All Chapters of No More Taking the Fall: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

8 Chapters

Chapter 1

I took Shaun Fisher's place and spent three years in prison, counting every day until I could get out.I thought when I was released, Joan West would keep her promise and marry me.I thought my sister, Helen Fisher, would treat me the same way she treated Shaun, just like she said she would.And yet, the day I walked out, they dragged me straight into hell with their own hands."Joan, your family isn't going bankrupt anymore. Helen, you're healthy again. Why are you still trying to please Shaun by hiring those thugs to humiliate me? I gave you a kidney! I spent three years in prison for you! Why are you doing this to me?!"Too much had happened today. Every single thing felt unreal.I shouted at them like I had lost my mind, my eyes burning as I asked the same questions over and over.All I got back was impatience from Joan and Helen. They were afraid I would ruin the wedding, so they locked me up and left to attend it, all smiles.I hated them for everything they had done. Aft

Chapter 2

I thought Joan was scared, that she regretted it.Instead, she laughed right in my face. "You really will say anything! Do you think you're capable of that? You can forget about calling the cops and ruining my wedding with Shaun. Stay here and think about what you've done."She ignored my struggling and shouting, picked up my phone, and walked out.The doors and windows were locked.My phone was gone.This place was out in the suburbs. I could scream all I wanted, and no one would hear me.For three full days, I survived by swallowing toilet paper when I was starving. I even drank water straight from the bathroom sink.Right when I thought I might actually die in there, Joan came back with Shaun."Matt, ever since you came back, you've been trying to take everything from me. Our parents, our sister, and now even the person I love. I put up with all of it. Why won't you just leave me alone?"Shaun grabbed my hair, his eyes red, and drove his fist into me.I didn't even under

Chapter 3

Every time I refused Helen, she used her life to pressure me.Before, I always gave in because I felt sorry for her. Now, it only made me sick."Helen, your health was already stable before I went to prison," I sneered. "But my condition depends on Shaun's affection. What if his feelings drop, and I get sick again? I…"She tried to play the victim again.I cut her off. "That's enough. You hired those thugs to humiliate me. Was that to please Shaun, or to drive me out of the Fisher family so I wouldn't get a share of the inheritance? You know the answer."I graduated from a top university. I wasn't stupid. I had just been trapped in family ties and love, which compelled me to step back again and again.Helen's expression darkened at my words. She stood up, looking at me with disappointment."My health matters more than your reputation. You were never this unreasonable before. Prison really changed you."I didn't bother arguing with someone pretending not to understand."If

Chapter 4

Blood stained the corner of Helen's mouth, and her face drained of all color. She lay on the floor, trying to push herself up. Her hands trembled so badly that she couldn't even support her own weight.Just moments ago, she had looked healthy, full of color.Now, she didn't even have the strength to stand."Ugh!"She coughed up another mouthful of blood, her body curling in on itself as she cried out in pain.Joan wasn't doing much better. As she listened to her assistant on the phone, her brows tightened more and more."Shaun picked that plot out in the suburbs himself! He said it was a guaranteed win. How is there an old burial site under it? Now, we can't even get our money back? And those new EVs went through every test we had. How are they all suddenly failing?"Helen looked terrified, while Joan looked furious.At the same time, they both turned to me.For a second, I thought they finally realized I had been telling the truth and regretted what they had done to me.Bu

Chapter 5

I looked at Helen without a trace of emotion. "I did this to you? Haven't you been the one hurting me this whole time?""I didn't have a choice. It was the system's task. I just wanted to live," she replied. Tears streamed down her face, her eyes full of pain.Just like before, she was playing the victim again.Every time I questioned her, she pushed the blame onto the system, making herself the innocent one.I used to believe it. I used to feel sorry for her.Now, I could only see how stupid I had been.I laughed coldly. "You keep saying the system forced you. Did it force you to make me donate a kidney? Did it force you to hire those thugs to humiliate me, ruin my name, and throw me out of the house?"Cornered again and again, Helen snapped. "You used to be kind and understanding! How did you turn so selfish and cruel after one prison sentence?""So exposing who you really are makes me cruel?" I retorted. "Wh-what…"She struggled to her feet, then coughed up another mouthf

Chapter 6

My bodyguard kicked Joan to the ground.As I thought about how I had gone to prison because of her and how she had nearly strangled me more than once, the hatred in my chest surged uncontrollably."I'll say whatever I want! Why would I need your permission? Who do you think you are?" I snapped.She had only ever acted this way because I used to love her. Now that I didn't, she was nothing.Joan curled up on the ground, crying out in pain.Helen walked over, frowning, her face full of disappointment."Matt, calling the police on Shaun was already a huge mistake. How could you go this far and hit Joan? Apologize to her now! Then turn yourself in and tell them you made a false report about Shaun."I clenched my fists. "Why should I?""You still have the nerve to ask why? Shaun is the one tied to our systems. If you send him to prison at a time like this, what happens to my health? What happens to the West family's business?" Helen snapped.I laughed, bitter and sharp. "What about

Chapter 7

Helen froze for a moment, her voice breaking."I'm your sister. I've protected you since we were kids… I've only stayed alive this long because of that system, and you went and activated that anti-system device. That's basically a death sentence for me! How can you be so cruel?"A bitter laugh slipped out of me. "Cruel? This device has been ready for a long time. I kept delaying it because of you and Joan. And how did you repay me?"I gave up a kidney for them and spent three years in prison.Not only were they ungrateful, but they also tried to destroy me completely.Helen panicked. "It wasn't me! Hiring those thugs was Joan and Shaun's idea. It had nothing to do with me. I…"Even now, she was still trying to lie.Losing what little patience I had left, I pushed her back and shut the door.She stayed outside, begging."Matt, please save me! I'm your sister. How could I ever want to hurt you? I just wanted to live! I got carried away for a moment and let Joan and Shaun convinc

Chapter 8

Joan and Helen got their stories straight and started trying to clear my name.They claimed Shaun had fooled them before, that they had misunderstood me.Now, they were saying they finally knew the truth. Shaun was the one who put someone in a vegetative state, made me take the blame, and even tried to steal my research.Not long after the statement went out, Helen showed up in a wheelchair, weak and pale, begging to see me."Matt, do you see that I meant it now?""Not even close. If you were actually sorry, you would've turned yourself in and admitted you hired those thugs to assault me and smear my name," I retorted. They trashed my reputation, then tried to clean it up like that made everything okay, and expected me to be grateful.Helen really thought I was still the same idiot as before.She avoided the question, her voice trembling."Think about how I used to treat you. I was good to you, wasn't I? I'm your sister… Can you just help me this once?"She struggled out of

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