Lahat ng Kabanata ng Am I Really a Jinx?: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 8

It was New Year's Eve, and we were moving to a new house.I was wearing an old shirt that had faded and shrunk. Sniffling, I gathered up the courage to say to Mom, "Mom, I-I want to spend the New Year in the new house too."The moment the words left my mouth, everyone stopped packing. Their looks were full of disdain.Mom sighed and spoke with clear irritation. "Sharon Bell, stop being so selfish. It's the New Year. Do you want something to go wrong for us? You can go once things settle down."I blinked back tears and nodded slowly.I leaned against the door, listening as their voices grew fainter."Sharon has the flu. Would it be okay for her to stay here alone?"When I heard Dad's voice, my chest tightened, and tears welled up."Oh, Dad, Sharon's a jinx! If she comes with us, what if the move doesn't go smoothly? It's the start of the year! Anything bad happening would be so unlucky!"My sister, Siena Bell's, words hit me like a sharp needle."Yeah, she's sick. She's probab

The next day, the bright red sun shone down on my corpse. However, no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't warm it.It was the second day of the New Year, and we were supposed to visit Grandma.I heard Dad say, "Why don't we bring Sharon along? It's the New Year. Mom always misses her the most."I felt a glimmer of hope. Were they finally going to notice I was gone?However, Mom sounded irritated. "Don't bother. My luck's been awful these days. It's definitely that jinx's fault!"As I was dead, I couldn't shed a tear, but I desperately shouted, "Dad, Mom, please, check on me! I'm dead. I won't bother you anymore!"They couldn't hear me.When we arrived at Grandma's house, I couldn't hold back my sadness any longer. I rushed to her, but I passed right through her.Yeah, I was dead. I could never hug her again."Where's Sharon? Why isn't she here?" Grandma asked.Mom smiled. "Mom, Sharon's got the flu. We didn't want her to give it to you, so she stayed home. She'll visit once

I lay motionless on the couch. My body was in an awkward position, and my face had turned black.I looked like a statue."Sharon, stop sleeping! Wake up! Mr. Reyes said you're not a jinx!" Mom shouted as she rushed over.This was the news I'd wanted to hear for so long in the past ten years, but it was too late.Mom came over and pushed me hard, but my body was already too stiff. My face was frozen in the pained expression I'd been wearing before I died.My eyes were fixed on the ceiling and nearly bulging out. They were filled with frozen terror.Mom touched my cold, lifeless body, and she finally realized something. Trembling, she tried to check for my breath."Ah!" She screamed in terror and collapsed to the floor.Her hand shook as she pointed at me. Her words were barely forming. "S-Sharon... she… she's not… breathing…"Everyone behind her was stunned.Dad's hands shook as he quickly dialed 911.The ambulance arrived quickly."There's no saving her. She's already brain

The police suddenly shifted their focus. "And you, business has its ups and downs. How can you blame a child for it? When you were making money, why didn't you think about her?"Dad couldn't say anything in defense."No, no! She's the jinx! We're not wrong! We're not wrong! I did all of this for the family! Officer, you can investigate! Our family has gotten better because of her bad luck over the years!" Mom began to ramble incoherently.She couldn't accept the fact that I had died."You people are truly foolish! You've destroyed a child's life just because of a ridiculous lie!"The police officer frowned, and his anger rose as he spoke up for me.I quietly bowed my head in thanks.The past ten years of my life had been ridiculous. The whole thing was a nasty scam.They had trapped me with the jinx label, using me as a scapegoat for their failures. Now that I was dead, there was no one they could blame.I doubted they could handle even a fraction of the suffering I had endure