After Being Hurt 99 Times, I Abandoned My Family のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

Nathan still refused to give up. He gritted his teeth and set a final deadline."Let’s hold on for three more days. If it still doesn’t work, we’ll have to settle for Nora Hart for now."Only then did I finally understand.The "accidents" I experienced over the past three months had never been accidents.Every injury was inflicted on me by the family I loved more than anything.And they did it all to bring back Suzy Lane, the woman who stole my body!I wanted to scream and demand an explanation, but only the metallic taste of blood rose in my throat.The ambulance siren pierced the silence.They rushed over and lifted me onto the stretcher, their faces filled with concern as they pleaded desperately with the paramedics."Please save her! You have to make sure she recovers completely!"Their trembling hands and reddened eyes looked almost exactly as they had a year ago, when the falling beam struck me.In a daze, I felt as if I had returned to the day of my eighteenth birthday celebrati

He sneered and tapped his fingers against the table."Why don’t we set fire to everything she treasures while she’s still in the hospital? Maybe… the shock will finally make her spirit collapse completely?"Mom hesitated, her voice as soft as a sigh."Surely it won’t come to that… Nora may not know how to act spoiled like Suzy or cling to us while saying sweet things, but she has still lived with us for eighteen years…"Dad swept a cold gaze over their hesitation, then ground out his cigarette in the ashtray."Let’s try it. We can always buy Nora new things afterward. She has always been easy to placate. A little coaxing is all it takes to make her feel better."I crouched in the shadows with Mimi in my arms and watched them return to the old villa.Then I watched helplessly as my computer, diaries, every gift I had received over the past eighteen years, and even my room twisted and collapsed in the flames, eventually turning into a glaring sea of red.The heat blasted against my face,

The expressions of all four of them suddenly froze, as if a heavy blow had finally jolted them awake.They seemed to realize at last that they had treated me terribly.Mom forced down her emotions and softened her voice."Nora, you’ve misunderstood…"I looked up at them."There’s no misunderstanding. Don’t you want Suzy Lane back? I’ll leave tomorrow and give you what you want."All four of them stiffened, clearly unprepared for my decisiveness.Dad’s voice softened in a way it rarely did."Nora, it’s not that we don’t like you… We just want to know where Suzy is and whether she’s doing well."He paused, as if trying to salvage the situation."It’s not that we don’t love you. We’re just… worried about her. She isn’t as strong as you. She’s delicate and cries easily…"Once we see Suzy and make sure she’s doing well, our family can live happily together again. All right?"I could not hold back my tears any longer.If they had said those words when I first returned instead of hurting me a

In the end, Dad was the first to turn and leave.Mom followed, then my two brothers.Their footsteps gradually faded down the corridor, leaving Suzy sitting on the hospital bed in stunned disbelief.Outside the window, dusk settled over the world.A withered leaf tapped lightly against the glass, as if asking an unspoken question.When the last footsteps disappeared at the end of the corridor, the aggrieved expression vanished from Suzy’s face."System!"She lowered her voice and gritted her teeth."What is going on? Why did I run into those awful people again?"The system answered truthfully.[Nora Hart voluntarily gave up all ownership of this body and left everything to you.]Suzy’s expression froze for a moment."What do you mean? She… She doesn’t want this identity anymore?"The system’s voice carried an unusual solemnity.[That’s right. She chose to leave permanently.]"Ha!"Suzy suddenly laughed. Her fingers, tipped with perfectly manicured nails, twirled a strand of hair."Tha

“And your handwriting is exactly the same as Nora’s!”Noman staggered and nearly fell to his knees in front of everyone. His voice came out as hoarse as sandpaper."There’s always a pot of mint on the windowsill in your lab… It’s the only plant Nora ever managed to keep alive… You are Nora!"His voice rose suddenly, thick with tears.I watched their reddened eyes and trembling fingertips with cold indifference.Once someone was hurt beyond the point of endurance, even the closest bonds could lose all meaning."I’m sorry, but you really have mistaken me for someone else."Yet the four people in front of me were certain I was the person they were searching for. They clung to that belief like a lifeline and completely fell apart before me.Richard’s tears struck the patent documents as he spoke, every word filled with remorse."We were wrong… We mistook trash for treasure and thorns for roses… We were blind to the truth, and only now can we finally see it… Can you forgive us this once?"R