Melomiri

The Chocolate Choice

Language: en

On Children's Day, the orphanage director brought out two boxes of treats for my sister and me. One was a box of To'ak aged dark chocolate, the other a simple bag of White Rabbit milk candies. My sister, Hazel, snatched the chocolate immediately, leaving me with the milk candy. Hazel, clutching her prize, was adopted by a farming family. She grew resentful. She thought the expensive chocolate meant a wealthy family, but it turned out to be farmers who had splurged once in a lifetime. From then on, she tormented the couple, growing lazy, gluttonous, and deceitful. Eventually, when the…

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