was a little girl. Dad said nothing. After a long pause,
02:21Liam spoke again. Chloe's nomination is already locked in. Once we get through her acceptance
02:25party tomorrow, this will all be over. The sleepless nights, the tinnitus, the shaking hands,
02:30the agonizing shocks, the handfuls of pills. I wasn't sick. My sudden psychotic break during the
02:36admissions exam. It wasn't an accident. And losing my guaranteed spot had nothing to do with bad luck.
02:42It was them, my family. They conspired together to break me into pieces. I couldn't help thinking
02:48back to the exam that destroyed my life. Actually, before that exam, my body was already acting up.
02:54It started with insomnia. I was exhausted. But the moment I closed my eyes, my chest felt crushingly
02:59tight. Then came the tremors. My hands would shake when I held a pen. And even when I held a
03:04fork,
03:04sometimes, in the middle of studying, a loud ring would explode in my ears, like something
03:09bursting inside my brain. But back then, my family and I just thought it was the stress of the
03:14upcoming Hopf admissions exam. Mom heated milk for me. You'll be fine once it's over. Liam told me to
03:20go to bed early. Stop 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,
03:34and brushed it off. Mom got up early and made me breakfast. Don't be nervous, Nina. Just do your
03:39best. You've got this. Rowan texted me. Good luck. Call me when it's over. I replied, will do.
03:46When 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, scribbling
03:54formulas on the scratch paper, managing my time perfectly. But halfway through, a sudden ring
04:00pierced my ears. I frowned, thinking I had just lost focus. The next second, the words in front
04:05of me started to float. Then, a brutal tightness gripped my chest. I couldn't breathe. My entire body
04:11started to shake violently. I knew the answers, but in that moment, I couldn't read a single word.
04:17The next second, I stood up abruptly and ripped the test booklet and Scantron in half. Everyone was
04:22stunned. But my body was completely out of control. I violently shoved my desk over. The
04:28chair screeched across the floor. Everyone was staring at me. The proctor rushed over and pinned
04:32my shoulders down. Someone shouted my name. Someone ran out to get help. I wanted to explain that I
04:38didn't mean to, but my throat felt blocked. I couldn't utter a single syllable. Now, in front of
04:44everyone, I looked like a complete lunatic. When mom arrived, her hair was a mess. She pulled me into a
04:51tight hug. It's okay, Nina. It's okay. She said it over and over, crying. Liam sat by my hospital bed,
04:57holding the test result, silent, for a long time. Rowan arrived a little later, his forehead slick
05:02with sweat, like he had run all the way. It's okay. It's not your fault. A long time passed. Liam,
05:08am I going crazy? Seconds ticked by before he finally grabbed my hand. Nina, yes, but if you get the
05:15treatment, you'll be okay. After I was admitted to the private psychiatric facility, I stopped checking the
05:21time. Time for meds, time for therapy, time to sleep. The days dragged on in agonizing silence.
05:28When I first got here, I used to ask mom when I could go home. She always said,
05:33when you're better. Eventually, I stopped asking, because even when she said it, her eyes were bloodshot.
05:40She quit her job and stayed by my side almost 24-7. When I couldn't eat, she would blow on
05:45the soup
05:46and spoon feed me. When I woke up screaming in the middle of the night, shaking all over,
05:51she would pull me into her arms and pat my back. Once, I cried and told her I was sorry.
05:58Nina, as long as you're okay, nothing else matters. Dad couldn't visit as often, but he rushed over
06:03whenever he had a break. He wasn't good with word. Every time he came, he only asked one thing.
06:08Are you feeling better today, Nina? Are you in pain?
06:11He never came empty-handed. Sometimes, it was my favorite slice of red velvet cake.
06:16Sometimes, a cute stuffed animal. I actually couldn't eat anymore. And I didn't care about
06:22the toys, but I always took them, because I noticed his hair was getting grayer by the day.
06:27In those moments, I suddenly felt like my existence was only dragging them down. Liam visited the most,
06:34especially during my ECT sessions, but I dreaded those times the most. Whenever the clock struck the
06:40hour, panic would seize my chest. When the machine turned on, a faint electric hum would buzz in my
06:46ears. When the pain peaked, I would blindly grab onto anything near me. Once, I grabbed Liam's hands
06:52so hard my nails dug into his flesh, he didn't pull away. Nina, just bear with it a little longer.
06:57After the sessions, Liam was always the one handing me my med. White ones, pink ones, sometimes a pill broken
07:04in half. I never suspected a thing. Even when my stomach turned violently after taking them. Even
07:10when my nose bled in the middle of the night. Even when I spent entire days in a groggy haze.
07:16I only
07:16blamed it on how sick I was. Rowan visited often, too. Most of the time, he just sat by my
07:22bed and gave
07:23me updates on the outside world. But the things he brought up kept circling back to Chloe. Once,
07:29he brought a popular medical journal you could buy anywhere. Didn't you used to love reading this
07:34stuff? I stared down at the diagram of the human skeleton, zoning out for a long time. I really
07:40used to want to be a doctor. I wrote my major on sticky note. I told everyone I was going
07:45to the
07:45best medical school in the country. I was going to be a great surgeon and save lives. But instead,
07:52I became a patient who couldn't even save herself. That night, I sat alone on the edge of the bed.
