Beyond the Grave: A Tale of Invisible Suffering and Lost Souls

aising me was the greatest gift, and I sho

was dead, they would prepare a bir

d eating, Matthew was al

thday crown on his head, lit the ca

to you, happy bi

ish quickly, and make sure to wish for

with a bi

parents mentioned me, but it wasn't to bless me. Instead, they made Matt

ds, but this time, I really hoped

and I shouldn't h

Matthew's wish

on't want my sister to die; I wa

was also my birthday. My parents remembered too, bu

o, you can only wish to use your

meant, but he was stubborn. This y

s alive, Matthew happily

dead, he refu

and Lisa sternly tapped his hand, cau

e-looking brother lay there,

and inappropriate, makin

him, comforting

I'm already dead, and this time

tter, should become smarter. I didn't know if

art; I just want my si

then started cursing

y brother roll arou

e been making the same wish, and Raina ha

ng ago." Anthony angrily smeared cake on the wa

not sur

rred it if I were the one who suffered brai

hey have treated me like they did my brother, never giving

ay, yet they didn't bless me at all; i

opped crying, got up, and smeare

irthday, eat cake,

parents, as they all grabbed cake

aps feeling relieved by my

pretended they were ce

parents and Matthew celeb

ong to myself, "Happy 20th bi

person's wish might have been to have a

wished to be reborn as an animal, like a cat

n was too

I closed my eyes and

and the room instantly

out, the wish was su

g d

doorbell startled my parents. Anth

hind Lisa as

and saw a stranger, then asked w

I fearfully steppe

as the person

rthday gift. Could he have been h