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When my body was placed on the simple operating table, it was still warm.Not that anyone cared, of course.With a surgical knife in hand, Zach Clark slowly but meticulously cut open my chest, and then, he was puzzled.“Huh? Why is there only one kidney?”But he soon resumed what he was doing. His movements were sure and smooth. As expected of the top nephrologist in the city.Some moments later, he removed a bloody kidney from my body and placed it on a uniquely-shaped instrument.“Send it to the hospital and have the staff perform the kidney transplant for Catherine immediately.”Gale Queen, Zach’s best friend, stared at the torso on the operating table and asked, “What about the woman’s body? Even though she only had a torso left when we bought her, it still feels weird to keep her around. Should we call the police?”Zach just washed off the blood on his hands and did not even spare the torso a look. He said in his usual nonchalant tone, “Just destroy it. We don’t want any a
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But Zach and Gale found something surprising when they were on their way to destroy my torso.I was pregnant.Zach even saw the burns he had adored on my stomach.Throughout the years, Zach always turned off the lights when he slept with me. It was probably because he did not want to see my disgusting face.But he should have been familiar with my body.Those burns were all marks left behind courtesy of my father, who burned me with cigarettes.Zach loved kissing those marks and said that they were like blossoming flowers. They were marks God gave me.But when he saw those familiar marks, he was only taken aback for a second before he threw me into a pool of sulphuric acid without even blinking.How strange. I knew that I was dead, but when my torso touched the sulphuric acid, I still felt excruciating pain.And when I saw Zach’s cool, unfeeling gaze, I could not help but think, ‘Zach, do you know this torso is mine? Or have you always wanted to do this?’“Whose family does s
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When he got back, Zach massaged the center of his brows because he was feeling tired.He had accomplished a major task, but for some reason, he felt uneasy.Then, as if he thought of something, he tapped on WhatsApp.His finger hovered over our chat.It still contained records of our argument.One month ago, Zach suddenly said that he was willing to marry me. Honestly, once I became an adult, we started sleeping together. Over the years, Zach never admitted that I was his girlfriend. He only ever told the others that I was his sister, much less talked about marrying me.But suddenly, he said that he was willing to marry me.In retrospect, that was one of the few moments of happiness that I had ever had, but in the next second, he said something that completely destroyed that happiness.“But on one condition: You have to donate a kidney to Catherine.”Catherine Queen was the girl whom he loved for years.I did not even know what I signed to Zach at that time, but when I wa
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Zach and I were neighbors, and we grew up together.I lost my mother when I was really young and lived with my alcoholic father.Meanwhile, Zach’s parents divorced, and he lived next door to me with his gentle mother.Zach’s mother loved me and would occasionally ask me whether I would become Zach’s wife.Whenever she did that, Zach would be highly against it.“Who’d want to marry a mute?!”Even so, Zach always protected me.When other people threw stones at me, ordered their dogs to bite me, or stole my stuff, he always ran over and fought against my bullies.Even if he was battered and bruised all over, he still stood in front of me as my protector.He said that he did not like me because I was mute, but he would always protect me because I was his star.Then, one year, my father got into major debt and wanted to sell me because I was useless, but Zach’s mother discovered his plot.She saved me, but my drunk father stabbed her thirteen times, and she never woke up again.
