Erina's Curse (ENGLISH VERSION)

Chapter 33.2

What she said shocked me and made me speechless. I didn’t know that. No one told me that. Is that the reason why Uncle Loui’s always not around? Why he’s always busy and doing overtimes? I don’t have an idea.

“I-I didn’t know……” I trailed as she stepped towards me while pointing her fingers angrily.

“Of course, you don’t know! They treat you here like a f*****g diamond when in fact you’re nothing but a slut---”

“What’s happening here?!” we both looked at the stairs when I heard my mother spoke.

She immediately run towards me and hug me to her chest.

“What did you just say to my daughter Letty?!” I can hear my mother’s anguished as she talked to her husband’s sister. She never mentioned them to me, or her relationship with them. I didn’t notice because I was engrossed with other things but now, I realized that she never told me about Uncle Loui’s family. Now, I guess I don’t have to ask anymore.

“What? She needs to know!”

“Know what Letty? You have to f*****g understand that it’s not my daughter’s fault! It’s those people who so shallow minded to do things like that!”

“What’s all this?” they stopped bantering when Uncle Loui arrived.

I didn’t know how or when, but the second floor was immediately filled with Angelo’s aunts. They were bantering nonstop and despite me covering my ears, I still hear their words. I just want to sleep right now so I wouldn’t be able to hear them saying words towards my mother who brought their family bad luck. Who was previously married and now brought her daughter which caused them their customers.

“No! we didn’t even want her as your wife Loui! And now you’re living with her daughter? Are you just dumb or what?”

“Huh! So, all of you are still not over the fact that your only brother married me huh? That’s so old news already! We already have a child! And it’s his birthday today!”

“We love Angelo, but we just can’t handle the f**k that you brought that slut of a daughter you have!”

I don’t know what happened after those hurtful words, but I felt my mom letting go of me. And with that, I saw her charging at Letty with full force. I was startled and was not able to move at first but when is aw them ganging up at my mother, I couldn’t help but join the fight.

“Stop!”

“No! You stop!”

I can hear Uncle Loui’s voice but despite him being strong as a man, he can’t possibly stop six angry women fighting for their dear life, and hair of course. I felt someone pulling my hair and because I was weak from crying; I easily fell down and hit my butt on the hard floor.

“Leila!” my mother immediately went to me for help but when I said that I was okay she charged again. it wasn’t a fun sight, it was chaotic and because I hurt my butt a little, I wasn’t able to stand up.

“Mom!” I called feeling the heaviness in my chest. I started coughing but it didn’t make me feel any better. I feel like a 10-pound rock is above my chest squeezing me to death.

“M-Mom…...” I trailed as I pound my hand into my chest hoping to erase the heaviness, I was feeling but still no vail.

My vision started to get blurry as I come up for air. “Mom……” I tried my hardest to call her again, but I guess there’s no voice coming out of my mouth anymore.

“Achi!” I heard Angelo’s voice as darkness consumed me.

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“Doc, what happened to my daughter?” I heard my mother’s voice. That same sweet voice that used to read me stories before I go to sleep.

“We still have to do a couple more test to make---”

I tried to fight my drowsiness to hear what the doctor might say but my eyelids are so heavy that I couldn’t force it to open.

“Leila?” I can feel someone caressing my face and my hair. I can also feel the heaviness in my chest and the thing around my mouth is also uncomfortable. I can feel the urge to pee and maybe it was that feeling that made me open my eyes.

“Leila? Call the doctor!” my mother’s teary eyes where the first thing I saw as I opened my eyes.

“Leila? Are you feeling all right baby? Tell mommy please, do you need anything?” I was startled when tears started falling from her eyes to her cheeks.

“M-Mommy……” I said trying to sound louder but a tiny whisper is what I can only take.

“Yes, honey?”

“C-Crying…. why?” I struggled to speak, and I don’t know why but doing anything is making me extremely tired.

Before she can answer me, doctors and nurses came rushing into the room. They did different test, but I noticed that they were checking my heart a lot.

During all those check-ups, I fell asleep again. I don’t know what’s happening, but I just feel tired all the time.

“Are you sure?” I heard my mother’s sobs as I try to open my eyes but us usual, I can’t.

“I’m sorry Mrs. Choi, we’ll do our best for treatments, but I can’t change the fact that your daughter has it,” the doctor answered my mother’s question which for some reason made her cry even more.

Days after, when I started to gain strength, I found out why I’m always out of breath and is always tired even without doing anything.

The gods decided that I haven’t suffered enough and gave me a deadly cardiovascular disease.

Am I really that worthless? Am I really that sinful? Oh wait, didn’t you ask for this Erina? Didn’t you want to die? Maybe I did but seeing my mother cry and realizing the things that I haven’t done, and the things that I still need to finish, I guess my life is too short.

I still want to live. And even with all these treatments, I still want to endure. And no amount of medicine can stop my newly found desire.

I have to finished what I started. I have to earn forgiveness. And also need to forgive.

After all the medicines and the devices implanted to help my heart beat normally, I decided to come home and sing again. because it’s what I want to do. It’s what I’m born for. I’ll live to finish all the songs I haven’t written. I’ll live to sing them, and I’ll live to free the only man who chose to love me.