My Sister Believed I Felt Nothing
Language: en
I was born with Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP). My adopted little brother, Kian, has a severe form of Osteogenesis Imperfecta—the 'brittle bone' disease. So, to keep him safe, my sister, Hannah, always used me to set boundaries and enforce rules for Kian. I did protest, but Hannah always pleaded with me, a look of deep, exhausted helplessness on her face: “Nick, Kian is our adopted brother, and punishing him directly will only bring judgment and gossip down on us.” “Plus, he’s so fragile, so much weaker than you! You can’t feel pain anyway, so just think of it as acting, and…