Go Away,My Stepbrother

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nto my apartment, frustration

ne invade my pr

ote into a ball, my cheeks burning with anger as

th anonymous package I had received in the past three months, each one more perplexing than the last. What had started as inn

drove a wedge between us that seemed impossible to mend. How could h

then take it off with my hands,

coursing through my veins as I crumpled the note. But my anger only intensified when

ou discard

over me in waves. How did they know? Who was behind this tw

peculiar things?" I typed out, my fingers trembling with rage and uncerta

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relentless hunger. The words taunted me, leaving me no closer to uncovering th

every move? The thought sent a shiver down my spine, filling me with a sense of paranoia I co

rded in the trash, a tangible remi

tor fueling my actions. But as the phone rang unanswered for the third time, a sense of defeat washed

e silence weighing heavily upon me

ry like a scar. I could still hear his arrogant remark from five years ago, his words cutting through me like a knife.

e rang. I didn't want to

r's voice came through the phone, pleading for me to come home and h

ave time for that," I replied, tryin

seeping through her words. "Can't you come home just for a mea

om, that's your home, not mine. Unlike you, I don't have a brother like

on still fresh in my mind. The image of him forcing me to kneel in front of everyone, demanding

hree times a day, like clockwork, her reminders more punctual than mealtimes. An

p in front of my office building on Friday night. I had no choice but to accompany h

d creeping over me. The thought of facing my past, of confronting Burgess and the painful

testament to their immense prosperity. But behind the facade of opulence lay a tan

beauty of the property. Instead, I felt a knot forming in the pit of

he demons that haunted me and find the strength to mo

se of displacement that washed over me. It was as if the very walls of the manor were silent

r me. Burgess was already there, lounging on the sofa with an air of aloofness that seemed to defin