Sinister Legacy by Harleigh Beck EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Harleigh Beck
- Language: English
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The rain sounds on the window while I dig out the shoebox hidden in my
wardrobe. It’s there, right at the back, beneath my jacket that lies neatly
folded on top. I shift everything aside and pull the box out. The small black X
on the left-hand corner of the lid marks it, but I know which box it is since all
the others are white or brown. This one is red.
I sit back on my haunches and carefully peel the lid back. Inside is a
letter, a single photograph, and a CD. The latter is scratched now. I doubt it
even plays. Leaving the letter, I pick up the photograph. It has yellowed with
time, and it’s creased from too much usage. I would stare at it nightly at one
point, trying to understand why my father killed all those women. Why did he
live a double life, and how did he get away with it for so long? What drove
him to become a monster?
I was seven when my world was blown apart. The police broke into our
house on a Friday evening to arrest my dad for the murder of sixteen women.
That night ruined my life and destroyed my mom, leaving her a shadow of
her former self.
I never spoke to my dad again. He wrote a letter shortly after receiving
his death sentence, and now it’s hidden in my wardrobe. But I never replied.
Life moves on, I guess. I have a best friend and a boyfriend, and I do
relatively well at school. I’m popular by default. It’s what happens when
you’re the daughter of a serial killer. People don’t like to be associated with
death, but they like to be associated with notoriety. Even the darkest kind.
Besides, it’s all a facade to hide how fucking broken I am inside. I don’t trust
anyone, I struggle to connect with people, and self-destruction is my
nickname.
When I hear my mom’s footsteps on the stairs, I hurry to place the
photograph back inside the box. The execution date for my father is coming
up in a few months. As a cosmic joke, it falls on the anniversary of his first
murder. I guess I’m on edge. There’s no other reasonable explanation for
why I’m digging out his photograph.
My dad ruined this family, so he can rot in hell for all I care. But even as
I think it, I know I’m lying to myself. There’s a void in my life now. A void I
can’t fill, no matter how hard I try. I miss my dad, as much as I hate to admit
it. I miss him even more now that his execution date is racing toward me like
a sprinting wild horse.
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