The Sin of Youth Ch 4

The Sin of Youth Ch 4

04 

The hospital, one in the morning

I sat on a cold chair, staring at the operating 

room doors, every time a nurse came in or 

out I jumped

I’m twelve years older than Sarah. I was in 

sixth grade when Mom had her

When she was pregnant, my uncle teased me 

saying, You’re getting a sister, your mom 

and dad won’t love you anymore!” 

So I didn’t like her at first

Until one day after school, I saw Mom being 

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discharged with a small baby in her arms

She was sucking her thumb, covered in

fresh baby smell

My mom looked at her with an endless 

amount of love

I was jealous

Then Sarah woke up, looked at me with her 

big eyes, and laughed

Mom said, She was crying up a storm at the 

hospital, but she laughed at the sight of her 

brother. She likes her brother.” 

That’s when I realized she wasn’t so bad

When she turned three or four, she would 

follow me, waiting for me at the door to give 

me a hug when I got home

When I did my homework, she would watch

putting her head on the table

Mom would ask, “Danny, do you want some 

fruit?” 

I would shake my head

Then Sarah would say, “My brother doesn’t 

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want any.” 

Want some milk?” 

I would nod

Then Sarah would run and say, “My brother 

does.” 

Mom would laugh, Sarah is her brother’s 

sidekick.” 

She would carefully put the milk on the table 

and ask, Brother, what is a sidekick?” 

Someone who follows people.” 

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She would proudly say, Then I’m my 

brother’s sidekick!” 

Later, when I was a little older, I wanted to 

drop out of school to help with Sarah’s 

tuition

When I skipped school, my dad caught me 

and I was forced to kneel in the living room

as punishment

Sarah stood in front of me saying, Don’t hit 

my brother

My dad threw the belt down, started crying

and said he couldn’t afford a good life for us

That was the first time I saw him cry

Later, Sarah and I promised to study and get 

a good job

Sarah held out her pinky, Pinky promise, we 

can’t change our minds.” 

That was our agreement, we could never 

change anything after we made a pinky 

promise

Then I went to college and Sarah was in 

middle school

When I came home, she would barely talk

I thought she was going through puberty,

wish I would’ve known

Why didn’t I see it

The Sin of Youth Novel

The Sin of Youth Novel

Status: Ongoing

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