Black Truths & White Lies

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as the rainbow, but it's raining blizzards," I muttered as I trudged into the house. The weathe

ook like a dripping wet mess. Honestly, I'd prefer the opposite." Aunt Kang Sun Hee said f

ho was anything but old and mostly resided with us, possessed

mid-afternoon, but choosing the pride of a rebel, I didn't listen. And now here I am soaked to the bone, thoroughly

upposed to return yesterday," I asked her in

ed with knowing. "Worried about your parents all of a sudden,

ence from my parent's end since they traveled gnawed at me, and the sudden news of an

shrug, "I was just wondering if th

ts usual playful facade. "Oh, buttercup," she said, her voice softening. "You know I don't meddle in yo

a sister, Noelle Aurora Beltran, walk down the stairs, dramatically swaying her still-growing hips. She was wearing a t

e fuck is she wearing? And is she w

eart," Sun Hee sharply turned t

t say anythi

and that counts as a foul

stairs, with a devilish smile etched on her thirteen-year-old prett

olled our eyes

did it myself." She said, blushing coyly

ll you did it yourself... when are you going to c

look at my sarcastic comm

d, cringing dramatically. I knew the statement would

do you have on?"

s like Chucky," she yelle

y the best brands. Have you ever heard of L'Oréal?" She said it with a haughty attitude, flipping her chestnut brow

smirk, "Did you swim home, sis? I don't mean to be disrespectful, but if I look like Chucky, then you l

icnic date with Manuel today? Catch any rainb

not realize today was World Comedy Day. If my appearance is not a dead

nse. It was my mom. With the speed of light, I answ

phone. Her words were hurried and desperate:

tened in my stomach. "Mamma, wh

ere shaken and trembling, just like my heart was at this moment as

nd the words I could not say or understand, and then my mother's

uck is coming full speed at us, and we... can't stop the car. Listen to me very carefully, Mija, I ne

e over the screech of tires, and I

nchor to this agonizing reality, I said to my mom shakily, "What does that mean? If the brakes are not working...

gia et Lux' say it five times right now," my mother screamed at me, and the fear and energy I felt

ng, her eyes wide with confusion. As the chant reached its climax, everything went wh

. Noelle's eye color changed from cerulean green to grey eyes, and the look on h

st thing I heard, and they both said to me before everything went silent. Even the screams an

on my tongue. Noelle lay beside me, her now grey eyes wide with confusion and pain, mirro

saw the reflection of the same terror that was choking me in her eyes. As I stared at my si