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Zach hated me, but he also felt guilty toward me.Both of us lost our parents that night.Since I was mute and deaf and since Zach’s mother said that I was the treasure she protected, Zach did not leave my side.Instead, he took upon himself the responsibility of being my brother and brought me up, but I knew that he still hated me.Over the years, whenever it was his mother’s death anniversary, he would get himself drunk and go alone to visit his mother.I went with him once, but in his drunken state, he kicked me away.He then grabbed my neck, and with a fearsome expression, said, “Stella, you’re not worthy of visiting my mother!”But after he became sober, he hugged me and touched the bruises on my neck while apologizing to me. “I’m sorry, Stella. I just feel… really conflicted.”I knew that.He would even cover my face when he slept with me.Honestly, I felt conflicted too.I wanted to treat him as my brother and stay by his side forever, but things did not go my way.A
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Gale started talking up a storm once they got into the car.“Are you missing your little mute lady?”Zach threw his phone away and said coldly, “No. Why would I?”“If you don’t like her, say it clearly to her. She’s mute and is really pitiful, you know?”“She’s pitiful?” Zach yanked his tie off and felt really frustrated. “What about her is pitiful? I brought her up and gave her a good life, and what did she do? She ended up becoming a selfish, ungrateful brat. I just nagged her a little, and she gave me the cold shoulder. She must think she’s a big shot now.”“No matter what, you grew up together. Even if she doesn’t love you romantically, she’ll still treat you as family. Why don’t you call her and mend things with her?”“No need.” Zach cast his phone a glance and spoke even more coldly, “I’m not putting up with her horrible temper!”Even so, after a while, Zach still picked up his phone and sent me a simple message.[I’m coming back home for dinner tomorrow night.]Look. Ev
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“Is that so?” Zach massaged the center of his brows again and shut his eyes.I, too, shut my eyes.If Zach had asked a few more questions to get a clearer answer or even called me, even if I could never hear his voice clearly again, my phone would still ring… in the trunk of his car.But he did not do it.Not in the past, and not in the present.He would not do it in the future either.With my kidney, Catherine’s surgery was a success.Zach was really concerned about Catherine. Even if she had not woken up, he never left her side.When she did, he finally felt relieved.“Thanks for saving me, Zach.”“You don’t have to thank me. We’re friends, after all. Besides, you saved my life.”Catherine forced a smile and said nothing else, as if she was weakened by the surgery and did not have the strength to speak.But I was the only one who knew that she was feeling guilty.She knew that the one who saved Zach in the past was not her, but me.Honestly, though, I think that to Zach
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Catherine first showed up in our lives when Zach was in university, and he started talking about her a lot.Catherine, Catherine…I went to see her in secret once. She was really pretty and came from a good family. She was like a prideful swan.Compared to me, who could not speak and could not hear clearly, she was like a precious gemstone, and I was dirt.Later on, when Zach went hiking with her, I followed behind them in secret as well.I saw Zach smiling at her in a relaxed fashion. It was a smile he had never shown me.At that moment, I was really worried about losing him.I was like a dull clown who was following behind a couple who were perfect for each other.Then, when I saw them arguing and splitting up, I felt relieved.But their argument that time nearly cost Zach his life.He slipped and fell off the cliff.I did not really know how I managed to find him, nor did I know how I managed to carry someone who weighed more than 140 pounds back to the hiking track when
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‘I don’t want it, Zach.’ I thought. ‘Since we were children, I always wanted you to live freely and happily. I never wanted to be a burden that stopped you from running to your future.‘I don’t want you to ruin it and turn into such a scary person because of me.’“Stella, you’ve never been my burden. You’re my one and only family in the world.“I was useless and didn’t protect you well, but don’t worry. I’ll go over and be with you very soon.“I told you before: I’ll stay beside you and protect you forever.”When he cut his flesh open with the surgical knife, I screamed. I wanted to go over and stop him, but I could not touch anything.I could only watch as Zach cut his torso open.The pain made him unable to continue. He hissed.“So, it hurts this much?”But he only smiled and injected anesthesia in himself. Then, he continued cutting open his torso.He was covered in blood and looked like a demon.I had no idea how long he kept this up.The pain made his survival instin
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The final time I met Zach was by the pool of sulphuric acid.He held my head and carefully covered it with a beautiful white veil.Bound beside him were Catherine and Gale.“Zach, if you want to take revenge, come at me! This has nothing to do with Catherine!”“So, you can actually feel fear, Gale?”Zach put me on a table and wiped away nonexistent dust on my face.He then kissed my rotten head and said with a smile, “Be good, Starling. Once I deal with your bullies, we’ll go home together.”‘Don’t!’ I screamed. ‘Zach, have you lost your mind?! This is a crime!’“Zach, are you crazy?! Not only did you break me out of prison, but you also kidnapped my sister! The police will know about this soon enough! You can’t ruin your future!”“Future? What other future do I have?” Zach smiled. “Do you know why I became a doctor? Because Starling nearly died from a fever when she was twelve. I carried her on my back while begging for money door to door, but no one helped me. From that mome
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Since my head was discovered, I found that I started growing weaker.I knew then that this must mean that my attachment to the world was about to fade away.I was about to disappear.Gale was sentenced to death.Even though he said that he killed me because he found Zach an eyesore, we all knew that he did it for Catherine.He was the adopted son of the Queen family and had always taken care of his sister.He would do whatever it took to keep Catherine alive, regardless of the cost.He would even kill his sister in all but blood.From that day onward, Zach stopped going to work.He stayed home with my head in his arms.Just like before, he cleaned up the house and cooked my favorite food.He would then remove the fat on the meat and eat the food I could never again finish.He even bought a wedding gown for me.But I only had a head left, so I could only wear the veil.He told me that I was the prettiest girl he ever met.He even told me that he rejected my proposal becau
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Bam!When Zach got home, he destroyed that huge, heavy statue.After it crumbled to pieces, a head that was preserved perfectly via chemicals showed up.She looked calm, and her eyes were wide open, as if she could not feel any pain.It was as if she was asleep, just with her eyes open.Zach acted as if he discovered treasure. He pushed away the hair over her face and nuzzled against her cheek.“Don’t worry, Starling. I’ll always protect you.”
