We Shared a Body They Chose Her Every Time Chapter 05

We Shared a Body They Chose Her Every Time Chapter 05

The whole room fell into a strange silence.

My parents stared at Sophia in shock. When they confirmed it was really her, they gasped.

My parents looked at each other.

“How is that possible? How could it be Sophia? We clearly drew the long card.”

My mother frowned at Liam. “Liam, did you draw the long card or the short card? Did you make a mistake?”

Liam’s pupils had contracted, but now they steadied. His voice came out hoarse. “I drew the long card. I did it

myself.”

The three of them looked even more confused.

“Then how could Sophia be awake? What went wrong?”

Liam shook his head. His thoughts were a mess, he couldn’t think straight.

It felt like something had slipped out of his control.

His heart was beating faster and faster, racing out of rhythm.

Sophia had no idea what was happening. She saw that she had been drawn again, thought about the hot

survival training, and got annoyed.

She started yelling at them without holding back.

“I told you to draw Emily. Why did you draw me again? You can control who wakes up anyway.”

She stopped talking and clamped her hand over her mouth, looking guilty.

Liam’s gaze dropped. Shock was written on his face. “How do you know we can control it?”

Sophia decided to just say it. It wasn’t a big deal anyway.

“Because I’ve been awake way more than Emily all these years. The odds should be about the same.”

“And every time I wake up, nothing important is going on. No SATS, no entrance exams. Emily does all of

that.”

Liam’s fingers went stiff.

He thought they had hidden it so well. He thought Sophia and I didn’t know.

In that moment, guilt and panic flooded his chest, overwhelming him.

If Sophia knew… Then Emily must have known too.

Known that they could make her do all the hard things in life and let Sophia enjoy the rewards.

Known that they had drawn her on purpose this time to make her take the Vance family’s punishment.

All the questions came rushing at once.

Before he could sort any of it out, my mother screamed from the next room, and they all jumped.

He ran to the next room. My mother was covering her mouth, her eyes red, staring at the floor.

“Mom, what’s wrong? You…”

He walked closer. When he saw the long card lying on the floor, cracked, his whole body went rigid.

“It broke?” His breath came out shaky. The unease he had been feeling all along peaked.

He and my mother looked at each other. They both remembered what the psychic said that day.

“The cards decide life and death. Short for the younger, long for the older. If the long card breaks, the soul is

gone.”

The long card that belonged to me. It was broken.

My mother quickly picked up the pieces, her hands shaking. She looked at the other two, lost.

“Does this mean Emily’s soul is…”

“No.” Liam cut her off sharply, his voice raw with fear and panic. He tried to convince himself.

“Everything was fine for so many years. How could it suddenly…”

He took a deep breath and didn’t finish.

Sophia stood at the door and saw everything. Her eyes went wide. Emily was gone? Dead?

Her mind raced, and her whole body trembled with excitement.

Did that mean she would have this body all to herself? All the love, all for her.

Sophia couldn’t hold back her smile as her heart pounded with joy.

She walked inside.

“Liam, Emily might really be gone. I can’t feel her at all anymore. Isn’t it good that it’s just me now? You never

liked her anyway. She’s…”

“Sophia.” Liam’s roar cut her off.

Sophia flinched, staring at her brother’s dark face in shock. “Liam?”

His breathing grew heavier.

“She was your sister. You were the same person. Don’t ever let me hear you say something like that again

Sophia’s tears came immediately.

Liam had never yelled at her in her whole life.

She turned and ran away crying.

She was sure her parents and brother would come after her. They would comfort her patiently and promise

her the world to make up for it.

But this time, she waited and waited. No one came.

Sophia clenched her hands. “Emily. You better be gone for good.”

On the other side, Liam held the broken card and called the psychic.

“Dr. Cross. I want to know why the card suddenly broke.”

There was a two-second silence, and their hearts were in their throats.

Finally, the psychic’s voice came through slowly. “Open the door. I’m right outside.”