Rejecting the Same Fate After Rebirth

My parents smuggled me onto a packed train during the holiday rush by shoving me into a suitcase.

“The money we save on your ticket can buy your brother a new pair of sneakers,” Mom said with a smile.

It was a grueling journey, over thirty hours in total. I stayed cramped in that suitcase the entire ride, too scared to move, until I ran out of air and suffocated to death.