Chapter 4

I stood in the center of the yard.

They added another five hours to my punishment.

Honestly, my heart was completely numb this time.

Maybe dying once made me see through the illusion of family bonds.

Back then, I was always scared of making my parents mad.

So when I was little, and Eleanor would constantly rip up my homework and lead everyone to ignore me, I never fought back.

I never fought back.

I always thought that if I behaved and did what they wanted, maybe they'd finally pay attention to me.

But honestly, if someone didn't like me,…