There was a bottle of water beside Stella’s feet. It did not seem like she had the intention to end her life.

Marshall heaved a sigh of relief upon thinking about that.

There was a very steep drop just less than six feet away from Stella, and Marshall dared not to startle her. So, he sat down not far from her and accompanied her in silence.

It was past noon. Although the sun shone brightly, it felt chilly at the mountaintop.

Stella wore a windbreaker. It did not look very thick, and her exposed earlobes turned bright red from the coldness.

“Stella…”

Marshall called out to her softly.

did not know

and spoke again after some time, “I had a younger brother called Ryan who was two years younger than me. Not only that he was adorable and well-behaved, but he was also

also introverted, and not many people in my family liked me. My mom often took her anger out on me, but when Ryan came along, the family’s attention shifted away from me to him. He was the reason why I could finally be myself, so I liked

times in my life, but it didn’t last long. On the second Thanksgiving after his birth,

us. We

all the adults were busy. The nanny who was supposed to take care of Ryan said she was going downstairs to prepare some fruits, but she didn’t come back up for a long time. Ryan started groaning as if he was not feeling comfortable. I thought he was thirsty, so

some time. His face turned red, and he was making some strange noises from his throat. I didn’t

couldn’t make any sound. I had no idea what was happening, so I immediately went downstairs to look for help. However, I wasn’t very good at speaking then, so

I was just playing with

room.

I next to him and fell asleep too. Then, I was awakened by

throat, and he died of suffocation. What was supposed to be a joyous celebration had ended in tragedy. My mother cried her heart out, and the way she looked at me was

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