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don’t know what it’s like to always live in your shadow”. Ella angrily
responded, “Well, you don’t know what it’s like to have such a
disappointing brother. A brother who would steal from his sister
just to get a stupid ticket”. Eric’s anger spiked, and he shouted,

“Basketball isn’t stupid! You wouldn’t understand. You could have
just gotten the money from our parents, but I couldn’t”. Ella
shouted too, “Well, at least I…”. A sound interrupted their
argument, saying, “Only seven minutes left”.

Ella and Eric looked at each other, then upon realizing that
they were still in the game, were forced to continue playing. Ella
rolled the dice and moved four boxes, so that now she was only
two boxes away from the finish line. Eric started to panic as Ella
turned to smirked at him. It was clear now that their goals had
changed. Now, all they cared about was winning, and they would
do anything to get it. Eric prayed silently as he rolled the dice.
He needed a six in order to win. The dice stopped and the side
faced up was five. Eric swore loudly as he moved five boxes. Ella
is two boxes from the finish line, and Eric is one box. However,
it was Ella’s turn. “It’s over”, said Ella as she rolled the dice. Four
eyes stared at the dice as it rolled over and over until it stopped,
with the one-side facing upward. For a second, it was complete
silence. Then Ella screamed like she had never screamed before.
Her mouth spitting vile curses and without thinking, started shoving
her brother toward the pit, yelling, “I am supposed to win! I am
supposed to live, not you. Everything in your life was made possible
because of me, and you are not even grateful for it”. Eric pushed

back, and shouted, “How many times do I have to tell you? I didn’t