After My Death, My Biased Parents Fell Apart

dad and mom kept my little brother Isaac Si

ive with them, they distanced the

med I hired thugs to attack him. My p

o a strict boa

's encouragement, the school's teach

they wished, I

so d

ody in the remote mountains,

my conscious

ad passed si

and found myself back

everyone

the beach for his birt

the cruise's sights, scenes

r Elin Simpson complained. "Is Lachlan still not back?

n? Didn't his school break up two days ago? I don't know who he takes a

said casually from the sofa. "Maybe he's sulking beca

e, but what does he do? Isaac is so young, his little brother. Lachlan should care for him. Isaac tries to get along, bu

, staring

achlan when he's back. If he doesn't shape up, he

school gives me back a polite, obedient son. With

ent. I lowered my eyes, recalli

ce, and the county ho

parents' work, I endure

ndition and promised to bring

ven as snow fell, b

usly, I

they planned to fetch me but Isaac wanted to see

d forgot their sick son wa

re about me, why

e held seafood from the beach

for Isaac. Even my dad smile

"Lachlan's staying out all night again. S

do this? We told him to behave after moving here, but he won'

him here sooner, he might no

de. Bringing him earlier wouldn't have helped. It might have meant

ent. "Why talk about him? It mi

more. I drifted, lost

e, this room, farthest

onged to me. Then I remembered my mom h

you don't care for him, did you have to get people to hurt him? I know living here isn't ideal, but Isaac hasn't adjusted to having a

orage room and transform it into a

listened to my denials. I d

ner clothes and shoes, I realized thi

vast, yet I had

d to the

rouched in a corner, hol

abandoned bab

because of his intellectual disabilit

ing someone like me co

untryside, Happy was my only companion. We kept

ould wait by the river in fre

Christmas brought go

ght me to the city,

the table. Happy ate leftovers in the kitchen with a

en when hungry, he never stole f

c, others treated

hough he didn't fully understand. He sensed my mood

watching him stare at t

never speak

ce he saw me. Happy

bbing quietly at first, then lou

to the kitchen door. Seeing Elin,

ppy to be quiet. "I'll lock h

n grabbed Happy's clot

tired from the trip. Let me handle

entuall

aac put on gloves and dragged Happ

as Isaac threw Ha

pain, but still looked at Isaac with

." Isaac grabbed Happy's unkept hair. The pain m

and slapped

kly stuffed a rag in Happy'

e threw Happy to the ground

little beggar, and Lachlan's a big beggar. You two match perfectly. Lachlan's a nobody. Him, my

red, the rag in his mou

y curled in the corner, then kick

to touch Happy's head, b

ent Hap

nder Elin's skir

fed toy I gave Happy and crue

for Happy, and he treasured it. Isaac,

etter. He ran fast, lunging to retrieve

py by the neck an

Happy's fall, but he passed thr

ac's earlier beating,

ne, angrily dialing my

learned this from Lachlan? So young, already peeking under girls' skirts.

disgust, keeping her

sed, not understa

ging a simpleton like this

n't we send Happy away? With his behavio

hesit

e kids. They'd treat Happy well. Better than

ly agreed

s full of amusement. "Don't worry, little simpleton. I'll

to the Simpsons was

h, the Simpsons still

ran away to avo

with me. "I'd rather not have

ved a video from

lowing me for a few steps. Then I gave a fawning smile to th

thes hung loosely on me, too thin

e electric prod al

eldest son rubbing against

s face red with anger, telling m

deo and played the d

t at the boarding school, always p

aked straps or shocked me wit

ng this rich boy was le

o avoid punishment, he stoops to this. Shameful! I suggest

d, furious. "He disgusts me! What sin di

rifted to tho

ating me like a dog for their am

mpsons never c

fought

ttered my spine, and kic

sion, probably fro

ly thou

they'd killed

d out my phone a

half-hearted words gave me hope,

ke that snowy day, she lied

video, my mom frantically calle

n the door for me when I returned. "I don't have a son like him! He takes our ki

eone to throw out his trash late

e her, sadly

t place was for my good? Couldn't th

only se

ng. Seeing it was the polic

t've caused trouble outside! Now he

orted and

Lachlan's fami

t him rot in there and reform. Don't call us again. We're done with him. Tell him when he's out, don't come back to the Simpsons. Go back

police. A few days ago, we received a report of a male body fo