He Lies With a Smile, I Act Through Tears
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When my adoptive sister first beat me badly enough to send me to the hospital, I was only five years old. That was the day a floating golden screen first flickered to life before my eyes:
[CONGRATULATIONS, HOST. YOU ARE NOW BOUND TO THE SYSTEM. COMPLETE MISSIONS TO EARN POINTS AND EXCHANGE THEM FOR ANYTHING YOU DESIRE.]
From that day on, I followed the system's demands. I accepted the lie my family drilled into me: that we owed Tabitha our lives. I let her kick me out of my bedroom, let her tear up my school certificates, and stayed quiet.
