AMILAfter a few years of all that training, grandfather finally let me go and walking into my family house felt like stepping onto a battlefield—a place that was no longer home, but a reminder of what I lost. The moment I pushed open the door, I was met with the familiar scent of my childhood memories, but today, it felt suffocating.My two sisters—the bubbly Alisa and sweet Amelia—were there, and they rushed to greet me.“Amil! You’re home!” Alisa exclaimed, her voice cheerful and full of warmth. But the moment those words hit my ears, the feeling of joy faded.“Yeah, whatever,” I replied curtly, brushing past them. I was not here for a warm welcome; I had too many feelings swirling inside me that I didn’t know how to sort out. It was all a weakness. Grandfather had said such emotions were useless.In the weeks since I moved in, I felt like a different person. The carefree, cheerful kid I once was faded into some kind of distant memory. Now, I was irritable, standoffish, and anythin
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