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Mark may have acted tough, but he came
home that night.
He gave me some roses and apologized.
“Honey, the 52 cents was a joke, this is the real gift. I was emotional earlier, I’m sorry for
making you upset.”
I was touched for a second.
But then I smelled a weird scent from the flowers, and found a card addressed to “Little Liz“, and I was immediately over it.
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I laughed and said: “Did you pick up roses
from the trash?”
He was clearly embarrassed, and said in
anger:
“You’re so petty, other couples don’t even buy presents for each other.”
I didn’t want to fight, I went straight to the
point.
“Where are the things in my closet?”
He pretended to be stupid: “What things?”
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He pretended to be stupid: “What things?”
“I called the cops, Mark. If you don’t want to
be arrested, then you need to take me to your
sister in law’s place.”
I knew he was trying to take her to her sister
in law to make her happy.
Under my threat, he took me to Brenda’s
place.
Mark unlocked the door like he knew the place, and Brenda jumped into his arms
immediately.
When she saw me behind him, they looked
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awkward.
“Heidi’s here as well.”
I didn’t reply, and walked in.
Brenda’s house was double the size of our
place, and you could see their life together in
the house.
There was even a giant wedding photo, and it
was their faces.
Mark said, “My brother didn’t take a wedding photo, so as a younger brother I wanted to make it up for them.”
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At this point, I didn’t believe him.
Brenda wasn’t happy, and Mark told her to
stop.
A box, a bag, some packages, it took up half
of the house.
I laughed.
“Mark, did you take my house as a storage space? Where’s the wooden necklace box?”
Mark told Brenda to find it.
Brenda gasped:
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“You mean that necklace?”
I nodded and asked,
“Where is it?”
She paused, and asked while smiling:
“I flushed it down the toilet. It was so ugly, it couldn’t have been expensive. Was it
important?”
My head went blank, and I grabbed Brenda by
the neck and asked:
“You’re lying! Give it back!”
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Mark pulled me back and complained:
“It’s just a necklace. I can get you another
one, why are you doing this?”
I lost all strength, my legs were shaking, my
heart was beating, and I shouted:
“There was my grandparent’s ashes! You
need to give it back!”
Brenda laughed and said:
“No wonder the water was a weird color.
You’re not rich? Go and get it back.
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I lost all strength, my legs were shaking, my
heart was beating, and I shouted:
“There was my grandparent’s ashes! You
need to give it back!”
Brenda laughed and said:
“No wonder the water was a weird color.
You’re not rich? Go and get it back.
“Even if you get it back, it’ll be smelly.
Mark was protecting Brenda and said:
“It’s just ashes! People are dead, why did you
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“Even if you get it back, it’ll be smelly.”
Mark was protecting Brenda and said:
“It’s just ashes! People are dead, why did you keep them? You’re rich, so just let it go.”
I was angry, and adrenaline started pumping, I
stood up and started to run.
Chapter 2
