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00:00I was born a liar. That's the label my mom gave me. It all started because my mom,
00:05a firm believer in scientific parenting, put honesty necklaces on me and my twin sister the
00:10day we were born. Whenever you lied, the pendant on the necklace would glow red and mom would press
00:15a remote to send an electric current as punishment. My sister's necklace was always green, even when
00:21she cut mom's dress and blamed it on the cat. The necklace just blinked gently with a green light.
00:26But me, just saying mom, I'm hungry, would make my necklace flash red instantly,
00:32followed by a jolt of electricity straight to my skin. At first, I tried to defend myself,
00:37but mom said, machines don't lie. The pain will teach you a lesson. Mom's doing this for your
00:44own good. After thousands of electric shocks, I started to believe it too. Maybe I really was
00:49born a liar. On New Year's Eve, mom was taking my sister to see the fireworks. A sharp pain tore
00:55through my stomach. I curled up on the floor, begging, Mom, my stomach hurts so bad. Please
01:01help me. But my necklace flashed red like crazy. Mom looked down at me, drenched in sweat, and
01:07turned the current to Max. You're faking sick just to come with us to the fireworks? You're hopeless.
01:13She turned and walked out the door with my sister. I couldn't help but think, Mom must be right.
01:18The necklace is red, so I must not really be in pain. I'm just lying for attention again.
01:23I'm sorry, Mom. In my next life, I'll learn to be an honest kid.
01:28It hurts so much. It hurts so much.
01:34Mom was back. Mom's a doctor. She must have realized something was wrong. She came to save me.
01:41Are you done yet? The fireworks are about to start, and Jenny's getting impatient.
01:45Mom! Mom, it really hurts. It feels like my intestines are twisting.
01:51How long are you going to keep this up? You're such a liar. You can just stay home and reflect
01:58on yourself. Honey, come on. Hurry up. The fireworks show is about to start. If she don't
02:03want to go, fine. Should we save her some food? Save her food? She has a bunch of snacks in
02:08her closet, which she buy with the money she stole last time. She won't starve. Lock the
02:12door. We'll let her out. Only her necklace turns green.
02:14But what? Spare the rod and spoil the child. Look how honest Jenny is. Her necklace is always
02:21green. Stella's just a bad egg, and she needs to be corrected.
02:26But my closet was empty. That time, my sister took the money. She ate all the snacks, too.
02:32My sister just stood there, her necklace glowing soft green.
02:35I know one of you took the money. Who did it? It wasn't me. And Mom believed her. When
02:42I tried to say I didn't take it either, my necklace turned red, and I got another shock.
02:46No, Mommy! I did it!
02:55Bye-bye, sister. We're going to see the pretty fireworks.
03:16Tears streaming down my face. I hypnotized myself. I don't know how long passed. It didn't hurt quite
03:23as much anymore. With my last bit of strength, I crawled to my desk. I had to write a self
03:28-criticism.
03:29That was the rule. Whenever the red light came on, I had to write a thousand words of I am
03:34a liar.
03:34My hands shaking. I opened that crumpled, worn-out diary. It was filled with self-criticisms from
03:40before. But this time, I wanted to write the truth. Mom, I really love you. It really hurts so much.
03:48Why won't you believe me? Mom, please just believe me. Just once.
03:54Everything was getting blurry. Tears streaming. I used my last bit of strength to write.
03:59After I wrote the last word, the sharp pain in my stomach suddenly vanished. In its place was a
04:04lightness I'd never felt before. My body grew light. I floated up. I looked down and saw myself
04:10slumped over the desk. My hand hanging limply in the air. On my neck, the necklace was still blinking
04:16red like crazy. So this is what it's like to die? I still haven't learned to be an honest kid.
04:23I'm sorry, Mom. I was woken up by laughter. It was Mom, Dad, and my sister. Mom's voice held a
04:30tenderness I'd never heard before. I floated in midair, watching the front door open. Even though
04:36I was a soul now, I instinctively floated over to greet them, wanting to get their slippers like I
04:41always did. It was a habit carved into my bones, the need to please. Mom, I'm not in pain anymore.
