Stop Begging, My Body Can't Hear You
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I died the day before my brother Beckett’s state equestrian qualifiers.
Just because Beckett had mistakenly taken sedatives and fallen into a coma, my mother firmly believed that I—a worthless, sickly burden—had deliberately poisoned him out of jealousy to ruin her perfect son's future.
Ignoring my fatal immunodeficiency, knowing that even a microscopic trace of wasp venom would kill me, she dragged me into the abandoned tack room infested with wasp nests and locked the door.
Hundreds of wasps swarmed out. My airway rapidly swelled and closed amidst excruciating pain.
Through the wooden door, I heard my newly awakened brother crying and pleading, along with my mother's cold obstruction and curses.
Leaning against the corner of the wall, I slowly released my bloody, mangled fingers that had been clawing at the door.
In the final moments before my consciousness scattered, I finally stopped struggling.
Mother, if dying in this sunless tack room was your final expectation for me, then... as you wish.
Just because Beckett had mistakenly taken sedatives and fallen into a coma, my mother firmly believed that I—a worthless, sickly burden—had deliberately poisoned him out of jealousy to ruin her perfect son's future.
Ignoring my fatal immunodeficiency, knowing that even a microscopic trace of wasp venom would kill me, she dragged me into the abandoned tack room infested with wasp nests and locked the door.
Hundreds of wasps swarmed out. My airway rapidly swelled and closed amidst excruciating pain.
Through the wooden door, I heard my newly awakened brother crying and pleading, along with my mother's cold obstruction and curses.
Leaning against the corner of the wall, I slowly released my bloody, mangled fingers that had been clawing at the door.
In the final moments before my consciousness scattered, I finally stopped struggling.
Mother, if dying in this sunless tack room was your final expectation for me, then... as you wish.
















































