All Dressed Up

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    I'm lying in my bed. It's cramped and stuffy, but it suits me. I'm dressed in my favourite white skater dress, pink ballet flats, and the infinity necklace Grandma gifted me for my eighteenth birthday. I was worried I'd look bloated and pale, but they did a good job tidying me up!

    All dressed up with nowhere to go. Well— technically, I am going somewhere. I'm being sent away even though I want to stay.  I blame my baby sister. She wanted to swim at the lake house, despite the water being too cold and deep.  She slipped under. I pulled her out.

Now, here I am. She's breathing and I'm not.

They're sending me off.

Six feet under with no return ticket.