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While recovering, Mom and Dad came to see
me a lot.
The first time, Mom stood by the bed, crying.
“Honey I’m so sorry! Can you forgive me? I’ll
She reached out to touch my arm, but I pulled
away.
The second time, Dad was red–eyed and
choked up, telling me how much they loved
- me.
He said they were tricked by Haley, but they
did love me.
I closed my eyes.
The last time, they cried again and begged.
I pulled my sister’s diary from under the
pillow and handed it to them.
“Read it. It’s what she left behind.”
The vellowed pages were filled with my
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sister’s neat handwriting, describing happy
times.
“Today Dad took us to the park. Sophie rode
the roller coaster for the first time, and she
cried and hugged me. She was so cute.
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“Mom made my favorite ribs, and Sophie put
one in her pocket so I could have it.”
Later in the diary, after Haley came, the
happiness faded.
“Today Dad got Haley a doll. Sophie and I
wanted one too, but Dad said we were too
old. I was sad, but Sophie and I can make
clothes for our old dolls.”
Page after page, my sister’s love for me.
Even when she was blamed, or
misunderstood, she never hated them.
All she wanted was for our family to be
happy.
Mom and Dad cried.
My sister was only two years older than me,
but she took care of me.
Even at the end, she wanted our family to be
together.
I closed the book.
“I’ll never forgive you!”
They left, shoulders slumped.
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I cried.
Later, I heard Hailey was going to prison, and
what my parents did made the news.
Years later, it was another rainy spring.
I visited my sister’s grave, leaving her lilies.
I saw my parents in the distance, old and
gray.
They watched me, regret in their eyes.
I turned away.
It seemed like I heard my sister say, “You
have to go on, okay?”
28 PM Fri 4 Apr
Years later, it was another rainy spring.
I visited my sister’s grave, leaving her lilies.
I saw my parents in the distance, old and gray.
They watched me, regret in their eyes.
I turned away.
It seemed like I heard my sister say, “You
have to go on, okay?”
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