The Scapegoat Daughter

her did

e to run away, leaving

nishing me for a "sin" I didn't commit, calling my

ay, I tried to break fr

me, I begged my father-a detective

d derided as a "useless toy," and then he dismissed my despera

lous neglect, because the w

hey grieved for a son who was never truly gone,

other case; my own parents were too consumed by mournin

hey be so u

lie, only to be completely untou

convenience, my death an

ering their carefully constructed grie

confession detailing how my parents' neglect had sealed my fate, forcing