04:49I'll be good. Please don't be mad. I opened my arms, wanting to hug the woman still carrying the
04:56winter chill. But my hands passed right through her, like wind through nothing. Why is it so cold
05:01in here? Is the heater off? I froze, staring at my own transparent hands. Yeah, I'm dead.
05:09Dead people can't hug the living. Go check on Stella. She hasn't come out to eat. Maybe she's
05:14really hungry. Good old Dad. I looked hopefully at Mom. If she found out I was dead, would she be
05:20sad?
05:21Would she regret it? Mom snorted and walked toward my room. She pushed my door open. She didn't turn
05:29on the light. In the glow from the living room, she saw me slumped over the desk, not moving,
05:34like I was asleep. Oh, still lying there? You think lying that will make me carry you to bed?
05:43Stella, you're ten years old, not five. Mom! I'm not pretending to sleep! I'm dead! Look at me!
05:53Touch me! I'm cold! But she couldn't hear me. She only believed what she could see.
06:02Sister's a big sleepy head. Look! My necklace is green, but Sister's is still red. Sister's always
06:09lying. She's even lying in her dreams.
06:14Our Jenny's such a good girl. Don't mind this liar. Let her lie there. See how long she can keep
06:22it up.
06:23Maybe we should put her in bed. It's cold out.
06:26Put her in bed? The experts in scientific parenting say you have to be cold in moments like this.
06:31She has to realize her own mistake. Look at that red light. It means her mental state is still extreme
06:37resistance. She hasn't repented at all. All right, time for bed. We're going to Grandma's tomorrow for
06:41New Year's. Mom turned sharply and closed the door again. I floated beside my body, staring at that
06:49single point of red light in the darkness. The sadness in my heart was colder than death itself.
06:54Mom, if you had taken just one step closer. If you had just touched my hand you would have known
07:00I was
07:00dead. But you didn't. You only believed that cold, lifeless machine. Not the daughter you carried for
07:07ten months. Late at night, a mouse crept out of my empty closet. I used to be terrified of mice.
07:13I'd scream every time I saw one. But now, I could only float on the ceiling, watching it crawl all
07:19over
07:19my body. I whispered weakly. But no sound came out. The mouse bit through my toe. A little blackish purple
07:25blood oozed out. I couldn't feel it anymore. Good. It finally didn't hurt. I said to the pitiful shell
07:32below me. It's okay. You can't feel it anymore. It'll be over soon. The next morning, sunlight fell on my
07:41body, but it brought no warmth. From the kitchen came the clatter of pots and pans. Mom was making
07:46breakfast. The smell of fried eggs drifted through the crack in my door. Usually, that was the smell
07:52I craved most. But all I ever got was boiled vegetables. Because mom said, liars didn't deserve
07:58meat. Today, she banged the spatula extra loud on purpose. I knew what she was doing. She was trying
08:05to tempt me. She wanted me to give in, come out, and admit I was wrong. If this were before,
08:11maybe I would
08:12have confessed to things I didn't do. Just for one fried egg. But now, I didn't need to eat anymore.
08:19Stella still hasn't come out? Nope. Stubborn as a mule. Spoiled brat. Fine. Don't eat. See if I care.
08:30My sister drank her milk, her eyes darting around. She ran up to my door on purpose and took a
08:36big sniff.
08:36Then, with a dramatic yell. Mom! What? Sister's room stinks! Did she poop in there?
08:44The heater was too strong. After just one night, I was starting to smell. Mom would hate me even more.
08:55Stella! The bathroom's right there! Did your legs break? You actually pooped in your room? You're hopeless!
09:03You'd rather lose all self-respect than admit you're wrong? I remembered once, when I was little.
09:09I had acute gastroenteritis. I couldn't make it to the bathroom and messed up my pants. Mom not only
09:15refused to wash me, she made me stand in the yard as a punishment. She pointed at me and told
09:20the
09:21neighbors I was as dirty as a pig. Now, she thought I was dirty again. Leave her alone! Let her
09:26sit in
09:27her own stink! Let it choke her! The smell's pretty strong. Let me check it out. Maybe there's a
09:32dead mouse or something. Dad stood up and walked toward my door. My heart leaped.
