Chapter 1 Mom and Dad always said I was a bad kid . When I was six , my little sister finished her juice box and tried to grab mine . I shoved her straight to the floor . At eight , she wanted the stuffed bear my classmate had given me . Mom yanked my arm so hard it dislocated , but I still wouldn't let go . In the end . Mom took scissors and shredded my bear to pieces . So I cut up my sister's new dress . Dad slapped me so hard I went deal in one ear , then shipped me off to Grandma's place upstate . By the time I came back . I was eighteen . 8XP " You're the big sister - can't you just share with Layla ? " " What's the big deal about letting her play with it ? God , you're so selfish . " " Are you gonna let Layla play with it or not ? I said , are you ? " That three - foot - tall teddy bear was a birthday gift my classmates had pooled their money to buy me . It hadn't even been home for an hour before it became a cloud of cotton stuffing scattered across the floor . There . Now nobody gets to play with it . Problem solved . " Problem solved ? But why did it hurt so much ? Mom dropped the scissors and walked out , stepping over the mess , carrying Layla in her arms . No , the problem hasn't been solved yet ! I picked up those scissors and cut one of Layla's new dresses from the closet . That's what I call solving it . But before I could make a second cut . Dad burst through the door . He snatched the scissors away and backhanded me across the face . Chloe have you lost your mind ? Why would you cut up your sister's clothes ? " Can't you go one single day without causing drama or picking on Layla ? " That dress was a birthday present from your mom and me . " You ruined her , so you're giving her yours ! " My head was inring my ear throbding with pain Dadi south was opening and closing like he was saying something , but I couldn't hear it Quly from los rajaression . I could guess he was endeming me , lecturing me Big sisters should be grustus Duntoully your little sister You always hold grudges over the Buest things Can't you just grow up ? I knew I was goessing right , because in Mom and Dad's eyes , I was never god enough 22:23 From Beloved Daughter to Dead Burden's Now Watch Your Chapter 1 Maybe they were right I was stubborn , immature , disobedient . So getting punished , going without juice - that was my own fault . so getting hurt , having my friend's gift destroyed - 1 deserved it . so losing my new dress to compensate Layla - 1 had it coming . But I still didn't get it . Didn't get why I couldn't drink my own juice box . Didn't get why the birthday present my friend gave me had to be shared with my sister first . Didn't get why I was the one who lost the bear , lost the dress , got kicked out of the house . When you figure out what you did wrong , then you can come home ! " That was the last thing Dad said to me when he dropped me off at Grandma's . But I never knew what I did wrong . So for ten years , I never went back to that house . 22.23