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I beat up Zoe Klein, the girl who had taken my place in the family for years, and my brothers threw me into a mental hospital. When I came out, I acted like the perfect girl. Whatever my brothers told me to do, I did it. But then Zoe started acting even more obedient than me. Dr. William Gilbert said I couldn't fight unless someone hit me first. That was the basic rule for a mental patient. I hadn't hit anyone for three days, and it made me feel uneasy. So I started sleepwalking. One night, I stabbed a dagger into the headboard of Zoe's bed. "Why won't you fight me?" I asked her. Zoe trembled in fear. My brothers finally realized I was crazy, and they regretted everything. "Nina, we're sorry. It's all our fault..." they kept saying. I tilted my head. Wasn't it a little too late to say that now?