Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Dead Brother Possessed a Dog to Steal My Life: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

"Teddy doesn't know any better. Can't you just be the bigger person?" Dad continued. "Look at Cochran. He used to be so patient with Teddy. Why can't you be like him?""It must be because you're treating Teddy poorly. Otherwise, why was he so well-behaved and gentle when your brother raised him, but bites you the moment he's in your hands?"Unable to endure it any longer, I jumped from the 30th-floor window. It was only after my death that I learned the truth.It turned out that Cochran's soul had been inside Teddy's body all along. He hadn't actually died in the car accident. Instead, he'd been in a vegetative state the entire time.Desperate to save him, my parents spent a fortune to find a shaman who could perform a life-swapping ritual.The shaman told them that Cochran had to possess a dog and remain at his blood relative's side for 49 days. He would have to bite me and scratch me every day to drain my life force. Once my life force was fully depleted, he'd come back to life.

Early the next morning, when Dad pushed open my bedroom door, the first thing he saw was Teddy lying listlessly inside the crate.His expression darkened instantly."Erika, what are you doing? How can you lock Teddy in a crate?"Hearing the commotion, Mom came over and hastily scooped him up. Teddy whimpered pitifully in her arms, and her eyes immediately turned red."How could you do this, Erika? He's the only thing your brother left us!"I stood by the bed and looked at them calmly without saying a word. It was the exact same story as in my previous life.If the dog bit me, it was my fault. If the dog was unhappy, it was my fault. Even if the dog somehow breathed wrong, it was still my fault.But it didn't matter.Even knowing I hated dogs, they would still keep him by my side, because Cochran's soul was inside Teddy, and he had to stay by my side for 49 days. Any less than that, and their precious son wouldn't wake up again."W-What's with that look?" Dad asked.Sensing my

Teddy thrashed violently on the table, then turned his head toward me. All the venom had vanished from his eyes. There was only terror.He barked at me, the sound frantic and shrill, as if he were cursing me—or begging me for help.I walked over and looked down at him.His whole body was trembling. His tail was tucked between his legs, and pee dripped over the edge of the table.I leaned close to his ear and whispered in a voice only he could hear."Cochran, in your next life, make sure you don't get reincarnated into a family that favors sons over daughters. Because your big sister isn't someone you want to mess with."Teddy's eyes flew wide, and my face was reflected in those black, beady eyes. And on that face, there was no anger, no sadness, not even the slightest hint of emotion.I simply looked at him calmly, just as he had watched me get bitten, tortured, and driven out of a 30-story window.Grant brought the blade down.A bloodcurdling wail tore through the entire yard

"When I was eighteen years old, Cochran wanted to buy a phone that cost nearly two thousand dollars for school. You transferred the money to him without blinking an eye," I continued. "Meanwhile, I paid my own college tuition with student loans and covered my living expenses by working part-time jobs."I never held any of it against you. I kept telling myself that you were my parents. You brought me into this world and raised me, so even if you favored him, that was fine. At the end of the day, I was his big sister."But you don't get to take my life."Mom broke down crying. "Erika, we didn't mean it like that… We really didn't have a choice back then—""Didn't have a choice?" I repeated, cutting her off."When you sought out the shaman, did he not tell you what swapping lives would ultimately cost? When you agreed to it, did you not know it would kill me?"She had nothing to say. Because she knew. She knew everything; she'd simply chosen to play dumb.Dad stood there, his l

Dad's texts were far more direct."Come home. We already gave the dog away. He won't bite you anymore. Just come home. Your mother and I can't live without you."I looked at the messages and ignored every single one of them. The last one, however, had been sent at 3:00 am. It was clearly from the shaman."Erika, your parents have already started suffering the backlash. The dog bit your Dad's left hand at 1:00 am and left a deep wound. Your mom held the dog all night as she cried. She can't even get out of bed now."The life-swap is irreversible. If you don't go back, they will die in your place. The choice is yours."I stared at the message, my finger hovering above the screen.Outside, the sun was rising. Golden light streamed through the window, falling across the floorboards in neat squares.I set the phone down and went into the kitchen to pour myself a glass of water.The water was scalding hot, steam still curling off the surface.Holding the glass, I stood by the wind