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.

remained still, and Marshall did not know if she had even heard

mountains surrounded by mist 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

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

didn’t last long. On the second Thanksgiving after his birth, our aunt returned from overseas to celebrate with the family. Everyone

for us. We loved it

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.

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

the water, and I ended up getting water all over his clothes. It was only then that I realized that he was crying but 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 none of the adults had the patience to listen

of them thought that I was just playing with

the room. This time, Ryan wasn’t

was getting tired too, so I next to him

was supposed to be a joyous celebration had ended in tragedy. My mother cried

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