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

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 incredibly smart too. He could say plenty of simple words before he was even a year old. He always

took her anger out on me, but when

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

abroad for us. We loved it

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 I took his bottle and

to look even more uncomfortable after some time. His face turned red, and he was making

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

of them thought that I was just playing

to the room. This

tired too, so I next to

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

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