09:37Dad! Open the door! Look at me! I'm right here! Just turn the handle and you'll see I'm not moving!
09:46You'll see my face! Already turning black!
09:51What? The server crashed? Okay, okay, I'm coming right now. Honey, emergency at work. I gotta go.
09:59Might not be back for a few days. But what about Stella?
10:02Mom didn't even finish before dad slammed the door shut behind him. I was stunned. So close. Just one
10:08second. If that call had come a moment later, I'd have been found. Maybe then I wouldn't have to rot
10:14any longer. That afternoon, mom took my sister out shopping. The house was empty except for my body.
10:21At night, they came back loaded with fancy seafood and gifts. The smell hit them the second they walked
10:26in. Mom covered her nose, even gagging. Stella! Does this place have to look like a lamb stilt?
10:33She wouldn't even open the door to yell at me, like looking at that room would somehow dirty her eyes.
10:39She grabbed wide packing tape, crouched down, and viciously sealed the bottom crack of my door.
10:43You like the smell so much? Fine! Rot in there by yourself! Just don't let it stink up the rest
10:50of us!
10:57Ah, peace and quiet. I stared at that sealed door. The last bit of hope in my heart suffocated along
11:03with the tape. Turns out, in mom's heart, my life or death mattered less than a fancy seafood dinner.
11:08She'd rather seal me and then look to see if I'd died in there. Mom, you win.
11:18I'll never bother you again.
11:23The third morning, winter sunlight streamed into the living room, but it couldn't dispel the gloom
11:28hanging over the house. The underfloor heating was cranked up. 26 degrees. The tape couldn't
11:34hold back the smell anymore. It was a nauseating, greasy stench of decay. Mom was trimming freshly
11:39bought flowers, but no amount of floral scent could cover the reek of death. Mom cut a rose viciously,
11:45the thorns piercing her hand. She'd finally had enough. In her mind, I hadn't bathed. I'd pooped
11:51in my room. I'd probably hidden a dead mouse in there, all just to spite her, to defy her authority.
11:57Stella, you've gone too far. If you don't repent, I won't let you off easily. It seems that gentle
12:04reminders don't work for you. I must use hard ARBAP to teach you Jelfitwin. I floated in front of mom,
12:10watching her twisted face, waving my arms desperately. Even though she didn't love me,
12:15I didn't want her to see me like that. But she passed right through me.
12:18I'm ugly. I'm rotten. You'll be scared.
12:33Stella! What have you done?
12:38She looked up and saw me, still slumped over the desk just like three days ago,
12:42my back to her, not moving. To her, it was silent defiance. The ultimate disrespect,
12:48I'm talking to you. You hear me? Still playing dead? Blind with rage, mom charged in,
12:54raising the rolling pin. But she didn't strike. She wanted to grab me first, to see my defiant face.
13:00Her hand grabbed the back of my collar, touched the skin of my neck. Then she froze. No warmth of
13:05life at all. She blinked. But inertia kept her pulling. My body fell backward. Chair and all
13:11crashed to the floor. The chair slammed against the ground. My body, stiff as a statue, toppled over.
13:18My face was finally visible.
13:21It wasn't the shy little girl she knew anymore. My face was purple-black, my eyes bulging.
13:27My features twisted from the death throes. Dried white foam and black-red blood caked at the
13:32corners of my mouth. And around my blackened neck, pressed against the rotting flesh.
13:37That honesty necklace mom was so proud of. Hanging there, lifeless. The skin on my neck was burnt
13:44black by the constant current, fused with the metal pendant. No more red light. No more green light.
13:51Just dead silence. Thump. A soft sound. The diary that had been pinned under my arm slid out as my
13:57body fell. It landed at mom's feet. Open. Facing her. On that page, crooked handwriting stabbed into
14:05her eyes like knives. Mom, my stomach really hurts. The necklace is broken. I'm not lying. Please don't
14:13shock me. Mom stumbled back, her lower back slamming into the bookshelf behind her. Faces shattered on
14:21the floor. But she didn't feel the pain. Her eyes were wide. Fixed on me on the ground.
