Faking Cancer? No, I'm Actually Dying!

Tags: Family Trauma, Anguish, Golden Child vs. Scapegoat, Fake Disability, Ghost POV

On the day I died, my biological parents were busy throwing a lavish birthday gala that had the whole city buzzing—for their adopted daughter.

To pay Chloe's astronomical medical bills after a car crash allegedly shattered her legs, I worked three jobs a day until I literally coughed up blood.

But when I collapsed on the ballroom floor with my terminal cancer diagnosis clutched in my hand,

I looked up to see Chloe spinning effortlessly on the dance floor in four-inch stilettos.