All Chapters of Accursed Words: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

I was on my knees on the tiled floor. A sharp cramp twisted in my stomach. I had not eaten all day. Then, as my vision went black, I collapsed into a puddle. A black umbrella stopped over my head. John held Yara in his arms and looked down at me. He then raised his leather shoe and nudged my shoulder. John said, "Why are you so stubborn? If you admit your mistake, our parents will bring you back inside immediately! Why do you have to break everyone's heart?" I clenched my fists in the muddy water, my nails digging into the cracks between the tiles and said nothing. When I first came home, Mom was worried I would not get used to the bed, so she sat beside me all night and read to me. Dad rented out an entire theme park and said he wanted to make up for the childhood I had missed. John beat up a rich kid so badly he ended up in the hospital because he had mocked my accent. To hold on to this fragile family bond, I kept my mouth shut. Even when they misunderstood me. Even when t

Chapter 2

I knelt all night, and the rain had finally stopped by early morning. The front doors opened. Mom and Dad walked out, their eyes red. John followed behind them, carefully helping Yara next to him. Mom hurried forward and threw a medical report into the puddle in front of me, her eyes red. "The doctor said Yara suffered a shock so seriously that it triggered an arrhythmia! Her life was in danger, and you almost killed her, but you still won't even apologize." Dad leaned on his cane with both hands, his voice cold. "What a waste of our love… How could we have brought back someone as cold-blooded as you?" I looked down at the medical report soaking in the muddy water. Yara leaned against John and said in a weak voice, "Dad, Mom, forget it. Renee suffered so much out there. She only wanted to take everything back. I understand..." She broke free from John and walked over, then she crouched down and reached out as if she wanted to help me up. She chuckled softly in a voice onl

Chapter 3

I was locked in the basement for five full days. On the fifth night, the iron basement door was kicked open. John walked in, grabbed my collar and dragged me into the brightly lit hall. The Shaw family was hosting dinner tonight. The hall was filled with the family's older relatives. Yara wore a white dress and sat in a wheelchair, her face pale as she leaned in Mom's arms. John slammed me onto the Persian carpet in front of the older relatives. "You're going to apologize to Yara today in front of everyone! The doctor said Yara had a heart attack! If we had gotten her there one minute later, she would've died. "You knew she had poor health, but you still provoked her on purpose! This is attempted murder!" Mom pointed at me, shaking with anger. "This family gave you everything, but you were so desperate for attention that you tried to kill Yara! If you don't apologize in front of everyone today or you're dead to me!" The relatives around us began pointing and whispering.

Chapter 4

I lunged over and shielded Martha with my body. The leather shoes of the two security guards who came over slammed into my back. Meanwhile, Martha clutched her bleeding head and curled up on the floor. I held my body over hers, absorbing multiple kicks on my back until I could feel the pain in my organs. I looked up at my parents and brother, who stood above me like judges. Dad watched the security guards beat me and gave no sign he would stop them. Mom even covered Yara's eyes with concern, worried Yara would be frightened by the sight. Whatever affection they had from being a family was torn apart by their own hands. I had swallowed every insult and lived like I was mute to protect their lives. Yet they were going to beat an innocent woman to death over a fake daughter who lied through their teeth. "Stop hitting Renee... I'll admit it..." Martha cried weakly. John sneered and grabbed my hair, then yanked me up from the floor. "See that? That is the helper you hired! S

Chapter 5

"Yara is really sick. So sick that she is beyond saving. However, she suffers not from heart disease… Since you love to sit in a wheelchair so much, then you will never stand again." The room went dead silent. Yara shot up from the wheelchair and pointed at me as she screamed. "What are you talking about, you madwoman?!" The moment she finished speaking, several horrifying cracks rang out. Yara's legs, which had just straightened, bent backward at the knees in a grotesque way. "Ah!" She crumpled onto the carpet, clawing at her badly distorted legs as she howled. Mom was so frightened that she screamed, her eyes rolled back as she passed out cold. The hall fell into chaos. John was the first to react. With bloodshot eyes, he rushed toward Yara on the floor. "Yara! Ambulance! Call an ambulance now!" He took off his suit jacket and pressed it against the blood gushing from Yara's calves. White bone shards pierced through her dress, and his hands shook uncontrollably. He