14:30No. It's a trick. Makeup. Special effects. Stella, get up. Mom's not mad anymore. Don't scare me.
14:41That feeling. It was too real. It was the temperature of death. Aunt Shelly called the police. She'd come
14:48running at mom's screams and collapsed at the door when she saw the scene.
14:51Sirens soon filled the neighborhood. Police came. Forensics came. Yellow tape went up. I watched
14:57them come and go. Watched flashlights flicker over my body. Mom was pulled onto the living room sofa by
15:03a female officer. Officer, she was faking sick. She's lied since she was little. The necklace was red.
15:10Machines don't lie. I was just disciplining her. I did it for her own good. No one listened. Everyone
15:17looked at her like she was a monster. When the coroner moved my body, they ran into a problem.
15:22The necklace. Because of the prolonged high voltage current, the heat had fused the metal to my skin.
15:28Like it had grown into my flesh. Damn it.
15:31He had to get tools. Force the necklace off. Rip. The sound of skin tearing.
15:37An officer picked up the diary from the floor. Wearing gloves, he flipped through it. His face
15:43grew darker and darker. Mom stared at that diary, eyes locked on it. Suddenly, she lunged like a mad
15:50woman, trying to grab it. That's her self-criticism. She admitted it. She admitted she lied. Look,
15:56she wrote it. We'll find out if she lie. That's when dad arrived. He saw the black body bag being
16:01carried
16:01out. That long zipper, sealing my whole life shut. Dad's legs gave out. He collapsed on the spot,
16:09wetting himself. My little sister was crying, terrified. She didn't understand what was happening.
16:15She just pointed at the blood-stained necklace on the table and asked,
16:18Mom, why is sister's necklace black? Mine's still green. She held up the pendant on her neck.
16:25The green light blinked innocently. Like a giant, cruel joke. The police started a temporary
16:31inquiry in the living room. Mom clutched at her last straw. She pointed at the bloody necklace,
16:37her voice shrill. Officers, check that necklace. That necklace proved she was lying. Red means lying.
16:44I only shocked her when it was red. I didn't abuse her. The machine showed it. I was just
16:50disciplining her. The officer frowned at her like she was insane. Ma'am, the deceased has multiple
16:55old electrical burns. That was discipline. Education. Mom screamed, cutting him off.
17:01To prove she was innocent. To prove she wasn't a murderer. She made a crazy demand. She lunged for
17:09the table, grabbing the necklace still covered in my flesh and blood. Ignoring the gore. Hands shaking,
17:15she forced it onto her own neck. I'll prove it. I'm innocent. As long as it's green, it means I'm
17:22telling the truth. She clicked the necklace around her own neck. Click. It locked. The cold metal touched
17:29her skin, sticky with my blood. Mom took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. She held up the
17:35pendant for the officers to see, her eyes wild with certainty. Watch closely. I'm Clara. I'm Stella's
17:42mother. That was the truth. Absolutely true. But...
17:52A piercing shriek erupted. The dormant red light blazed to life. Red as blood. Red as evil. In the dim
17:59living room, it was like a bloodshot eye snapping open. Mom froze. The confident expression on her
18:04face locked in place. She slapped the pendant, like fixing a glitching TV. What's wrong? It's broken?
18:12I told the truth. I'm Clara. Panic crept into her voice, her words tumbling out faster. It must be
18:19broken. That coroner broke it. Let me try again. One more time. I didn't abuse my child. I did it
18:25for
18:25her own good. I love her. The red light flashed even faster, a continuous strobe of red. Sensing her
18:32extreme heart rate, the necklace automatically released the weak current. Mom jolted, her neck
18:37spasming, hands flying to her throat as she doubled over. It hurt. Even that tiny current made her neck
18:44cramp, goosebumps rising over her skin. And suddenly she remembered. Ten years old. Me. The current at
18:52maximum. Curled on the floor, biting through my lip, afraid to even cry out. So this is what it felt
18:58like. Mom completely lost it. She screamed at the necklace, spittle flying. Why is it red? Why? I'm
19:06telling the truth. Why? I'm telling the truth. Turn green. No matter how she screamed, the red light
19:13kept flashing. Mocking her silently, you're a liar. You're a liar. Enough. Stopping doesn't detect lies.
