That’s the day, after school, when my best
friend Ashley invited me to that new cupcake
place on Bleecker.
The truck lost control. I saw my brother, Liam, standing right in its path.
I didn’t even think. I just ran and shoved him
out of the way. Then I got slammed three yards.
When I woke up, my legs had been crushed to pulp, bones shattered. Amputation was the
only way.
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The trucker, hiding behind his insurance,
claimed his brakes failed.
He hadn’t fled the scene, had even called the ambulance himself, and seemed genuinely sorry. Liam even forgave him! He got off with a fine and probation.
Losing my legs destroyed me. I couldn’t wrap my head around my brother forgiving the guy who did this, or my mother finding a
replacement after I was crippled.
Later, I found out that all her “love” depended
on me being a perfect dance prodigy.
My mother, Layla Bloom, was a famous
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ballerina. From day one, she was determined
to mold me into her successor.
The moment I couldn’t dance, she adopted
another talented girl and named her Jade
Bloom. Jade, the jewel she discovered.
I was jealous. I cried, raged, sank into depression. All it got me was being alienated by everyone.
Eventually, I got my act together and changed direction. I studied hard, got into the best university in the city, and became a rising star in business. Dad started paying attention.
After all, compared to a mediocre son, a
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crippled, infertile daughter was the perfect
person to take over the company.
But Dad’s expectations made Liam jealous.
He teamed up with the fake daughter to
stage a fire, burning my hands and face. That
took away my value to Dad.
Finally, they just wanted me gone. They had
the fake daughter fake kidney failure. With Mom and Dad’s permission, they ran me over, harvested all my organs.
After they killed me, my soul floated around for a year. That’s when I learned that my “brother” was just a fake.
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My real brother had been swapped at birth
and sent to the boonies. Who knew if he was
even alive?
And the “fake daughter” was Liam’s sister.
The two of them killed me and my real
brother to steal my family’s fortune.
