Renee sorted Kaitlyn’s pills, then neatly placed them into a small pillbox for each day of the week. She poured warm water and prepared to remind her mother to take her medicine.

Balancing the cup and medicine, Renee approached the room’s doorway. She suddenly heard her mother’s hushed voice on the phone.

Kaitlyn spoke softly, her tone urgent and low as if she meant it that way.

“Is everything taken care of?

“What? She… hasn’t died?

“You all are a bunch of useless people!

“…I don’t care about that. Just make sure she doesn’t return to Centrolis!”

Renee’s heart skipped a beat. She struggled to catch the words beyond the door. She wasn’t sure who her mother conversed with on the phone, and the thought that her mother could utter such things was hard to accept.

Could it be a misunderstanding? It had to be!

She furrowed her brow as doubts gnawed at her. Her mother had been unwell and withdrawn for so long. How could she now command others to do such things?

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individual… Watch her closely for me.

Renee, and her grip

“Who’s out there?”

Catching Renee’s wide-eyed gaze, she

cup slipped from her hand and shattered on the

darkened, her voice icy as she demanded, “What

give

foot. A piece of glass had lodged itself in

she said coldly. “The first aid kit is

isn’t in the cabinet,” Renee timidly corrected her. “Our first

flickered slightly. She fell silent for a moment before softening her tone. “Renee, go tend

“Mom…”

to watch me take

just wanted to say… I also cut up some fruits, and I’ve set up the TV

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