Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 299

Maybe she went on vacation with her parents. Or maybe... maybe she just

doesn't come out much. Some kids weren't allowed to play outside a lot. I knew that. But I kept looking anyway, just in case

As usual, I was sad and alone again.

Mum and Dad just got into an argument, and I think Dad hit Mum again. I heard it. I don't know why he always did that. I wish he wouldn't."

But I closed my ears and drank some of the sour-smelling stuff I wasn't supposed to. It burned going down, but it made everything fuzzy. I liked the fuzzy. The fuzzy made things go away.

Before I woke up, the house was empty, and they were nowhere to be seen.

I sat by the window in my room with my cheek against the cold glass watching the yard. I wasn't interested in anything else. But this time, I wasn't thinking of jumping off. I was thinking of the little girl who had made me smile on my birthday.

And if saw her again, I'd run to her this time. I wouldn't just stare like I did before. I'd talk to her. Ask her what her favorite candy was. Tell her mine. Maybe show her my collection of squishy toy monsters. She might like the purple one that glows in the dark. Most people don't, but I think she would.

I told Caroline about her when I finally got the courage to. Caroline always listened to me whenever I needed someone to talk to.

She had seen the little girl when she wandered into our yard. She had told me the little girl's name.

Kasmine.

That was her name.

It was a beautiful name. And the fact that our names started with the same letter made me believe that we were meant to be

friends.

She was really young. So, I'd protect her. If someone ever tried to be mean to her, I'd stop them. I'm small for my age, but I can yell really loud. I'd protect her like a big friend is supposed to.

grass together and eat chewy gummies. I'd even give her the red ones, even though those are my

sounded exciting, and suddenly, I felt the urge to look for

as lonely as I was. Otherwise, why would she wander into our yard alone the

the little sunflowers in the yard. She said it was near the

one that glowed. It was a gift Mum had given me when I

the soft kind, not the squishy

it. It was clean enough. I wiped its little

didn't tell anyone I was going out. I just

ran.

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it was still springtime, Maybe we have become good friends before the summer break, and then we'd

on the porch. Another

at first, then a little faster. I peeked through yards, looking for sunflowers. I looked for anything that might look

was inside. Should I knock on each door, asking for

the right house? What if someone yelled

fingers tightened around the purple monster. It

about to give up when I heard something... It was laughter.

I froze.

That was her.

the sound, around the side of a tall bushy

the wood slats. My heart pounded too fast like it wanted to run

There she was.

looked so long and beautiful.

hard.

another girl. There were three boys tossing a ball nearby

They were all laughing.