Chapter 6

The corridor went deathly silent. Only the sound of air moving through the vent could be heard. John froze in place, his lips moving slightly. "That's… Impossible... Doctor, did you mix up the lab report?" He snatched the papers from the doctor's hand and read them. "She has often clutched her chest and said it hurt to the point she couldn't breathe for years. It was all in her medical records!" Dad panicked too and picked up his cane again. "That's right, Doctor. We took her to private hospitals here and overseas. She hasn't been able to handle stress since she was little." The doctor looked stern as he took the papers back. "The tests don't lie. The episode a few days ago was the first real cardiac episode in her life." "We also found a large dose of ephedrine in her blood," The doctor said as he pointed at one item on the report. "This is a banned drug that can cause palpitations, shortness of breath, and even brief shock. "Her usual so-called heart attacks were just tox

Chapter 7

Yara's wounded expression froze. She opened her mouth and was about to argue, but her neck suddenly jerked in a violent spasm. She raised her hand, and her nails dug uncontrollably toward her collarbone. At first, she only scratched lightly. A few seconds later, both hands were digging hard into the skin at her neckline and dragging down. Five bright-red scratch marks appeared. "It's so itchy... John… My whole body is itchy!" Yara screamed and writhed on the hospital bed, her hands clawing wildly at her arms, chest, and thighs as if she had gone insane. Her hospital gown tore open, and large patches of skin were scratched raw. Blood ran down with skin flakes. John panicked and held her hands down. "Yara! Stop scratching! Be careful of your legs!" But Yara could not hear him at all. Her eyes rolled back, and a beastlike growl came from her throat. She broke free from John and went straight for her calves, which were encased in heavy casts. "There are insects in my bones! They'

Chapter 8

Yara was tied to the hospital bed. The withdrawal from the drug, combined with the agony of her fractures, made her scream day and night. To stop her from hurting herself, the doctors used restraints to secure her limbs to the hospital bed's metal rails. She would only be able to use a wheelchair for the rest of her life. I left the Shaw family that very day. Half a month later, I was taking out the trash at my apartment building. When I turned around, John was standing beside the trash bins. He had lost so much weight that he looked like a different person. His eyes were dark, and his suit hung wrinkled on him. When he saw me, he quickly walked over to me and took something from his pocket, and held it out to me in both hands. It was the moonstone pendant he had torn out from my neck, the broken necklace had been replaced with a brand-new gold chain. "Renee..." John's voice was hoarse and thick with pleading. "I found the pendant and brought it back. I went to the mona

Chapter 9

Yara's withdrawal symptoms from the banned drug lasted two full months. Because I had drained the company, Dad could no longer afford the expensive private ward, so he had to transfer her to a six-bed shared room. That day, I brought my legal team to the hospital to have Yara sign a debt transfer agreement. As soon as I reached the ward entrance, I heard things being smashed inside. Mom was holding Yara's flailing arms tight, while Yara bit Mom's shoulder hard enough to cause bleeding. Her eyes were red as she roared at Mom. "Give me the drugs. Go to the black market and buy them for me! I can't take it anymore!" Mom cried out in pain and held Yara's face with both her hands. "Yara, taking so much of that drug can kill you... Hold on a little longer… The doctor said you'll be fine once you get through this..." "I can't get through this." Yara shoved Mom away, her nails digging into the bedsheet. "If I hadn't been trying to drive that witch Renee out of the family, I would

Chapter 10

When the first snow fell at the end of the year, the Shaw family's last mortgaged asset was seized and sold off. That same day, the new company under my name moved into the twin towers downtown. I bought a large apartment and Martha became the head housekeeper there. After John smashed her head open with a teapot, I paid for her treatment at the best private hospital and arranged a job for her daughter. Now, she cooked something different for me every day and helped me gain ten pounds. "Miss, eat the soup while it's hot." Martha walked over with a bowl, smiling widely. I took the bowl and sipped from it. The phone on the table vibrated and it was a bank transfer notification. A payment of five hundred dollars had arrived. The note read, [I got paid today. It's cold, so remember to dress warmly.] Over the past year, John had gone to the mines up north for work. My words about scraping a living from the dirt had come true, quite literally too. I heard that in his first

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