Broken

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They had to amputate my hand at the hospital. The frostbite was too severe, it was beyond saving as I arrived.

Nobody questioned how I got a frostbite in the middle of summer.

Nobody questioned where my sister had gone.

Yellow Poppy bloomed all over my parent's garden. Mom got promoted in her already high paying job, Dad received a letter that he had inherited a lot of money from a distant relative he hadn't even known about. My boss gave my an unexpected raise.

I cried when I received the paycheck.

I moved in with Henry almost immediately. Since I earned more money now, we could afford a small apartment together and I couldn't stand living with my parents anymore. Not after everything that had happened.

And I couldn't continue to live in the same house my sister had lived.

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