All Chapters of Countdown to Cancer: May Your Guilt Kill You: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Four months before I was diagnosed with stomach cancer, I was dressed in a Playboy Bunny costume and working in a bar. As I picked up a tray, I suddenly fainted.When I woke up in the hospital, I saw that I was admitted as a patient with a critical illness. The doctor asked me to stay in the hospital to receive treatment. If I didn't comply, I would die very soon.I stared at the astronomical amount on the medical bill—78,450 dollars.The bill didn't include the medicine I would need to purchase for future treatments, the fees I would have to pay for my stay in the hospital, or the services the hospital staff provided. That amount was simply the first payment that had to be made. The pen fell from between my fingers, and I refused to sign the document."You'll die if you're not treated," the doctor explained. "Where are your parents? Hurry and tell them to pay the medical bill."The doctor looked at me with a bewildered expression."They won't save me. In fact, they would proba

Summer's birthday party lasted for the entire day. The next morning, the guests who were leaving spotted me, the heiress of the Lewis family, passing out on the ground. I was completely drenched, and blooming bruises littered the skin of my arms and cheeks.I finally stirred awake from the pain when I heard them insulting me. I maintained a calm demeanor when I crawled back up onto my feet. When I entered the villa, the man I was terrified of collided with me, causing the blood in my veins to freeze over."Winter, you're back. Why are you all wet?"The old man with a wrinkled face grabbed my arm as he leered at me salaciously, giving me a once-over. He reached out his hand and touched my waist."It's been a long time since I last saw you, so I came to see you."He yanked at the buttons of my shirt and said obscenely, "Hurry and take off your clothes. You'll catch a cold if you don't."A fear from my past consumed me ever since I laid eyes on him. I was so scared that I was para

I felt like an aimless ghost when I made my way back to the Lewis residence. When I arrived, I stumbled upon the scene of the Lewises happily engaged in discussion with Summer's fiance.Autumn's smile was as gentle as warm as the spring sun, but when she spotted me, her expression immediately turned as cold as the biting winter wind. "Winter, you stole your sister's bracelet again," she spat.I frowned. I assumed that this incident had come to a close."Can you grow a conscience? Summer's fiance gave that bracelet to her as a promise. It carries a different meaning compared to a normal bracelet. She's been devastated for the entire day and night."I was not moved by Autumn's words in the slightest. She grabbed and pushed me toward Summer. "Hurry and apologize to your sister and give the bracelet back to her."My face remained an impassive mask, and I continued to stay silent. Upon seeing how I was behaving, Kenneth grabbed a fistful of my hair and forced my head down. "Apologi

On the first day of the New Year, the temperature dropped drastically, and it began to snow.I snuck into an abandoned factory and found a hiding spot where I could curl up. Although I had already layered all the clothes that I owned on myself, I was still trembling violently from the cold. I had spent the last of my money on painkillers, so I didn't have enough to stay in a hotel.I was unwilling to accept Andy's credit card. After all, I was about to die. I didn't want to owe anyone anything. I desperately wanted to find a warm place to stay, but unfortunately, I wasn't lucky enough to have that privilege.Retrieving my outdated phone from my pocket, I typed out a long message with my frostbitten fingers. I wrote down all of my thoughts in the message before sending it to the family group chat. No one had spoken a single word in that group chat before I sent my message.Not long after, a searing pain shot through my stomach. It felt like it was being torn apart like there were wo

Noticing the melancholy look on Andy's face, Kenneth grew displeased. "That's enough. There's nothing you can do if you can't contact her. If she wants to be bull-headed, just let her be. I don't believe that she won't show her face here again for the rest of her life."I'm going to teach her a lesson she won't forget once she shows up again. How dare she try to pull a disappearing act on us?""In the next two days, I'm also going to announce to the public that if she continues to stay missing, I'm going to disown her from the Lewis family. Let's see if she'll continue to be stubborn then."Autumn sighed repeatedly as disappointment flickered in her eyes. "Why does she have to make things so difficult for everyone? Today is Summer's wedding day, but she made everyone unhappy again."Seeing how Kenneth's and Autumn's hearts didn't soften despite learning of my disappearance, Summer breathed a sigh of relief.Meanwhile, Andy studied Summer's reactions closely. He didn't miss the g