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Toddler Tina wobbled toward her, her tiny voice asking if she could have a piece of candy.
The teenage Tina was forced to accept hand-me-down clothes from distant
relatives. Even when she accompanied her mother to the market, her gaze would linger longingly on the dresses
in the store window. The price wasn't high, but she never once asked for one. She had learned to be obedient.
As an adult, Tina had grown into a graceful young woman, but she becquieter, more withdrawn. She buried
all her thoughts deep inside. Yet, when she was alone, she would still glance at herself in the mirror, as if
searching for something.
All these memories had always been there she had just chosen to ignore them. Each fragment had been locked
away in the deepest corners of her mind, things she never wanted to bring to the surface. Because if she did,
she would have to face the truth: she could have easily bought her daughter that candy. She could have bought
her that dress.
But she never did.
Somewhere deep down, she had always believed that there was no need to treat her too well.
The scenes flashed by like a spinning reel, and she let out a bitter laugh, her eyes brimming with tears.
When Tina had stood before her, crying as she told her about her illness, she could still hear her own cold,
heartless voice."
Stay away from me! Don't infect me! Filthy!"
She had watched, with her own eyes, as the hope in her daughter's gaze shattered into pieces. And deep in her
heart-there had been a sliver of satisfaction.
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The sound of a body hitting the ground from the twentieth floor.
A terrifying speed. A deafening impact.
She had been standing right there with her bags of groceries.
She could still see her daughter lying on the pavement, those wide, lifeless eyes staring up at nothing. She could
still hear the sickening crunch of bones breaking.
She had reached out her daughter's body was already turning cold. Those unblinking eyes, forever frozen in
shock and pain. No matter how much she did now, there would never be a response.
She was no longer a living, breathing person.
And yet, when she first learned that Tina had HIV, all she could hear was the endless, echoing voice in her mind,
whispering the swords over and over again.
"Filthy. So young, and she already caught a disease like that. Disgusting. Who knows how many men she's slept
with?"
"Must be a lot. Like mother, like daughter. Look at her mom-single parent. She probably had her out of wedlock.
The father might not even know she exists."
"Good thing she's dead. At least she won't spread it to anyone else. One less menace in the world."
The cruel words echoed in Mrs. Mendes's ears, stirring an unfamiliar ache in her chest.
But then, a laugh escaped her lips.
Yes. They were right.
Every single word.
Tina was dirty.
She deserved to die.
She wouldn't have lived long anyway.
The light in front of her faded, slowly devoured by darkness, until all she could see was black.
Then, suddenly, light returned.
She was standing in a bustling street market, noisy and chaotic. She was holding a little girl's hand.
A small, innocent voice spoke beside her. "Mommy, that dress is so pretty."
Her body stiffened violently.
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Mrs. Mendes jolted awake, gasping as she sat up in bed.
She frantically scanned her surroundings, fear gripping her chest.
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Stumbling into the living room, her gaze landed on the black-and-white photo resting on the TV stand.
Tina's eyes stared straight at her.
For a moment, it felt as if she had cback to life.
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