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Since I was an orphan,Lily would always ask Daniel to take me home for dinner during festivals.Then she would cook a table full of delicious food for me.On my birthday,she would be the first to say happy birthday to me.She would always prepare a gift for me,and she always said that what others had,our Annie should also have.So she would think of me whenever there was something good.
She treated me not as a charity case, but as family.
Until a few months ago,the police suddenly told me that there was new progress in the case of my parents' death that they had been investigating.Burning with the desire for revenge,I secretly participated in the police investigation behind everyone's back.
The murderer,in order to threaten me,targeted Lily,who lived alone.
I still see it—the moment her body slammed onto the car hood as I walked home. I was so frightened that I fainted.
It wasn't until the ambulance took us to the hospital.When I woke up,I only managed to see Lily for the last time.She was covered with a white cloth and was being wheeled to the mortuary.
Daniel Thompson rushed over in a hurry.It was the first time he lost his temper with me.The man who was usually gentle and elegant was like a madman at that moment.
He grabbed my collar and forced me to look down at Lily's face.
“Happy now?”
"Why didn't you listen to the advice and had to meddle!"
"If it weren't for you,she wouldn't have died.How many more of us need to die for your fucking closure?"
The string in my mind completely snapped.My eyes went dark,and I knelt down on the ground with a thud.It took me a long time to come to my senses.With red eyes,I burst into tears.
"I...I really didn't know it would turn out like this."
I suddenly remembered the phone call Lily made to me that day.Could I have saved her? Should it have been me?
But there is no medicine for regret in this world.I would rather it was me who died.
...
On the day of Lily's funeral,I forced myself to stand at the door,not daring to step in.Because I was afraid that a person like me would dirty Lily's way to the afterlife.
Daniel was right—I was a curse. First my parents, now Lily.
I squatted on the ground and bit my lips tightly,not letting my sobs escape.
It was not until late at night,when everything was quiet,that I dared to go in and kneel in front of Lily to repent.But I didn't expect to meet Daniel Thompson.
He looked at me from a distance,his expression cold.
"Get out."
I took a half step back and pleaded with him.
“Please,” I whispered. ”Let me say goodbye.”
A humorless laugh escaped him. ”You think you deserve that? Even in death, she’d never forgive you.”
Each word pierced deeper than the last. Tears splattered the floor as I stumbled back. ”I’ll disappear,” I rasped. ”You’ll never see me again.”