19:21He grabbed the instruction manual found during the search and slammed it on the coffee table.
19:25It's just a simple galvanic skin response and heart rate monitor. It works like this. When you're
19:30nervous, anxious, scared, or in pain, your heart rate goes up, your galvanic skin response increases,
19:35and the light turns red. Right now, you're terrified, anxious, tachycardic. Of course it's all red.
19:41He stepped closer to mom. Your daughter had a perforated appendix. She was writhling on the floor
19:47in agony. The pain of internal perforation. How fast do you think her heart was beating? How terrified
19:54was she? In your eyes, the more it hurt. The faster her heart raced, the brighter the red light.
20:00And you thought that meant she was lying harder, so you cranked up the current.
20:05Your younger daughter list has been set to green since it left the factory.
20:09No matter what she says or does, even if she murders someone, it stays green.
20:14Your scientific parenting? It's a complete, biased joke.
20:19Mom's world collapsed. She sat there, staring blankly at the red light flashing on her neck.
20:25Finally understanding. For ten years. Every time my red light came on, it was because I was afraid.
20:33Afraid mom would be mad. Afraid of being misunderstood. Afraid of the food I hated on the table.
20:38I was in pain. Pain made my heart race. Made me sweat with fear. I was longing.
20:45Longing for her hug. Longing for her to hold me like she held my sister.
20:49Every signal of a beating heart, she'd read as evidence of a lie.
20:53A wail erupted from mom. She clawed at the necklace around her neck.
21:00But the necklace's clasp, damaged by her violent struggle earlier,
21:04was jammed. Stuck tight around her neck. She couldn't pry it off.
21:09Can't get it off. Can't get it off. Stella!
21:13Take the necklace! Mommy was wrong! It hurts!
21:17Can't handle this little bit of pain, mom?
21:20I took it for ten years. To confirm the details of the abuse and build the case.
21:25The police opened the diary, the key piece of evidence, in front of mom and dad.
21:29That diary I'd kept for ten years, filled with humiliation and blood and tears.
21:34The female officer's voice was soft, but every word cut deep.
21:38February 14th, Sunny. Mom gave me celery. I'm allergic to celery.
21:43It makes my throat swell up. I can't breathe. I said I didn't want it, but it would make me
21:49sick.
21:49Because I was scared of making mom mad. My heart was racing. The red light came on.
21:55Mom said I was a picky eater and a liar, and made me eat the whole plate.
21:59That night, I coughed up blood. My throat burned like fire.
22:03Mom saw it and said I drank tomato juice and was faking it.
22:07She shocked me for another ten minutes.
22:09Mom covered her mouth, her whole body shaking violently.
22:12That night, she really had thought it was tomato juice.
22:15She hadn't even looked closely at my vomit before turning away to tell my sister a story.
22:20It was blood. Blood from a throat swollen and torn.
22:24The officer turned the page and continued.
22:27June 1st, Children's Day.
22:29Sister cut mom's dress.
22:30Sister's heartbeat was slow.
22:32Her necklace was green.
22:33I tried to explain, because I was scared of getting hit.
22:37All red lights.
22:38Mom shocked me for ten minutes.
22:40Current at level five.
22:42It hurt so much, but I didn't dare cry.
22:44Because if I cried, my heart would race faster, and mom would think I was defiant, and shock me harder.
22:50I had to hold my breath.
22:52Pretend it didn't hurt.
22:54Mom said, see?
22:55She's not even screaming.
22:57That means it doesn't hurt.
22:59She's faking.
23:01Dad couldn't take it anymore.
23:03This man, invisible in this family for so long,
23:06who turned a blind eye to my suffering,
23:08who just wanted peace and quiet.
23:10He lunged forward.
23:11Slap.
23:12You monster!
23:15You monster!
23:17Look what you've done!
23:19That was your own daughter!
23:21You raised her like an animal!
23:23Mom's mouth bled.
23:25She fell to the floor, but she didn't fight back.
23:28She didn't cry.
23:30She just stared blankly, muttering.
23:32Not me.
