Dear Sister, I Remember
Language: en
I was born with a cognitive disability. The day my sister Audrey came to pick me up from school, a man dragged her into an alley. She was assaulted, and killed. I was the only witness. My parents seized my shoulders, their faces twisted with fury and grief. "Tell us! You saw his face. Speak!" I opened my mouth. Nothing came out. They threw me out that night. Unable to care for myself, I became a ghost on the streets. I begged. I scavenged. I slept under bridges. Until the day a man in a black suit found me. He said he was Audrey's fiancé. He knelt, met my hollow eyes, and spoke…