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A police officer rushed over to Zach.“Mr. Clark, we identified the person who picked Ms. Riverra from your house seven days ago. Do you know Gale Queen?”When Gale was arrested, he appeared exceptionally calm.“Yes. I did it. I lied to her to get her out and had someone kill her.“It’s nothing, really. I just found Zach an eyesore, that’s all.”Gale smiled. When he looked at Zach, it was as if he still treated him as a friend.“Where is she?”“What are you saying, Zach?”“I’m asking you: where is she?”Gale was still smiling. “Didn’t I tell you? She has always been beside you. Zach, you’re smart. You should know that there aren’t that many coincidences in the world, right? Why would the black market have a female corpse all of a sudden? It even had a kidney that was a match for Catherine! That woman had also donated her kidney once and only had one left. Coincidentally, she was also pregnant.”“You… You b*stard! Even though she’s harmless and your sister in everything but bl
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‘Starling must have been scared, and she called me three times, just as we promised.‘If I had answered, she would have been so happy.‘No matter how much pain she was in and how terrifying the person threatening her was, she must have believed that I would save her.‘But I did not go.‘I even snapped at her. I said, “Stella, could you stop?! I told you that Catherine is in danger! If you won’t help her, stop annoying me!” ‘I abandoned her.’Honestly, when I was stabbed, it hurt a lot.But after Zach snapped at me, for some strange reason, I lost all sense of pain.Even when my head was cut off and my limbs were severed, I did not feel much pain.Right from the start to the end, I never shed a tear.But Zach cried, though he only came to realize it much later.“Why am I crying? It must be fake. Why would I be crying?”He eventually wiped away his tears when he got a call from the hospital.“Are you Stella Riverra’s family? I’m from the First Hospital. She’s scheduled for
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“You’re lying!”Zach’s eyes burned with rage, and he grabbed Catherine’s neck.“That can’t be possible! She’s weak, and she even trips over her own feet! How could she have carried me out of the mountain?!”“Cough… Let me go, you crazy b*stard!”Catherine shoved him away.“I’m going to tell you something else, Zach. Stella was the one who gave you her kidney! I heard her begging Sam not to tell you. She didn’t want you to feel guilty, and so she decided to hide it from you forever!“Hahaha! What an idiot! She decided to devote herself entirely to a man! It’s no wonder she died! Hahaha!”“Shut up! Just shut up!”That day, Zach acted as if he had lost his mind.In the end, the police came and had to fight tooth and nail to save Catherine from his hands.But when he was at the police station, he finally got news about my death.“Even though we haven’t managed to find Ms. Riverra’s corpse, based on the amount of blood we found at the scene of the crime, we believe she was dismem
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A few days passed. Zach never went to work.He did not answer any phone calls either.He just tied an apron around his waist and cleaned up our house. He also made a lot of my favorite foods.He even filled up my plate for me and cut off all the fatty bits of my meat.“You don’t like eating fat, but you want your lean meats to still have fat on them. Why are you so spoiled? Eat up. I’m not going to spoil you again.“Stella, you think you’re a hot shot now? You can’t even finish that bit of food? Look at you! You’re so skinny!“Forget it. Hand your food over. I’ll finish it. Don’t waste your food anymore. Wasting food is a despicable thing, understand?!”I watched him talk to the air, just like that.Then, he would happily eat the food on my plate.After that, he went back to our bedroom and hugged my pillow, just like how he usually hugged me. He would also caress the pillow gently.“Starling, I’m really tired. Let me hold you for a bit.”I knew that Zach was acting strange.
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Zach finally called the police.They looked through the security footage and finally came to the conclusion that I had gone missing near an abandoned factory.While it was an abandoned factory, when it snowed, couples would go there to take photos and upload them on social media. It was a famous date spot.Zach drove over to the place.As he stumbled around, he shouted my name.Then, he seemed to have remembered something, and he looked at the abandoned factory in disbelief.Had he finally realized that he was really close to the place where he cut open that nameless torso?“Mr. Clark, our police dogs found this in the snow.”It was a bloodied hearing aid.I could not quite describe Zach’s expression accurately. He seemed shocked but also in disbelief.In the end, he took the expensive, custom-made hearing aid he bought for me.“That’s impossible… This can’t be hers… There are plenty of hearing aids in the world. This can’t be hers. She’s still waiting for me at home for us
