When They Made Me Perfect

I used to be the most cherished child in my family.

Until my brother was born, and every single one of my "out of line" behaviors became threats to him.

On my brother's first birthday, I spent an entire month building him a singing castle from over a thousand pieces.

But when I turned it on, the dazzling lights and mechanical sounds scared him into tears.

That night, my father smashed my castle, and my mother slapped me for the first time in my life.

The next day, I was sent to a boarding reform academy that claimed to "reshape lives."

My father looked at me with ice-cold eyes: