Chapter 4

"A, B, C, D, E, F, G..." I held my breath and blurted out seven letters in one go.

The room instantly went dead silent. Everyone there stared at me, eyes wide with disbelief.

My parents stared at the floor, their faces frozen in shock, like they couldn't even process what they'd heard.

I caught sight of my great-grandma, gripping her cane, standing up with excitement all over her face.

I took a deep breath and kept going, "H, I, J, K, L, M, N..."

I focused hard, trying to remember the alphabet I'd learned from my educational toy. With…