That day, I was pretending to sleep to fool my aunt after she had tucked me in. Just moments ago, Alice had wanted my butterfly hair tie, but her mother scolded her. So, she became upset. I wanted to give it to her secretly, so I pretended to be asleep.
Shortly after they left, I smelled smoke. When I opened the door, I saw the house in flames. I desperately called for my aunt and uncle, and I remember them rushing back toward me.
What happened next was hazy. All I could remember was the sound of the wind whistling in my ears. When I woke up, I was in the hospital, and my uncle and aunt had died.
However, I was certain I had never started that fire.
“Hello? What is it?” My mother’s tone was sharp. “Don’t tell me that Vanessa has caused trouble again! Tell her to come home now and apologize to her sister! No one is going to put up with her act!”
When I heard her words, I snapped out of my daze and saw my mother answering a call from the hospital.
After a long silence on the other end, a voice finally spoke, “Dr. Miranda, Ms. Tyson has been dead for a week. She suffered severe injuries and even had a miscarriage.
“However, we didn’t have anyone to help her since you had called all the doctors away. In the end, she died along with her unborn children.”
