The Returned Brother

To celebrate my acceptance into the state's elite prep academy, my brother took me to the coast for a trip on a luxury cruise ship.

But a freak accident happened. My brother fell overboard into the dark, crashing waves, and his body was never recovered.

Since then, I have lived every day fueled by my parents' verbal abuse and pure hatred.

"Why couldn't it have been you who died!" they would scream.

Later, when I went missing for an entire week, they didn't even bother to ask where I was.

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