The Daughter Erased

Thinking about that made me want to cry, but I had no tears.

"Summer, don't say that. Don't worry. Your father and I will make sure you have that job."

"Yes. Whether Sienna agrees to it or not, the job is yours. You two look alike after all. Just take her place. We'll make this happen."

Summer's eyes sparkled instantly. She sat up straight and asked, "You promise?"

"Of course. Since when have we ever lied to you?"

Seeing my mother's relaxed expression, Summer instantly smiled.

Summer hugged my mother and said, "Thank you, Mom and Dad. I knew you two loved me the best."

That warm, picture-perfect family scene was the one thing I spent my entire life craving.

At that moment, it only stung to look at.

The three of them came up with a plan to get Summer to take my place at work. Then, Sarah sent me a threatening message.

In essence, what she said was that if I dared to show up at work, they would kill me.

For the next three days, my parents took turns to send me messages. Even Summer joined in.

[Have you eloped with that man? Why aren't you returning home? Aren't you afraid I'll tell Mom and Dad?]

'Summer, oh, Summer. Go ahead. Say whatever you want to say. After all, it's not like you haven't falsely accused me all these years. When I made friends with guys, you called me a temptress, saying that I was seducing them. When I made friends with girls, you said I was trying to form a gang,' I thought to myself.

Through Summer's words, everything I did was wrong, and our parents had never once doubted her.

When I successfully got a civil service job, I thought my parents would acknowledge me.

Little did I expect that the job would get me killed.

On the third day, my mother was finally discharged from the hospital. She called me once more, but this time, my phone was off.

I had no idea where my phone was. I reckoned it was either buried with my dead body or taken away by that man.

However, I no longer wanted to think about that.

The only mystery I wanted to solve at that moment was why I was still attached to my family even after I had died.

Was I such an unlucky person?

I had once complained about it in my prayers, but no answer came.

I even tried to escape, but after a certain distance, I would be pulled back, as if by a strong magnetic force, trapping me with them.

"Sienna, if you like being away so much, just die and never come back," my mother cursed as my father helped her out of the hospital.

Summer smugly sent me a voice message, "You know, I reported in for duty today. No one knew that I had taken your place. Sienna, if you want to play missing person, go ahead. Don't show your face here ever again."

My parents were used to the vile things that Summer would say to me.

They even thought that Summer was too kind. They said to her, "Just tell Sienna that if she likes being out so much, just die and never come back."

Summer repeated it word for word, sending me another voice message.

My parents cheered her on.

They chuckled and were about to get into the car when Summer suddenly fell. She did not think much about it, but our parents were extremely anxious. They immediately took Summer to get checked up.

While waiting for the results, Brian paced about, muttering to himself, "She better be alright. She's our precious little daughter."

Sarah's eyes reddened while holding Summer's hand.

Watching that scene unfold, I finally felt a heartbeat. It ached.

If only they had been so concerned for me, even just once, when I was still alive, perhaps I would not have held such a huge grudge.

Soon, the results were back.

Perhaps it was Summer's punishment for doing so many evil things. She was diagnosed with leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant.