As she walks, I walk. Pulled on like a puppet on a string
"Your sister," I choke out, "I'm your sister."
But her footsteps quicken. She doesn't turn back to look at me. Her speed-walking quickens to a jog.
"Your sister, Sena!" I yell, following her. I cannot let her go. The thought in my head seizes every muscle in my body. I cannot let her walk away.
She casts a quick glance backward, to see me behind her. I can almost hear the gears in her brain clicking - this mad bitch is chasing after me. The features that meet mine are twisted, her breathing becoming more rapid.
What have they done to you? I feel the tears slide down my cheeks.
The question utters in my head. I pore over the endless possibilities. Things that could've been done differently. Maybe it is all a bad dream. No, I would never dream about her leaving me. For a fleeting second, I imagine climbing onto the hands of the world's clock and turning it back, swinging on the rafters. Way, way back to weeks ago, some little turn of event bringing us somewhere else so we never stumbled across that smiling woman.
And it was my fault. All my fault.
What have they done to you?
Her gaze doesn't even linger on me a second longer before her head snaps forward again. She clasps her duffel bag closer to her chest.
"I don't have a sister."
She runs.
What have they done to you?
My legs stop moving, a numbness overcoming them. Rooted in place, I watch her shrinking shadow.
Who are you?
YOU ARE READING
Happiness Capital {F O R G E T Book I}
Science Fiction| They replace bad memories with happy ones. We came to sell copies of our happy memories. But they didn't make copies. They stole them. They stole her. | Alex and Sena are sisters struggling to survive. When they come to the city of the rich, the E...
