The Candle Alternate Ending

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The candle sees everything. She”s there for everything and tries to understand every situation the girl goes through. Lately things have been different. The girl leaves on the weekends and her sister is always gone. The candle wishes it could ask questions but it can only watch… she sees boxes through the glass of her jar and she knows this happened before but it seems so recent. The candle notices the changed look on the girls face when she gets home and how she is not who she used to be. The candle constantly smells vanilla…thats her scent. Sometimes the candle feels the breeze from the back door when its opened. Every day she hears loud music bumping from upstairs and yelling from down the hall, its never quiet like it used to be. And even though the candle gets upset when its not lit and she has no other candle to ever talk to, she is still strong. She stays on a black table in the corner of a hot, dark room… away from everyone else, she gets lonely and sad. …show more content…

The candle wondered why the younger girl was scared not moving or talking but didn’t realize she knew who it was and couldn’t tell her own sister or she would be heartbroken. From then on the door always stayed shut and locked. The younger girl would be the one to make sure of that, and the candle could see her fear. Then one day the candle woke up to a loud bang. All she saw was the older boy run down the stairs with clenched fists and a red face. She knew something was wrong. The older girl ran out the front crying and the boy sat down telling the younger girl to get out and stop asking if he’s okay. Minutes past and the candle was lit. She was happy even though they weren’t. She wished she could change whatever happened because they wouldn’t even come down to keep her company and eat with

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