When Mom was pregnant with me, the doctor
told her to get an abortion.
But Mom had me anyway. She said I
responded in her belly.
Mom used to love me.
After I was born, Sarah always got sick and
needed attention.
But Mom didn’t neglect me. When Sarah got
a gift, I got one too.
She would tell me stories after Sarah fell
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asleep and hug me as I fell asleep.
She told me that she loved me and would
always be there for me.
Now, she hated me and killed me.
When I was stuck in the coffin, I begged
Mom.
“Mom, I’m scared. Don’t put me in there. I
don’t want to die.”
She coldly replied.
“Amy, you’ve done so much wrong that death
isn’t enough punishment. Don’t try to get my
sympathy. I don’t feel anything for you.”
I wanted to clear my name before I died.
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I didn’t stop struggling until I died.
I wanted to live.
Since there was no body in the coffin, Mom
took everyone and left.
She went back to the hospital to be with
Sarah.
As soon as Mom sat down, Sarah woke up
from her nightmare.
“Mom, Amy still doesn’t want to see me? I’ve
already forgiven her.”
“Sisters shouldn’t fight. I think Amy is jealous
that you and Dad are nice to me.”
“Mom don’t blame Amy. I don’t want her to
be sad.”
Mom sighed and hugged Sarah.
“Sarah, why are you so kind and Amy is not?”
“If she was half as good as you, she wouldn’t
have done these things!”
I was surprised that my teacher was worried
about me.
Three days later, my teacher called Mom
about me.
“Hello, is this Amy’s mother? I am Amy’s
teacher. Amy’s sister, Sarah, has returned to
school, but Amy is still not present, has she
been absent?”
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Mom was in the store, shopping for Sarah.
She was annoyed.
“If she’s not in class, she’s skipping, she’s not
like her sister. If she doesn’t want to study,
fine. You don’t need to worry about her.”
The teacher paused and replied.
“Amy always gets straight A’s. She’s never
skipped class. She didn’t go on vacation with
you either.”
“Please, take care of your child.”
“I’m busy. I can’t talk.”
Mom cut the teacher off.
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“I’ll take care of Amy, goodbye.”
She was excited.
If Mom cared about me, she would know that
I would never skip class.
Mom told me she liked obedient kids.
Mom’s phone rang.
She frowned and answered.
“I said Amy can skip school. I don’t care, and
you don’t need to…”
The person interrupted.
“Are you Amy’s mother? Tourists found a
body attacked by wild animals and we found
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body attacked by wild animals, and we found
DNA to be Amy Thompson, this is the
precinct…”
Mom’s smile faded, staring at the phone.
“Say it again. What body did you find?”
After hanging up, Mom ran to the garage.
She tripped, nothing like her usual self.
The last time I saw this side of her was when
she had a miscarriage.
She told the driver to drive to the precinct,
grabbing the bottom of her shirt and saying,
“There has to be a mistake, how can Amy
die?”
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How can I die?
Mom, you killed me!
People can die from starvation after seven
days, not to mention she beat me, stuffed me
in a coffin, and couldn’t breathe.
I am a person, not someone who could
survive.
Mom arrived at the morgue with the police.
Dad had arrived and sighed when he saw
Mom.
“You’re here. Let’s go in.”
Mom didn’t respond.
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“We tried to fix her, but the body was torn
apart.”
The worker pulled the sheet down.
Dad turned his head.
Mom screamed.
“No, how could Amy… How could she be like
this?”
My corpse was worse.
If the worker didn’t fix me, you couldn’t tell it
was a person.
The medical examiner had a report.
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“The victim was abused and died by
suffocation. Death was ten nights ago, and
ate by a bear.”
A bear did this.
I was wondering what could open the coffin.
Mom couldn’t do it and fainted.
She fainted because she couldn’t accept my
death or that she was afraid that the police
would find out.
I didn’t believe that she was sad that I died.
Dad cried.
I didn’t care about their tears.
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They yelled at me when I was alive, and cry
now.
Too fake.
The police told Dad that they would
investigate and let them know.
That night, Mom woke up.
She hugged the blanket in regret, afraid, and
disbelief.
“Amy, I didn’t mean to hurt you. I just wanted
to punish you. Why would you suffocate? I
didn’t seal the coffin shut!”
“People don’t die after seven days. I didn’t kill
you. You’re my child. I didn’t mean for this…”
“Something happened! I didn’t kill you!”
Mom screamed and jumped out of bed to get
the car keys and drove out to the wilderness.
She ran a lot of red lights.
