The Family's Regret, Too Late Now

My family accused me of betraying them, of nearly destroying the tech empire they had built from nothing.

As punishment, my father and two older brothers locked me in my room, leaving me without food or water until I confessed to a crime I didn't commit.

But when a medical condition flared and I began to suffocate, they dismissed my desperate screams for help as just another one of my "theatrics."

"She's just being dramatic," I heard them say through the thick oak door, right before they added extra bolts.