Picture Prompt #1 Broken Twice - Chapter 3: "What’s Left of Me"

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Scene 1: The Empty House

Silence.

Mira stood in the hallway, trailing fingers over the framed photos. Here: Mother braiding her hair. There: Father’s face scratched out with a key.

The bathroom mirror still bore their twin handprints in blood.

She pressed her palm to the glass. "What do I do now?"

Her reflection smiled with Evelyn’s lips. "Finish what we started."

Scene 2: The Inheritance

The lawyer droned on about "estates" and "next of kin."

Then: "Per her instructions, you’ll find this in her closet."

The wooden box smelled of gun oil and lavender. Inside:

Mira tested the blade against her thumb.

A bead of blood welled.

"Welcome home," whispered the walls.

Scene 3: The Last Lullaby

The bathwater steamed.

Mira lowered herself in, the razor balanced on the tub’s edge.

"Will it hurt?"

"Only until it doesn’t," murmured Evelyn’s voice from the doorway.

Mira turned.

No one was there.

She took a deep breath.

The first cut was the sweetest.

Epilogue

The new owners complained about:

They never noticed the razor under the floorboards.

Or the twin shadows in the hallway mirror.

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