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The Moon Is My Ship

The Moon Is My Ship

By:  Nora BlytheCompleted
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Familial Bond

Bias

Male POV

Remorse Family

Family Emotions

Mistress

I was kidnapped alongside my daughter, and we were sold to a circus troupe touring the entire country. Rebecca, my daughter, had her limbs cut off, and she was stuffed into a vase to be admired and toyed with. I had my spine smashed and trained like an animal with no free will. When my wife and mother finally saved me, the lower half of my body was ruined, and Rebecca had died from the torture. My mother had bawled as she held me tightly, and her black hair turned white overnight. My wife sent all the members of the circus into an underground gambling ring and swore that they would live lives worse than death. Before I was sent into the emergency room, I kept saying, “Rebecca is dead, but she’s still in the case. Please bring her back.” I only allowed myself to faint after getting their promise. However, when the anesthesia faded away, I heard my wife and mother mumbling. “Mom, we didn’t have to be so cruel. Rebecca is still young. What if something really happens to her?” “Don’t worry. The circus is full of our hired hands. Rebecca will be fine. We did all this for Jacob. He hasn’t felt safe since he came into our house and always thinks that Lucius would hurt him.” “Lucius is now disabled. Jacob would inherit 50% of the shares. As for Lucius, as long as I’m still around, I can take care of him forever!” My tears wet the pillow. My family were the real murderers all along.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“Gertrude, isn’t this too unfair for Lucius? He’s my husband and your son.”

Their voices were really soft behind the door, but they may as well be screaming into my ear.

“Jacob is somewhat of a son to me too. After we lost my sister, he has been wandering about without a roof over his head. Life hasn’t been fair for him either. Wendy, I know that you’re a kind soul, but Jacob’s the most pitiful one here.

“Lucius had everything growing up, and Jacob only has us now.”

It was silent for a long while before Wendy Jones, my wife, sighed in resignation.

“You’re right. We’ve already agreed to give Jacob Lucius’ shares in the company. We can’t go back on our promise.”

“But Lucius is my husband, and he’s still young. Could he accept being wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life? If he learns that we’re the ones who asked those people to break his spine, would he—”

My mother immediately interrupted Wendy with a choked-up voice.

“I have no other choice. Lucius is outstanding. If he doesn’t get crippled, Jacob can never compete with him.

“He won’t have the right to inherit the family fortune.

“The only person I’m letting down in all this is you. If you find Lucius disgusting now, you can divorce him. I’ll help marry you to Jacob.”

Their words stabbed into my heart like knives.

As I lay in bed, I stared at the ceiling blankly.

I could feel nothing from the lower half of my body. From the moment my spine was shattered, I could never stand up again.

My tears slid down the corners of my eyes, and even breathing was difficult.

When I was stuck in the cage in the circus, Rebecca and I had longed to be rescued day in and day out.

I still remembered the day Rebecca’s limbs were cut off and she was stuffed into the vase. Her shrill screams had filled the circus.

“Daddy, it hurts! Save me! I want to go home!”

But no one took pity on her. The audience clapped and cheered. There were some who even paid exorbitant amounts of money for the circus troupe to behead Rebecca.

My daughter died, but I lived.

I never expected that the source of all Rebecca and my suffering came from the two people closest to me.