23:34It's my fault.
23:36Suddenly, she pointed at my sister, cowering in the corner.
23:40It was her!
23:41Jenny!
23:42Sister's necklace was always green!
23:44Sister was the honest one!
23:46She misled me!
23:48If it weren't for that green light, I wouldn't have trusted the red one so much!
23:52The little princess who'd always been cherished.
23:55An officer walked over.
23:57He unclasped the green necklace from my sister's neck.
24:00Got a screwdriver.
24:02Pryed open the pendant.
24:07There were no complex sensor chips.
24:10No heart rate monitor.
24:12Just two cheap LEDs and a few button batteries.
24:15The circuit was hardwired.
24:17Permanently set to green.
24:19This is a $2 plastic toy.
24:21The officer tossed the broken pieces onto the table with a clatter.
24:25Your younger daughter list has been set to green since it left the factory.
24:28No matter what she says or does, even if she murders someone, it stays green.
24:34Your scientific parenting?
24:37It's a complete, biased joke.
24:39Mom stared at the plastic fragments.
24:41The truth she'd believed for 10 years.
24:44The evidence that had sentenced me to death.
24:46Just a toy.
24:48A toy controlled my fate for 10 years?
24:50A game where only I was in hell, and my sister in heaven?
24:54So I wasn't a liar.
24:55I wasn't a bad kid.
24:57What were all those years of suffering for?
25:00I laughed.
25:01And as I laughed, I cried.
25:04Turns out, souls can cry too.
25:06The last page of the diary was opened.
25:08The female officer's voice cracked.
25:11The handwriting is shaky.
25:13Probably written right before she died.
25:15Mom, if I die, will the necklace stop glowing?
25:18Will you hold me then?
25:19I wasn't lying.
25:20My stomach hurts so bad like a knife twisting inside.
25:24Ma, in my next life, please don't make me wear a necklace.
25:27I'm begging you.
25:29I just want to be a normal kid.
25:30I want to eat the braid pork you make.
25:33Mom stared at the pile of plastic junk.
25:36The honest green light she trusted so blindly.
25:38Just a cheap toy.
25:40Because of it, she doted on my sister for 10 years.
25:43Because of that damned red light, she tortured me for 10 years.
25:49Fake.
25:50It's all fake.
25:52I killed my most honest child and raised a liar.
25:56My death became a citywide sensation.
25:58Aunt Shelly, our neighbor, was a kind soul but a big mouth.
26:02She posted everything she'd seen online.
26:04The headline was shocking.
26:05Girl electrocuted by pseudoscience honesty necklace.
26:08The article detailed my corpse's condition and the necklace fused into my flesh.
26:12It exploded.
26:13Online fury ignited instantly.
26:16Mom's personal information was dark.
26:18Electrocution demon.
26:20Murderer.
26:21She doesn't deserve to be a mom.
26:23Insults rained down like snow.
26:25Our front door was splashed with red paint, scrawled with the word death.
26:29Dad was also taken in for investigation, failure to prevent abuse, neglect of parental duties.
26:34Though he wasn't heavily sentenced due to lack of direct involvement, he lost his job.
26:38His reputation was ruined.
26:40His company fired him immediately to avoid association.
26:43The family went bankrupt.
26:46Pay compensation and legal fees.
26:48The house and car were sold.
26:50Dad couldn't handle the madwoman anymore.
26:52He took what little money was left and left with my sister.
26:55Even if my sister was a bad seed, she was still his only remaining child.
27:00Before leaving, my sister tried to take the green necklace.
27:03Dad crushed it under his foot.
27:05What the hell do you need that piece of junk for?
27:08My sister left, crying.
27:10Mom was released on bail-pending trial.
27:13Psychological evaluation showed severe schizophrenia and PTSD.
27:16She was left in that rented room, filled with the memory of my stench.
27:22Completely isolated.
27:23Her mental state deteriorated.
27:26She always felt I was still in the house.
27:28That red necklace, she refused to take it off.
27:31In fact, she became dependent on it.
27:34Because she found that wearing it, feeling that faint stain, eased her guilt just a little.
27:39It was her own self-inflicted punishment.
