That’s when I realized that Brad was dead.
My dad had killed him.
The police didn’t know what my dad was
going to do, and they were worried that he’d
hurt my sister, so they didn’t do anything.
I finally got a chance to step closer.
The overwhelming smell of blood assaulted
my senses.
After the police took my dad away, my sister
was frozen on the bed.
She couldn’t believe what was happening, and
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touched her face, then smelled her hand.
“Brad!”
“Ah!”
After that scream, the doctors gave her a
sedative.
Because we were witnesses, my mom and I
were brought to another room.
At that time, my mom had woken up.
Her body was shaking, and her words were
trembling.
She was holding onto my arm so hard, it was
hurting.
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From the police, we found out what my dad
did.
He called Brad out, and stabbed him with a
knife in the street.
The knife went straight into his heart, and he
was dead on the spot.
The people around were so scared.
Then my dad drove to the hospital, and the
rest, we already knew.
I snickered, for his older daughter’s eyes, he
killed someone.
And for his younger daughter, all he said was,
“Just bury her.”
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The police asked my mom if my dad had been
acting unusual.
Then they asked some basic questions, and
shook their heads, saying we could leave.
When we were leaving the room to find my
sister,
A loud bang rang out, followed by screams.
Without hesitation, my mom rushed to my
sister’s room.
“Ahhhhh!”
I rushed after her, finding the bed empty, and
the window wide open.
My sister had jumped.
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I looked down, and she was just a mess of
blood and bones.
The police immediately sealed off the area.
My mom fainted again.
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My dad was sentenced to death, postponed
for a year.
My sister jumped, and her body wasn’t even
whole.
We lost two people in an instant.
My mom had aged 10 years in one day.
She always curled up in a corner, not saying a
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I organized my sister’s funeral. After the
funeral, my mom stopped talking altogether.
But I was so relieved, looking at my sister’s
picture.
I didn’t feel sad, just amused.
How interesting, giving up your life for love.
She’s dead, but ‘I still had my life to live.
I said goodbye to my mom and moved to a
new city.
We still talked a bit on WeChat, but not much.
Sometimes when I was in a good mood, I
would video call her, but she hated talking.
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Without my dad’s extreme control, my career
was doing great.
I told my mom, that I got a new place, and I
finally had a home.
The next morning, I saw three words from my
mom.
“I’m sorry.”
I didn’t understand, and I had a bad feeling.
When I went back home, I found out that my
mom killed herself.
She wrote in the note, “I’m in so much pain,
living is too hard. I’m worried about my
daughter, so I’ll go be with her.”
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I raised an eyebrow, looking at her so–called
suicide note.
I thought it was so ironic.
But still, I organized her funeral as expected.
I sold our house, and got a bunch of money.
After that, the police told me that my dad was going to be executed. Did I want to go?
Like they did back then, I refused to visit him.
“I’m not going, people have their own paths.”
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“From now on, I don’t have a dad.”
I hung up, and went on vacation.
I went to a beach that I had always wanted to
visit.
The sky was blue, the ocean was full of
waves, and I was sitting on the sand, laughing
peacefully.
My freedom has finally begun.
