Chapter 4
My line sitter had always been academically gifted, consistently ranking first in school with perfect scores on finale.
My sweet, chedient little sister was adored by our parents–they never had reason to sold her, les dome wally do
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As for heartbreak, that was ridiculous. She was only in seventh grade, without a boyfriend.
The police seemed perplexed and tried a different approach.
“What about your grandmother? Had she expressed any suicidal thoughts recently?
“She saw your little sister’s note and immediately killed herself”
“What exactly did your little sister write
Mentioning Grandma brought tears to my eyes,
My little sister’s suicide devastated me, but Grandma’s death hit harder–I had witnessed her jump,
I could barely speak through my tears,
Seeing my state, the police ended their investigation, concluding that my little sister had taken her life due to academic pressure.
But they’d barely left when they hurriedly returned.
Detective Ryan Thompson looked at me, struggling to find words.
After a long silence, his voice came out rough.
“Try… try not to take this too hard.”
“We just received news that your father, David Wilson… he jumped into the river.”
My face instantly drained of color.
My body began trembling uncontrollably,
The police took me to the riverbank, already cordoned off with white police tape.
Onlookers whispered as they saw me escorted by officers past the police line.
“That must be the daughter of the man who jumped. She looks just like him.”
“What could drive someone to such despair that they’d abandon their own child?”
“I heard his daughter committed suicide, and he couldn’t bear it!”
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“But doesn’t he have another daughter? How could he leave her behind?”
Hearing these comments, my heart sank completely.
I couldn’t believe that my father, who was terrified of water, would choose to end his life by jumping into a river!
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