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9 Chapters
Chapter 1
“Gertrude, isn’t this too unfair for Lucius? He’s my husband and your son.”Their voices were really soft behind the door, but they may as well be screaming into my ear. “Jacob is somewhat of a son to me too. After we lost my sister, he has been wandering about without a roof over his head. Life hasn’t been fair for him either. Wendy, I know that you’re a kind soul, but Jacob’s the most pitiful one here. “Lucius had everything growing up, and Jacob only has us now.”It was silent for a long while before Wendy Jones, my wife, sighed in resignation. “You’re right. We’ve already agreed to give Jacob Lucius’ shares in the company. We can’t go back on our promise.”“But Lucius is my husband, and he’s still young. Could he accept being wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life? If he learns that we’re the ones who asked those people to break his spine, would he—”My mother immediately interrupted Wendy with a choked-up voice.“I have no other choice. Lucius is outstanding. If he d
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Chapter 2
While I was in a daze, the door to my ward opened. Wendy and my mother shuffled over to my bed, worried that they would disturb my rest. When they noticed that I was already awake, my mother suddenly teared up. Her back was hunched even more, and there were crow’s feet around her eyes too. Her white hair also stood out like a sore thumb. With teary eyes, she held my hand. “Lucius, you suffered a lot. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to get revenge for you.”Wendy gently wiped the sweat from my brow. Her voice was hoarse, as if she had been crying for a long time.“The doctor said that your spine is shattered, and you might not stand again. But that’s okay. I won’t ever leave your side. “Once you’ve recovered, we’ll go abroad for treatment. I’m sure you’ll have a chance to recover.”Their eyes were practically shining with sympathy. If I had not heard the truth from their very mouths, I might have believed them. When they saw how dejected I was, my mother exchanged a look wi
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Chapter 3
“Lucius, I told you before to stop fighting with me over everything! Look, you ruined the rest of your life, and you can’t even find your daughter. “The most important women in your life believe in whatever I say. You can’t possibly win against me. I’m telling you now, I’m getting the Stane family’s fortune.”I gritted my teeth tightly and trembled violently in rage.“Jacob, you’ll pay for this. You better hope that you can keep up your act, because my mother hates people lying to her the most. How long do you think you can keep this up?”But I was not a threat to Jacob at all in my crippled state. He suddenly came up to me, grabbed the knife from the fruit basket, and placed it in my hand. He sneered.“Have you forgotten who crippled you? Your beloved family are the ones who hired people to smash your spine. “The photos of you being beaten until you’re all bloodied are still saved in your mother’s phone! Do you think they’d believe in me or you?”Before I could register wha
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Chapter 4
My mother and Wendy merely shook their heads. In the next second, electricity coursed through my body. The pain and numbness caused my mind to go blank. I endured the pain and gritted my teeth tight. Meanwhile, Jacob said tentatively, “Aunty Gertrude, Wendy, I think I should just leave. I shouldn’t have come here.“Lucius is already sorry. Let him go.”But my mother shook her head resolutely.“He stabbed you with a knife. What about next time? He’s going to kill you.“He has already lost his mind.”Suddenly, she shoved the nurses away and squatted beside me. As she looked at my pale face, pity flashed in her eyes.“Lucius, I bore you for ten months and gave birth to you. Listen to me. Apologize to Jacob and live a proper life, okay?”Then, she cranked the current to the max. As my vision started blacking out, I heard Wendy crying.“Stop it, Gertrude! He’s going to die!”…When I was sent back to the Stane family’s house, I could not move temporarily because of the dam
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Chapter 5
The guests all thought that this was just a party trick and got to their feet while cheering. It made my mind return to that bloody day. Those nobles acted exactly like these guests. They kept clapping and paying for more. Only Wendy and my mother were stunned. There was only a corpse in the vase. A few months had passed, and the face had started rotting, but they could still see that it was Rebecca. “Rebecca! Darling!” Wendy covered her eyes with her hands as she screamed in disbelief. All the guests watched them in puzzlement. My mother was so shocked that she started swaying and fell into her chair. She did not dare look at the girl on the stage and refused to believe that her granddaughter had been stuffed into a vase. Since my legs were useless, I could only crawl on my hands to the stage.“Rebecca, I’m here. I’ll bring you home…”The ones watching finally realized that something was off, and they sighed with emotion. Since my elbows were scratching against t
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Chapter 6
“Stop being jealous.” …Jacob pulled a long face, and my mother woke up from her stupor. She immediately screamed, “Why are you still standing there?! Send Rebecca to the hospital!”Wendy finally stopped crying and gave my mother a look of anguish. I just found it hilarious and grabbed Rebecca’s body from her. They were the culprits behind Rebecca and my kidnapping as well as torture. What was the point in them crying?My mother practically crawled over to me. She looked even older than before. When I saw her state, I felt my heart clench in pain. “Lucius, let’s send Rebecca to the hospital, okay? I’m sorry. I never expected things to turn out this way.“I’m her grandmother. I feel worse than anyone here.”I avoided her when she tried to hug me. I could not find it in myself to call her my mother anymore. “Don’t you find yourselves disgusting? I really wish that I died in those people’s hands so that I could haunt all of you day and night!”Wendy and Gertrude had ne
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Chapter 7
“Aunty Gertrude, Wendy, what we need to do now is to cremate Rebecca. She’s already so rotten…”Suddenly, Jacob said these things, causing Wendy to nod in silence. But I knew that once Rebecca was cremated and her funeral ended, these people would still live as free people. I held Rebecca tightly and glared at them coldly. “You have no right to touch her.”After calming down again, Gertrude started trying to persuade me to let go. “Lucius, Rebecca needs to be cremated. It’s hot, and she’s going to rot even worse. “Everyone knows that a dead body appeared in Jacob’s promotion party now. He’s the one who’ll be affected by this.”I met her gaze squarely.“You’re no longer even trying to hide it, aren’t you? You’re just worried that Jacob will be impacted by this, and you won’t even tell the truth? I’m your real son here.”Gertrude was in a bit of a daze as she kept looking between me and Jacob. Jacob was her sister’s only son. After her sister passed away in an accident, she
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Chapter 8
She screamed, “I didn’t! Rebecca is my own flesh and blood! Why would I do this to her?!”Wendy was acting like she did nothing wrong. Some kind soul helped me get back into the wheelchair. Then, I rolled my sleeves up to show my arms. They were covered in whip scars and burns. “Wendy, weren’t you and Gertrude the ones who asked them to smash my spine and turn me into a cripple? Rebecca and I did nothing wrong. “But you sold us to the circus troupe just because Jacob said he isn’t safe. I’d have thought that he’s your husband and Gertrude’s son.”Wendy’s lips quivered under my mocking words, but even after a long time passed, she could not defend herself. Once the guests figured out the gist of the situation, they trained disdainful looks on these people. “They cried really hard when Lucius was kidnapped, but it was just all an act?”Since the truth was already out, Gertrude shut her eyes and whispered to me.“Lucius, you’re my son. I wouldn’t hurt you. I just owe my si
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Chapter 9
Someone quickly sent Gertrude to the hospital. After learning about the truth, Wendy stayed rooted to the floor, like she had her soul sucked out. Then, she fell to her knees and held Rebecca’s body as she cried. “Rebecca, I’m sorry! It’s all my fault!”The guests also called the police. “Jacob is in the wrong, but you’re horrible people too!”“You killed your daughter, Wendy, and Gertrude killed her own granddaughter! You’re all utterly insane.”When Jacob noticed that things were going south for him, he broke free of the people pinning him down and fled. I could not chase after him, but Wendy wiped her tears and comforted me. “Don’t worry. He won’t escape.“Lucius, I never expected things to turn out this way. I’m sorry…”But even she knew that her apology alone would not earn my forgiveness. I had been married to Wendy for five years. With Rebecca around, we were originally a happy family. But Jacob ruined everything. “Rebecca died, and I’m crippled. Do you really
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