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“Meow!Meow!Meow!”
Daisy bristled,tail up,glaring my way.
The ghosts seemed intimidated.
Before leaving,one said,“You’re lucky.Your sister loved you so much in life,and this cat loves you in death.”
I recoiled at“love.”
I craved it as a child, seeking it from Nathan to fill that void, only to be let down. Grace loved me too much, letting me enjoy the bliss of love, dying silently under the system’s weight.
Now,dead,Nathan said he loved me over Lily.
Love was a cruel joke,fooling us all.
It drove Lily mad.
Days later,she visited Nathan at night.
“Nathan, you turned me away at your office. Claire’s dead, she can’t come back.You used her as my substitute;now use me as hers.Marry me,please.”
“I don’t mind.”
Nathan sat silently on the couch.
I felt a sudden pang of sorrow.
My heart ached.
I knew all too well his cold silence when faced with desperate pleas.
He’d watch the other unravel,saying nothing.
Those who hold the power in love never show pity or offer a word.
Lily’s voice rose.“Nathan,speak!”
“Why won’t you talk?Say something!”
He stayed impassive.
She crawled towards him, grabbed his pant leg, and tears streamed down her face.
“I was wrong to leave you for abroad.I’m sorry.Be with me,please…”
“I said we’re done.”
Lily paced back and forth, laughing and crying hysterically.
She rushed to the kitchen,grabbed a fruit knife,and calmly approached Daisy which was sprawled on its scratching post She stabbed it repeatedly.
Daisy died in its sleep.
My breath stopped.I screamed,“No!”
Nathan kicked Lily away,kneeling,cradling the bloodied Daisy,tears falling.
Lily laughed maniacally.“So you can hurt and cry?I thought you couldn’t.”
Daisy’s blood stained Nathan’s white pajamas,starkly vivid.
I stared at these two lunatics,unsure who to kick.
If Nathan hadn’t been so cold - hearted and uncommunicative,if he’d spoken and parted amicably,would Lily have snapped,killing Daisy to provoke him?
My Daisy!
Dead,eyes open.
Lily grabbed the knife.As Nathan grieved,distracted,she stabbed his heart three times.
Blood sprayed.He looked at her weakly.
She laughed loudly. “Who are you to toy with me? Abroad, I was your moonlit muse; back, I’m leftovers. You love that fake Claire? I’ll send you to her. Suddenly,Nathan’s soul appeared before me.
He looked sadly at the bloodstains on my thigh,then my stomach.
“Claire…”
I turned away.
“Idiot,get lost.”
