When Mom came out, I pulled out my phone
and put on a video about how saunas could
help with skincare and loosen joints.
Less than an hour after the ice bath, Lily was
locked in our sauna.
She started crying.
Mom hated the crying and added to the time.
During the past fifteen years, I had rarely shed
a tear.
When would she start a fire?
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Last time, it was when I was twenty–four. That
was way too late.
I wished they’d set fire to the place right now
and kill… my dear father.
They were able to hit me with a car because my dad approved of it..
When Lily came out of the sauna, she glared at
me with pure hatred.
It was like all of this was my fault, not my
mother’s.
I grabbed a piece of mango and stared at her.
Yeah, you better hate me.
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Chase looked at Lily with concern.
Lily looked at Chase with misery.
So interesting.
Lily couldn’t get back at me, so she started
bossing around the staff, taking her anger out
on them.
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In the days that followed, I kept taunting Lily. It
got Mom to train her harder.
Dad was the same as ever. He came home
twice a month, had dinner, and left. All he did
was wire money.
With Mom’s “help“, Lily stopped going to school
Join the bookshel
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and doubled her training, learning from private
tutors so she could take the GED.
I went to school during the day and practiced
boxing, MMA, long–distance running, and judo
at night.
I had the body of a dancer, so I just needed to
put on muscle. I was stronger than any guy my
age.
Mom saw my muscles and went wild, like
hurting Lily would make me dance again.
She couldn’t control me, so she took it out on
Lily.
Chase got his wish to become a eunuch.
Someone had hired a girl who fit his type and
had her talk to him on the beach at sunset.
Then a crab pinched him in the crotch.
At first, he didn’t think it was a big deal. But when he got home, it started to swell.
He didn’t want to go to a real doctor, so he went to a small clinic.
That was when someone had added AIDS.
His dream girl broke up with him when she found out he wasn’t a man.
He went to the clinic to sue them, but it was shut down.
Chase panicked.
And I was happy.
Now it was time to deal with Lily.
