My Sister Wore My Engagement Ring

The night before my engagement party, my sister Victoria appears at my door, tears streaming down her face.

"I have leukemia, Emily. Six months to live."

My parents stand behind her, nodding gravely.

"Daniel already agreed to switch brides. It's her dying wish."

I stare at my fiancé Daniel Matthews in shock. He won't even look at me.

"It's just temporary, Emmy. Once she's… gone, we'll have our real wedding."

When I refuse to surrender my engagement ring, my parents haul me to our family cabin.

They shove me into the basement. "We'll let you out after the party."

But they never return.

Instead, a stranger breaks in and murders me.

By the time anyone bothers to remember I exist, I’m already decomposing.