Mommy, I've Been Good

Synopsis

From the moment I was born, nobody wanted me. When I was three, my mother left me behind and went abroad. At five, my brother forced hot pepper water down my throat. I smiled and said it tasted good. My third brother would purposely leave me at the kindergarten gate. My eldest and second brothers would gang up with the other kids to block me from the bathroom, and watch as all the children laughed at me. Then, when the little girl next door and I got sick, my father carried her to the hospital without a second thought. He told me to go die somewhere far away. But later, he looked at me, tears streaming down his face. "Sweetie, call me 'Dad' one more time, please?" I clutched the corner of my shirt, opened my mouth, but just stood there blankly, unable to make a sound.