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 if she had even

a younger brother called Ryan who was two years younger than me. Not only that he was adorable and well-behaved,

my age. I was 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.

time when Ryan was born was one of the happiest times in my life, but it didn’t last long. On the second Thanksgiving after his birth, our aunt returned

brought a beautiful toy car from abroad for us. We loved

but she didn’t come back up for a

face turned red, and he was making some strange noises from his throat. I didn’t think anything was wrong

sound. I had no idea what was happening, so I immediately went downstairs to look for help. However, I wasn’t

of them thought that I was just

the room. This time, Ryan wasn’t

voice, “I thought he was asleep. I was getting tired too, so I

parts from the toy car had lodged in his 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 strange, filled with blame and resentment. I remembered that look

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