Dying on the Road to Reunion

I'm the middle child in my family, the invisible one nobody ever sees.

My older brother Marcus and younger sister Lily's birthdays are marked on the calendar, but Mom and Dad can never remember mine.

Marcus and Lily always have new outfits to wear, but Mom and Dad always forget to buy me new clothes.

Marcus and Lily get Christmas presents every year, but I've never received a single one.

And today, on our way home for the holidays on the freezing highway—

with temperatures well below zero—Mom and Dad once again forgot about me at a deserted rest stop...

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