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After being kidnapped and held captive for ten years, I finally came home. My father said, "The cupboard's ready. You'll stay there for now." My mother said, "Emily's health is fragile. Give her your room that faces the sun." Emily Carter, the adopted daughter of the Carter family, was hiding by the stairs, smiling at me. I smiled back and pulled out the kitchen knife I'd grabbed on my way out. They didn't know. In the ten years I was gone, I didn't learn embroidery or piano. I learned how to kill.