Hi, my name is Beatrice and I'm from a little-known town in Michigan. Ever since we were little, my sister Angela and I competed on everything. Grades, boys, mom's attention, everything. I always won, Angela didn't even come close, but one day, she did.

Pencils and ripped papers flew in the air and scattered everywhere. I held scissors in one hand and a blowtorch in the other. Angela cowered in a corner of the room, terrified and helpless.

"You call this art?"

I kicked one of her drawing books like it was a football.

"I'm going to burn it all today!"

“Beatrice, DON’T!”

“OR WHAT??”

“Mom bought me those!”

“Doesn't mean you deserve them!”

The blowtorch slipped from my hands and fell to the floor. Angela and I fought for it but she didn't match my strength.  Jealousy and rage were fueling me.

I held the blowtorch ready to light it and grabbed her tattered drawing book. She took a step forward and before she could take another one, I set her book on fire and pointed the blowtorch at her.

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