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The Cuckoo's Egg Chapter 1
Roaring flames lit up the bedroom, sending waves of heat and smoke that choked me to tears. "Sweetheart, stay there and don't move!"Hearing the voice message my husband sent me, I finally realized that I was reborn.My husband's name was Joey Pierce, and he was the captain of the local firefighters. In my past life, I trusted him completely, not moving a single muscle even when my flesh was burning while waiting for him to come in and save me.It was only after my death that I found out that he had intentionally told me to stay there, where the flames were the most severe. With his logic, the more pain I went through, the more it'd be deserving of him 'saving my life'!Thinking back to how I was discriminated against after being disfigured in the fire, I immediately doused a blanket with water and dashed out of the room, covering my nose and mouth."Nina?"I had only just arrived at the living room when I came right upon my husband, wearing a firefighter's uniform. Without a s
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"Yes, what do you need?" The voice of the staff resounded, and everyone turned to look at Winnie. Within moments, I'd managed to expose her for lying about me playing games on my phone, and her face was flushed in embarrassment."I want to donate my husband's corpse," I said. "He just passed away, so can you please come to Charity Hospital as soon as possible?"The staff on the other end immediately agreed, and said they'd need thirty minutes to arrive.Thirty minutes, huh? I wondered how long Joey could last.Winnie finally reacted to what I was doing, and her eyes widened. "How could you donate Joey's body? He's not going to be able to rest in peace!"Tony didn't offer a single word of apology for blaming me for something I didn't do, and continued to be Winnie's staunch supporter. "That's right! Who knows, maybe this is a ruse, and you plan to sell Joey's organs to the black market! I won't be surprised if a woman like you does something that dirty, after all."The other fir
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Winnie's plan was as clear as day. She wanted to make me go away so that she could transfer Joey's body in secret, thus avoiding the people from the donation center. My reaction, evidently, made her completely lose any semblance of composure."Nina!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. "You're just trying to buy time until Joey's sperm becomes inactive!""How dare you?!" Tony glared at me, before raising his hand in a full arch and slapping my face, making it numb immediately."You have no other choice!" He said through gritted teeth, and it almost looked like he was trying to kill me with his glare alone. "If you didn't set your house on fire to attract Joey's attention, he wouldn't have died! You owe this to him, and you will never be able to repay him even if you spend the rest of your life trying!""I… set my house on fire…?" I was dumbstruck, and it only seemed to make him even angrier. "Don't even try to say you didn't, because I have proof!"After he said it, he thr
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I couldn't breathe properly while my mother-in-law's foot was pressed on my neck, and I couldn't help but let out a pained, choked sob.Hearing how much I was in pain just seemed to fuel my mother-in-law even further. "Police, she's the one who set that house on fire!" She screeched. "Get her away from here so my son can rest in peace!"The police couldn't watch this go on any further, and he quickly pushed my mother-in-law aside, helping me get up from the ground. "Hello, Miss Carson, we have to bring you with us to be questioned at the police station.""Yes, get her away!" My mother-in-law shouted, wanting nothing more than me to leave as soon as possible. That's when I finally realized that my in-laws knew that Joey had faked his death, too. They were in on the sham the entire time, so there was no wonder why they were able to exploit and extort me so readily in my past life.The whole time, I was the only one who didn't know the truth!In my past life, I gave my all to the
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A full shiver racked Winnie's frame, and she stared at me fearfully for a moment before she suddenly shrieked at the top of her lungs while holding her head, attracting everyone's attention."Quick, sedate her!" She ordered frantically. "She's hallucinating because of the fire, so we can't believe what she says! She's gone mad!"No one moved in response, only looking at her with puzzled expressions. Clearly, she seemed like the one who'd gone mad instead of me. Seeing this, Winnie became even more hysterical. "I'm a doctor! Aren't you going to believe me?"The police looked at each other worriedly, before looking back at me. "Miss Carson, I'm afraid we can't brush aside the possibility that you're mentally compromised, so can you please come back with us to the police station?" Winnie breathed a sigh of relief at his words, but I continued gripping onto Joey's bed with a death grip. "I'm not going anywhere until the donation center arrives."My mother-in-law's expression darken
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Honestly, wouldn't it be too anticlimactic to let him be found out this soon?He had caused me so much pain in my past life, after all, so it was only manners to repay him in kind.My mother-in-law quickly realized the consequences of holding a wake, and she started causing a ruckus again. "My son only wants to rest in peace, so you're not allowed to hold that damned wake for him!""Ma'am, don't worry about it." Tony's expression was stone cold, but there were tears in his eyes. "Joey wasn't only our captain… He was like a brother! We have to hold this wake so that everyone can remember his brave sacrifice!"At that, the rest of the firefighters surrounded Joey in a tight circle."We'll be leaving with our captain, and no one can interfere!"Without another word, they left the hospital with Joey in tow.And so, the plan for him to fake his death was a bust, and my mother-in-law fainted on the spot.I didn't pay any heed to her, only asking a nurse to treat my wounds and bandage
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As the three of them kept on blabbering endlessly, I quietly backed up and saved the audio I had recorded of them.In the days that followed, an endless amount of people came to pay their respects at the wake, and there was no chance for someone else to swap in to take Joey’s place. In the end, he could do nothing but lie in the coffin and hold on for dear life.His condition worsened by the day, and by the time the three-day wake period had passed, he was basically a one step away from actually dying. My mother-in-law simply couldn’t bear to watch it any longer. "That’s enough, we’re leaving with him right this second!"She’d already made preparations to smuggle Joey abroad over the night so that he could finally live his carefree life, but how could I let them have their way?"Mom, there's no need to be in such a rush." I said, pointing behind her, where an elderly professor wearing a white coat walked in with a group of medical students, bowing and presenting flowers to Joey.
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Screams filled the room as the students were scared out of their minds, screaming at the sight of Joey who had been 'resurrected'.The journalists had varied expressions, but they simultaneously reached for their cameras and snapped pictures, as if coming to an unspoken consensus.This was a big scoop, headline-worthy, even! Captain Pierce, the man who had been given a three-day memorial as a martyr, was alive!The professor was the first to react, grabbing Joey and demanding an explanation."I don't know anything!" Now that the ruse was up, Joey had no choice but to lie through his teeth. "I woke up to myself being dissected, so I'm the one who needs answers here!""Was it a case of suspended animation?" The professor wiped the sweat off his forehead.In all his years of practice, he'd encountered suspended animation a few times, so it wasn't completely unheard of."Y-Yes! I'm sure that was it!" Joey quickly nodded, being given a simple out instead of admitting to faking his
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