Accursed Words
The words from my mouth were cursed. Anything I said came true.
When I was eight, a child trafficker broke my right leg. I stared at him and said, "You made me limp, so I'll make you limp too."
A second later, steel pipes from an overturned truck went through both his legs.
When I was twelve, a staff member at the orphanage stole my winter coat. I said to her, "You stole my warmth, so I'll give you the cold. You won't live past tonight. Ice will be your coffin."
That night, she passed out drunk in a walk-in freezer and froze to death.
Then the wealthy Shaw family found me and brought me home. However, I knew I was a monster, so I kept my mouth shut and acted like I was mute.
But