Chapter 328

KESTER.

14 YEARS AGO.

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I lay on my bed, one arm limp at my side while my head rested on the other, with my eyes fixed on the

ceiling above me like it held the secrets to why my world had fallen apart.

From my headset, Billie Eilish sang what felt like the story of my life

What was I made for...

It was a quiet song, but it hit so loud in my chest.

I was probably too young to understand lyrics like those, but I understood hurt too deeply and too early. The song resonated with me so much that I couldn't stop listening to it.

And it made the ache in my chest louder sometimes. Like pressing on a bruise you couldn't help but touch.

But other times, it made me feel less alone and hopeful. Especially that last part.

... Think I forgot how to be happy

...Something I'm not, something I

can be

...Something I wait for

...Something I'm made for...

God, yeah. That part always cracked something inside me.

Because I had truly forgotten how to be happy and what it even meant. Didn't even know how it felt anymore.

Since my mum died - because she was dead

to me

a part of

me died. When Dad told me she was gone, I didn't cry.

I didn't scream or shout or break things like the kids in movies.

sat there and waited to feel something... Sadness. Anger. Shock

what I felt was betrayal. And it was

She could have taken me with her, but

me in the hands of the monster she called my father. That was

And

kind of a

of a

knew how to do... Lie still, keep quiet, and be

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was most days, I stayed in here and got lost

I didn't feel like I was constantly shrinking. But I didn't know

a glance, but

dad called in the soft voice he started learning to use in the past weeks. It felt like he'd been

to was really low, so I could

and entered my room, gently tapping me to get my

move. I just kept my eyes on that ceiling, tracing the same tiny crack I'd been staring

He tapped me again.

exhaled slowly, peeled one side of the headset off my ear and turned my head just enough

He stood there awkwardly

if he wasn't sure if I was looking

he said, "How are you doing,

I almost laughed.

Son?

had

just stared at him,

knew what he

wanted to say something but couldn't figure out how to wrap it in fake smiles and softer tones. He always started with the same question – “How

I didn't care what he wanted. I just wanted

sat at the edge of my bed. The mattress dipped

you about something," he said, still maintaining that soft tone,

to be the one who

didn't speak. I just

"Jorja's moving in tomorrow."

At least not at

bringing her daughter, who'll become your sister,"

I think you'll like her if you give her a change." He

was normal. "Try to be nice to her,

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that... that did

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