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Everyone was shocked.
“Did the daughter of the Millers go crazy?
She shaved her head and now she’s acting
like a dog.”
“I have to admit, this is more interesting than
when she was so fat she couldn’t use the
toilet. I’m posting this online for the views.”
“The way she looks, she seems mentally
unstable. She’s scary. She’s going to bite
someone.”
Faced with everyone’s weird stares, Dad’s
eyes looked like he wanted to kill me, and
Mom was beside herself.
“Daisy, what are you doing? Are you trying to
embarrass us? Just what are you trying to
do?!”
Jake’s anger was barely contained, and he
kicked me away.
“Where’s your hair? To ruin Summer’s party,
you shaved your head? You’re disgusting!”
Summer reached out a hand to me.
“Daisy, this is too much. Since Mom and Dad
brought you back, they’ve forgiven you. You
nearly killed me and my life but I don’t blame
you. You will always be my sister in my
heart.”
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“I know you’re back, and I spent a lot of time
making your favorite strawberry cake. If your
eat it, we can be okay, all right?”
She had someone push a two–tiered cake in
front of me.
I clutched my stomach and stepped back,
without thinking.
Now my stomach was only a third of its
original size.
Eating that much cake would make my
stomach explode.
Seeing me resist, Summer teared up and ran
to Mom.
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“Mom, Daisy still won’t accept me as her
sister. She doesn’t want to be back. She
blames me for telling the truth and making
her lose her title.”
Dad patted her back and glared at me.
“You love strawberry cake. You cried when
you couldn’t eat it to control your weight.
Now that you can’t join the Black Swan
Dance Company, Summer made this cake. It’s
not going to kill you.”
Mom spoke icily.
“She’s just trying to cause trouble. If she
doesn’t want to eat it, fine. I don’t have a
daughter. Send her back to that camp and
never let her out.”
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I raised my head in terror. My body was
shaking.
Don’t go back, I don’t want to go back!
I staggered over and started shoving the cake
into my mouth.
By the time I finished the top layer, my
stomach was a mess.
I threw up a stream of undigested cake mixed
with blood all over Summer’s dress.
As she screamed, Jake pushed me into a
champagne tower.
Countless glasses crashed down on me,
shards of glass slicing into my palms. I
couldn’t tell which part of me hurt more.
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“Daisy, I knew you were rotten from the start.
Seeing my leg twisted at a weird angle on the
floor, blood pouring from my mouth, everyone
went silent.
They say that when you’re dying, your senses
go first.
At that moment, I felt relaxed. It was better to
die than to keep getting yelled at, better than
the pain.
“Call a doctor! Someone call a doctor!”
It sounded like Mom. Was she worried about
Summer?
Soon, it was loud again. I felt someone move
my body
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“Mrs. Miller, call 911. Judging by the wounds
on Miss Miller’s stomach, she had her
stomach removed. She’s throwing up blood
because her stomach is exploding.”
“The prosthetic leg is not matched to her
body. Where the amputation took place, the
flesh and bones have been worn away and
are starting to rot.”
Mom, Dad, and Jake were shocked.
“What? She had her stomach removed, and
her leg amputated?”
