The Girl in the Tin-Foil Room

"You were born with an extreme sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation. Touch a phone and your skin will peel right off. Your heart will stop."

That's what my mom drilled into my head from the time I was a little girl.

To survive, I went twenty years without ever touching electronics. I was locked in a dark room covered in tin foil, like a caveman, spending my days gluing matchboxes and washing bloodstained sheets.

And on the other side of the wall, my brother had the latest gadgets, a top-of-the-line gaming PC, and all the love and money my parents could pour on him.