Chapter 5: The Magician and the Ghosts
On his birthday, the boy decided to become a magician.
He read about hat tricks and sleight-of-hand illusions, learning how to manipulate the world around him. He set up a curtain in the hallway, placed a table in front of it, and prepared for his performance.
But the audience wasn’t kind.
His aunt, the one who always had something to say, called him names—mocking, belittling, turning his moment of wonder into something small, something laughable. Every time he reached for something outside the box, there was always someone there to tell him he was wrong.
To dismiss him.
And maybe that’s why he kept running.
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