07:57I slowly took everything out of my drawer. Award, my school ID, old photos, my two favorite pens.
08:04I lined them up perfectly on the nightstand. Then I pulled out a few sheets of paper. When my pen
08:09hit
08:10the paper, my hand was still trembling. The first sentence I wrote was,
08:14Mom, 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,
08:27I 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
08:48she aged more. Just dragging Dad down until his hair turned completely white. Just draining everyone
08:54until they had nothing left. That night, I sat there for a long, long time. I decided to die.
09:00The next afternoon, the psychiatric ward was eerily quiet. Mom had visited in the morning.
09:05She sat by my bed. She watched me swallow my pills and tucked me in. I have some errands to
09:11run this afternoon. I'll be back later to keep you company. I didn't need to ask. The family group
09:17chat had been blowing up since morning. I picked up my phone. The most recent message was a photo
09:23from my cousin. Floral arrangements flanked the entrance of the country club, next to a custom sign.
09:29I stared at those words for a long time. Edenbridge University. Acceptance.
09:35I had dreamed about those two words countless times. When I was too exhausted to do another
09:41practice test, I used them to motivate myself, telling myself to push just a little harder.
09:46I was almost there. But now, they were attached to Chloe's name. Like a cruel reminder of exactly
09:53what I had lost this past year. The notifications kept rolling in. Someone uploaded a video from the
10:00private banquet room. When the camera panned, the first person I saw was Mom. She was wearing that
10:30and tired for a very long time. But today, I finally hit my breaking point. My mind is made up.
10:37I'm not
10:37changing it. The girl in the reflection was so thin, I barely recognized her. Pale skin, hollow eyes,
10:44a quiet stranger. I looked down, put on a face mask, and changed into the cleanest white dress in my
10:51closet.
10:52Then I slipped the letters I wrote last night under my pillow. During the afternoon shift change, the
10:59hallway was deserted. I opened the door and walked out, keeping my head down. The nurse on duty was
11:05busy writing charts and didn't notice me. I leaned against the wall, inching my way forward into the
11:11elevator and hit the top floor. As the elevator slowly ascended, the metallic doors reflected a blurry
11:17silhouette. I stared at it, suddenly remembering the old me, wearing a high ponytail, running down the
11:23school hallways, clutching my books, my skirt swaying in the breeze. Back then, I thought I had my whole
11:29life ahead of me. Looking back now, it all vanished in the blink of an eye. The wind on the
11:35roof was
11:35howling. I walked to the edge and sat down. My phone buzzed again. I glanced at the screen. The group
11:43chat was
11:43still celebrating. People were toasting, cutting the cake, saying Chloe had a limitless future ahead.
11:50Everyone was there, except me. It wasn't that I hadn't thought about dying before. Since I got locked
11:56in here, I thought about it when the pain was unbearable. I thought about it during endless,
12:01sleepless nights waiting for dawn. But every time I thought of mom's tears, dad's gray hair, Liam and
12:07Rowan keeping watch by my bed, I would tell myself to just hold on. At least spare them the heartbreak.
12:13Until last night. Every ounce of suffering I was enduring right now was just to clear the path for
12:18someone else. So what was the point of holding on? This time, I'm finally out of your way. Then,
12:24I took a step forward. Inside the banquet room, the party was at its peak. Mom had just sat down
12:29when
12:29her phone suddenly rang. It was an unknown number. She hesitated, but answered it anyway.
12:33Hello, is this the family of Nina Sterling? Your daughter jumped off a building. She's in the ER right
12:39now, fighting for her life. You need to get here immediately. The room went dead silent. What's wrong?
12:44Mom's mouth opened, but her breeding seemed blocked. Nina jumped.
12:53By the time mom, dad, Liam and Rowan rushed to the hospital, I was already being wheeled into the
12:59emergency room. The harsh white lights of the hallway were blinding. They washed every ounce
13:04of color from their faces. Mom had run all the way from the parking lot, crying hysterically. She lost
13:10one of her designer heels, but didn't even care. She almost collapsed in front of the OR doors. Dad
13:16caught her just in time, but his own hands were shaking uncontrollably. Liam stood closest to the door,
13:22staring unblinkingly at the red, in surgery, light. His face was completely devoid of expression,
13:27like his soul had been sucked out of his body. Rowan's dress shirt still had a splash of champagne
13:33from the party. That lingering trace of celebration now looked like a sick, twisted joke. A doctor
13:38rushed out. She's in critical condition. You need to sign this now. Mom's hand shook so violently,
13:43she could barely hold the pen. No. She's going to be fine. She's only 18. Please, you have to save
13:51her.