27:41I floated in the room, watching her daily descent into madness.
27:45She'd cook a whole table of food, calling out to empty air.
27:48Stella, dinner's ready.
27:50No celery today.
27:51All braised pork, your favorite.
27:53Then she'd pick up a piece of meat, hands shaking.
27:56From anxiety, the necklace turned red.
27:58She'd laugh, a nervous laugh.
28:01Bird is racing.
28:02Mommy's lying.
28:05Mommy doesn't deserve to be.
28:08Liars must be punished.
28:10She'd put down her chopsticks, pick up the remote, point it at her own neck.
28:15Even though the battery was nearly dead, she'd found new ones somewhere.
28:19The strong current made her convulse.
28:21Foam at the mouse, little look at the room like it crossed her face.
28:30It hurts.
28:31It hurts just like, was this how much it hurt for Stella?
28:35I'm sorry, Mommy, taste it now.
28:37She started punishing herself according to my diary entries.
28:40I was shocked for refusing celery, so she forced herself to eat rotten food.
28:44Until she vomited blood, she forced it down.
28:47I was locked in my room, so she locked herself in there without light.
28:52In the darkness, she cowed out to my memorial photo.
28:57Her forehead bled.
28:59Blood stains covered the floor.
29:01Late at night, she'd watch the red light from the necklace cast shadows on the wall.
29:05Like my bloody eyes staring at her.
29:08On the back page of my diary, she scribbled frantically in red pen.
29:11I'm sorry.
29:12Mommy was wrong.
29:14Red light is pain.
29:16Red light is love.
29:17Please come back.
29:18Just say it hurts one more time.
29:20Mommy will save you this time.
29:22I promise.
29:22Too bad.
29:24I'm already dead.
29:25Dead people can't say it hurts.
29:28Mom was eventually committed to a psychiatric hospital.
29:31Her self-harm had gotten so bad she nearly electrocuted herself at home.
29:34Community services intervened and sent her in.
29:37She was the strangest patient there.
29:39She found some red plastic ring somewhere and wore it around her neck.
29:42A homemade necklace.
29:44If anyone tried to take it off, she'd bite like a rabid dog.
29:48Don't touch my light!
29:50Stella's walking!
29:51If you take it off, she'll get mad!
29:54She developed a terrible conditioned reflex.
29:57Whenever a nurse asked,
29:58Clara, have you eaten?
30:00She'd touch her neck first, then convulse and scream.
30:04Red light!
30:04Don't shock me!
30:05I'll eat!
30:06I'll eat!
30:07Even if the porridge was scalding hot, she'd gulp it down, burning her esophagus, too scared
30:12to spit it out.
30:13She was imitating me right before I died.
30:16Reliving my hell over and over.
30:18Years passed.
30:20My sister grew up.
30:21And she grew up twisted.
30:23With no discipline and that reputation hanging over her, she ended up at the bottom of society.
30:28Broke, she remembered the mom still in the psych ward.
30:31She went to visit.
30:33Not for family love.
30:35For money.
30:36Old crazy lady!
30:37Dad's dead!
30:38Give me the secret stash you hid!
30:40My sister wore heavy makeup, her face full of malice.
30:43She looked at mom's pathetic state and spat in disgust.
30:47Just like your dear eldest daughter.
30:49If you don't give me money, I'll pull your plug and let you join her.
30:53At those words, mom, who'd been in a daze, suddenly looked up.
30:57Her clotted eyes focused on my sister for a moment, sharp and clear.
31:01She remembered the always green toy necklace.
31:04The green that had fooled her for ten years.
31:08You tricked me!
31:09Your green light was fake!
31:11You killed Stella!
31:13Give her back!
31:14Give her back!
31:17Die!
31:18You die!
31:19You're the one who should die!
31:23Help!
31:25Doctors rushed in, sedated mom, and pulled her off.
31:32My sister fled in panic.
31:36She ran blindly out of the hospital gate.
31:39Crazy!
31:40All of you are crazy!
31:41A speeding truck couldn't stop in time.
31:43My sister flew through the air.
31:45She survived.
31:47But her legs were crushed.
