Would She Be Happier Without Me

Summary

When we were kidnapped, the kidnappers told my parents to choose one of us.

They chose my younger sister.

I was locked in a sealed shipping container for twenty-four hours and developed severe claustrophobia.

After I was rescued, my parents were consumed by guilt. From then on, the lights in our house were never turned off.

To ease my fear, my mother quit her job and slept beside me every night.

She was even afraid my sister would trigger me, so she sent her to the countryside and did not bring her back until she started high school.