13:51The doctor nodded grimly and disappeared back into the operating room. The moment the doors clicked shut,
13:57mom finally broke. The hallway fell into a terrifying silence. After a long time,
14:03Rowan finally asked in a barely audible whisper. Did she hear us last night?
14:08No one answered, because no one dared to even think about it. Last night, they thought I was fast asleep.
14:16They thought that after today, everything would just go according to plan. Chloe would smoothly enroll
14:23at Eden Bridge University. They would take me off the heavy meds. They would bring me home.
14:28And they would slowly make amends. Mom suddenly remembered how eerily calm I was when she visited
14:35my room this morning. I didn't ask where she was going, like I usually did. I didn't frown when
14:41swallowing those bitter pills. When she touched my cheek and said she was leaving, I had even smiled.
14:47Goodbye, mom. She had thought I was finally feeling a little more stable.
14:51Looking back now, it wasn't calmness. It was a final goodbye.
14:58She knew. She knew everything.
15:00Right then, the OR doors swung open. Mom practically lunged at him.
15:06Doctor, how is my daughter?
15:08The doctor paused for two agonizing seconds before speaking softly.
15:13I am so sorry. We did everything we could.
15:16The words dropped like an anvil, and mom's legs gave out entirely.
15:20Dad caught her as she fell backward, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot.
15:23Liam lost control and grabbed the doctor by the collar.
15:26What did you just say?
15:28My sister is only 18. How could she be 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
15:46damage to her nervous system and vital organs. Furthermore, the patient's will to live was
15:51virtually unexistent.
15:53Impossible.
15:54You're lying!
15:55She's terrified of pain. She still had dreams. She was going to be a doctor. She's never even
16:00got to be with the person she loved. How could she ever want to die? Why wouldn't she want to
16:08live?
16:09The medical staff wheeled my body out of the OR. All four of them surged forward. Mom's hands
16:15trembled violently as she reached for the white sheet covering my face. I lay there, perfectly still,
16:21my skin a deadly grayish white. My lips completely devoid of color. There were stitched up lacerations on my forehead
16:29and 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 awake when she stayed by my bedside.
16:44I was the one who, even while shaking in agony after the shock therapy, still forced to smile and told
16:51her I was fine. But now, I would never move again.
16:55Mom collapsed against the granny, her entire body convulsing with sobs.
17:17She broke down completely, unable to even string a coherent sentence together. She gripped the white sheet like a lifeline,
17:25as 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 dare to reach out, as if touching me would make it real.
17:36As if acknowledging that the daughter who used to call him Dad was now just a cold, unresponsive corpse.
17:43Liam stood rooted to the floor, his face ashen. He stared at my body without blinking, as if he had
17:48been nailed to the spot.
17:50A long time passed before his broken voice scraped out of his throat.
17:55Mom, Dad, let's take Nina home.
17:56Mom whipped around and slapped him hard across the face.
18:00Shut your mouth! How dare you speak!
18:06This is all your fault! This 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. A whole year's worth of suppressed guilt, heartache and regret exploded
18:27out of her all at once.
18:28Didn't you say you just needed her to take a step back? Didn't you say she'd recover once we stopped
18:33the meds? Didn't you promise me she'd be fine? Look at her now!
18:37Ouch! She's dead!
18:39Liam didn't dodge. He just stood there, letting her fists and slaps rain down on him, not even lifting his
18:46head, as if he couldn't feel the pain at all.
18:48Or rather, compared to the fact that I was dead, this physical pain was nothing.
18:54Dad couldn't watch anymore.
18:56Linda!
18:57He pulled Mom back with red eyes.
18:59Are you honestly saying this is entirely his fault?
19:02Mom 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. We all thought we had time to make it up to
19:25her.
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, it 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, but I was already gone.
20:25It wasn't until Liam pulled those folded pages from under my pillow, they 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.
21:02Everything you said about wanting to be with me, you only said it to comfort me.
21:05You've already fallen for Chloe.
21:08Further 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.
22:40They 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 her initial diagnosis of an emotional breakdown.
23:05The 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.
23:25The 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.
24:12Looking 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.
24:27I 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.
24:35It was too late for apologies.
24:36Because I was already dead.
24:38I could never come back to life.
24:40And 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.
24:51And 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 hands shaking too much to even touch them.
25:04Dad sat off to the side, his face completely ashen.
25:08Liam 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.
25:17This 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.
25:36Because even she knew she couldn't hold on to 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.
25:46Mom 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.
27:23And I didn't even owe her anything, to begin with.
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, my 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.
28:08But the picture was ice cold.
28:10Nina, mommy'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, like her entire world had caved in.
28:23Dad stood next to her, still silent, his 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.
28:33A long time passed before he forced the rest out.
28:36I should have been the one suffering.
28:38Rowan 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, wondering 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.
29:20I 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.
29:36The pills were real.
29:37The shocks were real.
29:40The life they stole from me was real.
29:42Love and abuse can never cancel each other out.
29:46I didn't hate them, but 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, thank you.
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, but 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.
30:24To be continued...
30:27Maybe we'll have någon to work with...
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