31:48She'd spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
31:51Completely broken.
31:53And mom, strapped to a restraint bed, stared at the ceiling with tears in her eyes.
31:58In her dreams, she finally saw me.
32:00I was still ten years old.
32:02No necklace.
32:03Wearing a white dress.
32:05Smiling, I ran to her.
32:07She opened her arms joyfully.
32:10Then she saw her own hands, crackling with electricity.
32:14The moment she touched me.
32:15My body burned up like paper.
32:18Turned to ashes.
32:20She woke screaming.
32:23No!
32:27Heart rate spiking.
32:31If she still wore that necklace, it would have been blazing red.
32:35The eternal pain.
32:36I stood in the void, watching it all.
32:38Watching mom suffer in the psych ward.
32:40Watching my sister begging with broken legs.
32:42Watching dad.
32:43Broken.
32:44Drunk.
32:44Dying young.
32:45In my heart, there was no satisfaction in revenge.
32:48Just stillness.
32:49Still as death.
32:50Beside me stood an old dog.
32:52Shao Bai.
32:53The dog I raised as a child, until mom threw him out.
32:56He'd been waiting for me in the spirit world.
32:58Shao Bai rubbed against my leg and barked softly.
33:01Like he was saying.
33:02Come on.
33:03Stop watching.
33:04Yeah.
33:04Time to go.
33:05This life was too bitter.
33:07Nothing worth holding onto.
33:08I floated to the window of mom's room.
33:10One last goodbye.
33:12Mom lay in bed, withered, hair completely white.
33:15She seemed to sense something.
33:16Stella?
33:17Is that you?
33:19Mom smashed the necklace.
33:21Mom doesn't believe in it anymore.
33:24Please come back.
33:25Mom will cook for you.
33:27No celery.
33:28Mom will buy you new dresses.
33:30Not for your sister.
33:31Tears slipped down her cheeks, falling on the pillow.
33:34Sighed softly.
33:35I reached out.
33:36My cold finger touched her forehead.
33:38The last mercy I could give her.
33:40Let her sleep.
33:41Sleep.
33:42And it won't hurt anymore.
33:44She calmed instantly.
33:45Her eyelids grew heavy.
33:46She fell into a deep sleep.
33:48A breeze blew through.
33:49The worn diary on her bedside table flipped open.
33:52The police had returned it to her as a personal effect.
33:55On the last page, below my dying words, were a few shaky new lines, written by mom in her lucid
34:02moments.
34:02In the next life, let mommy wear the necklace.
34:07Let mommy be the liar.
34:10You punish me.
34:12Just don't leave me.
34:15Mommy will do anything.
34:17I looked at those words.
34:19Felt nothing.
34:20Too late.
34:21All the regret in the world, in the face of death, is pale and meaningless.
34:25Mom, I don't hate you anymore.
34:27But I don't love you either.
34:30Mom, let's don't meet again the next life.
34:33I turned away.
34:34Took Xiao Bai's leash.
34:35In the distance, a door of light appeared.
34:37The entrance to the next cycle.
34:39I raised my hand to my neck.
34:41The necklace that had always been there in spirit form.
34:43The nightmare that had bound me my whole life.
34:46I grabbed it.
34:47Pulled.
34:47Snap.
34:48It shattered.
34:49Dissolved into specks of light.
34:51Vanished into the air.
34:52I felt lighter than I'd ever felt.
34:54No red light.
34:55No electricity.
34:57No lies.
34:57Just freedom.
34:58I walked toward the door of light.
35:00Didn't look back.
35:01Morning sunlight streamed in.
35:03A nurse opened the door for rounds.
35:05Clara.
35:06Time for your meds.
35:07No answer.
35:08The figure on the bed didn't move.
35:10The nurse stepped closer.
35:12Clara clutched the tattered diary tightly in her hand.
35:15At the corner of her eye, one last crystalline tear.
35:18On the heart monitor beside her, the line that represented life had gone perfectly flat.
35:24The cantal Corinna.
35:24A nurse lamp stone, theちゃん to find her sight.
35:24Then the nurse will walk forward to that.
35:24The Hampstead are completely outside of low consciousness.
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