My Parents Sued My Corpse

With a heavy thud, the judge’s gavel came down, and a huge livestream screen connected to the courtroom.When Mdm. Langley, the old woman who had bought me a coffin and laid my body in it, realized what was happening, her unfocused eyes instantly welled up. She looked at the Spencer family standing at the plaintiff’s table and pleaded, “This girl is already dead. She didn’t even have a decent piece of clothing when she died. Please, I beg you! Just let her rest in peace.”I sat all alone on top of my coffin. Hearing this stranger cry and beg for me made me feel bitter.A stranger like her felt sorry for me, but my own family, bound to me by blood, only wanted me dead.Just as Mdm. Langley was about to grab my sister Yara Spencer’s sleeve, Yara suddenly shoved her to the floor.“Get away from me, you filthy hag! Don’t stain my clothes!“Hahaha... Clara, you really are something! You’re trying to win pity points with your little coffin prop. You even hired an actress to play along?

The rain poured down that night. Lightning lit up the sky in a chilling glow, and thunder roared so loud that it forced my buried memories to the surface.After I failed my SAT exams and fell into depression, Jade said she wanted to cheer me up and invited me to go hiking.Maybe because they were afraid I would do something crazy to Jade, my dad and Yara tagged along like bodyguards. My mom was working a night shift at the hospital, so she did not come.The screen showing the memories shifted to a scene where I fell halfway up the mountain. My shinbone snapped, and rocks cut a deep gash into my leg.Jade was the first to notice. She told my dad and Yara to pitch a tent on the spot so I could rest inside. Then, she pulled out a bottle of antiseptic and poured it over my wound.“Clara, let me disinfect this first. Otherwise, it might get infected.”As soon as she was done disinfecting my wound, I kicked her to the ground, pinned her down, and slapped her without hesitation.“Y

“W-What… what is this… ugh…”My mom was so terrified that she staggered backward.The moment Mdm. Langley saw my mom cut me open, she fainted on the spot. But the staff quickly woke her up. When she saw my stomach sliced open, she collapsed to the floor again.“Oh, child… how could your life be so miserable? Even in death, your own family is cutting you open…”Seeing this, my dad and Yara hurried over.Yara grabbed my mom’s arm and said comfortingly, “Mom, calm down. Look carefully. That’s just the rotten eggs people threw at Clara. Don’t scare yourself.”Hearing Yara’s words, my mom slowly recovered from her shock.She trembled as she walked back to my coffin to take another look. Then, suddenly, she turned and slapped me hard across the face.“You snake! You almost fooled me with your act!”I felt my heart shatter at that moment.Honestly, if my mom had looked at me a little more carefully, she would have realized that my face was icy cold, without a trace of warmth.But a

Jade slowly walked toward me with a knife.“I heard your eighteenth birthday is next week. Mom and Dad are thinking of bringing you home to celebrate. What should I do? I really don’t want to see you in that house.”I dragged my suitcase past her indifferently. “If you don’t want to see me, then get lost.”But just as I took a step forward, Jade suddenly slashed at my hand that was dragging the suitcase.“Oh dear, I’m so sorry!“That suitcase looks heavy. You probably can’t carry it now, right? Let me help you.”Then, while I winced in pain, she grabbed my suitcase and threw it straight into the rushing river beneath the bridge. Within seconds, it was swept away without a trace.I turned and punched her hard in the face. “What the hell is wrong with you?! Get it back!”But the next second, Jade slashed her own wrist with the knife. Blood streamed down as she glared at me, then glanced up at the security camera on the bridge.“Guess what? If I tell Mom and Dad you attacked me w

Lightning flashed and thunder roared.While my dad and Yara were busy getting ready to climb the mountain, Jade pulled out a sharp stone she had hidden and slashed it hard across my shin. Then, she stomped down on it, and my shinbone snapped.But Jade screamed first, “Oh my God! Clara, your leg is hurt! Dad, Yara, we should set up the tent here. Let Clara rest inside for a bit.”Just like that, Dad and Yara listened to her and went off to pitch the tent.Jade pulled out an antiseptic and bandages from her bag. She looked at me with a smug smile and said, “Aww, what a shame! Mom and Dad couldn’t bring themselves to kick you out for good.“Last night, they said if you really won’t donate your kidney, they’ll stop pushing you. They told me to wait for the next donor.”Jade let out a low, eerie laugh as she stared straight into my eyes.“But I don’t even have leukemia. I only said I needed a kidney to see who they cared about more. You or me.“To think you actually have cancer… Tur