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“My older brother gives me ‘sleeping tea’ every night… until one night I pretended to drink it and discovered the secret hidden inside our house.

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I opened it.

When the door lock shattered behind me, I climbed through the window and jumped.

I landed on the grass, twisting my ankle, but I kept running toward the gate.

Behind me I heard Daniel shouting my name.

I ran into the street.

And for the first time in a long time… I could truly breathe.

In the distance, I heard sirens.

I didn’t know if they were coming for me…

Or if Daniel was already preparing another lie.

But there was one thing he didn’t have anymore.

I wasn’t sleeping.

And I had seen the room.

I had seen the documents.

And I had heard the words:

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