- 12.
They didn’t call for a long time.
A week later, Mom said that Ashley had died.
I didn’t say anything.
Ashley had used her illness to hurt me.
She died because of it.
Mom and Dad came to see me a lot.
I was nice to them.
They sold the house and got one near my
school.
They said that they wanted to make up for it.
But I didn’t need it.
I had to study.
They stopped me at the restaurant on my
college graduation.
They said, “You look skinny. We made your
favorite soup.”
I said, “I just ate.”
Mom cried. “Why won’t you forgive us?”
I didn’t know what to say.
They used Ashley to hurt me.
Now, they looked like the victims.
I shook my head.
“I’ve learned to do everything by myself.”
“I don’t need your help.”
I got into the taxi.
They stayed there.
I wasn’t a little girl anymore.
I was going to do great things.
