All Chapters of I Hired an Undertaker After Getting Cancer: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

11 Chapters

Chapter 1

When I cut my wrists, I sent the undertaker I hired my exact location.[It’s 304, Unit 1, Garden Road. Don’t get it wrong now.[Be sure to come two hours later.]Half a month ago, I learned that I had cancer, so I went online to hire an undertaker and asked him to provide the full service. I also asked him to come whenever I asked him to.The older generation always said that you had to be properly buried, or you would not be able to rest in peace, and I believed it.So, I worked hard to gather money in order to secure myself a proper burial, but to my surprise, after I sent the message, I received a call from my undertaker. The deep voice of a man came through the phone. “Sorry, something came up in the afternoon, so I won’t be able to go. I can give you your money back. Does that sound good?”When I heard this, my phone nearly slipped out of my grasp.I bit my lip and said, “You promised that you’d come when I asked you to!”If I had not seen all the good reviews the people
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Chapter 2

Neither of us said anything else in the quiet room. When the phone beeps came through, I finally realized that the undertaker had hung up on me.I smiled self-deprecatingly.God must be pulling a really nasty joke on me. He would not even let me die a peaceful death.Since my plan to take my own life had been delayed, I used some gauze to wrap up my wounds so that I would not die too quickly.Then, I opened WhatsApp in the hopes that I could get someone to collect my body.But even when I scrolled through my contacts, I found that I had fewer than a hundred contacts, and half of them were just acquaintances I made so that we could bulk buy stuff at a lower price.I went to Instagram and saw Lydia Marsh, my sister.Then, I clicked on her Instagram profile. I saw the pictures she uploaded there.She got those when our family celebrated her birthday with her.Everyone was smiling happily.I did not dare like the post, because that would make me look like a neglected child
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Chapter 3

I was also a part of the family, but at some point in time, I was considered an outsider.When we were children, Lydia accidentally fell into a pool and hurt herself, but Garcia Marsh, my mother, blamed me for it.She asked me why I did not save Lydia and thought that I was a conniving person. She accused me of being jealous of Lydia and wanting to hurt her.Hence, to protect Lydia, the entire family decided to send me to a boarding school, and I could only return home once a year.They did it in the name of discipline.I was trapped in the boarding school for eight years, but Lydia stayed with the family.Every time Lydia celebrated her birthday, the family organized a fireworks show that spelled her name in the air.And on my own birthday, I would stand on the roof of the tallest building in the school and stare at the beautiful fireworks before looking down.Sometimes, I wondered whether they would remember me after I died.But whenever I had the urge to do it, I would reme
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Chapter 4

All I needed to do was jump down from here. The police would find my body tomorrow.The only pity would be that my body would be mangled.But that was still better than me having to suffer through life.Still, the undertaker panicked after hearing what I said, and his voice quivered even more, “Maria, old people say that if you’re not given a proper burial, you won’t be able to rest in peace, remember? Do you really want to suffer even after death?”Being unable to rest in peace was not as scary as living, honestly.“Are you listening?”I snapped out of my thoughts and sat on the parapet. Cheekily, I decided to scare him a little. “You’re delaying my plans to die.”The undertaker was silent for a moment.Then, I heard him running even more hurriedly before I heard a loud shout.“I never owe anyone anything! Since I took your money, I’m going to be responsible for giving you a proper burial! I don’t want to owe a ghost a favor!”Just as I was wondering why he sounded like he w
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Chapter 5

Aaron frowned. Whenever he talked to me, he always looked impatient.“Lydia is kind and will always choose to forgive you, but I’m not the same. You should remember how I punished you in the past. If you come back with me to apologize now, I can still forgive you.”How could I possibly forget?Aaron never treated me as his sister.Otherwise, he would not have locked me up in the basement and forgotten about me when Lydia had food poisoning.That horrible feeling of near-death filled every part of my body again, and I trembled.Cold sweat broke out on my skin.I could not hold back the wave of nausea that crashed into me, and I put a hand against the wall as I gagged.As Aaron watched me, disgust flashed in his eyes, as if he just saw something dirty.He let go of my hand.“Looks like the punishment last time isn’t enough to teach you a lesson. Stop pretending not to have heard me. You’re coming home with me now and celebrating Lydia’s birthday. Then, I won’t hold you accounta
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Chapter 6

Liam made me take a full body check-up. He then asked the doctor quietly, “How is she?”The doctor sighed and looked at me. “I’m sorry, but her cancer cells are spreading really quickly, and she didn’t get treated during the early stages either, so the situation isn’t looking good for her.“If we give her conservative treatment, she’ll have at most a year.”I had another year?I thought I had less than two months.I smiled. It was genuine this time.“It’s fine. One year is really good for me.”When we left the hospital, Liam stayed silent and did not say anything, but he held my hand really tightly.I knew that he was angry at me for giving up on staying in the hospital for treatment.But I did not want to stay in the hospital and be forced to breathe in the smell of disinfectant before I died. That was why I rejected the doctor’s suggestion.I held his hand and flashed him a smile. “Won’t you talk to me, Liam?”Liam turned around under the streetlamp, and I saw that his e
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Chapter 7

Liam came out of the kitchen and heard what I said. He frowned and grabbed my phone to look at my mother and Jake.He sneered and said, “You’ve always wanted her to be mature and obedient, but have you forgotten just who the culprits, who caused all this, are? You’re not worthy of asking her to go back now.”Before they could say anything, Liam had already ended the call for me.“Trash! All of them!” Liam helped me up and put a jacket on me before wrapping a scarf around my neck.“Let’s go.”I was puzzled. “Where to?”Liam put his hands on my head and smiled. “We’re celebrating your birthday.”The wind on the roof was really strong that night, but my palms were warm.As brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky, Liam put on a birthday hat for me and said in embarrassment, “I couldn’t buy one in time, so I just grabbed random stuff at home to make you one.“Here’s to your 22nd birthday, Maria.”I stared dazedly at the fireworks exploding in the sky for me, and I could not hold
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Chapter 8

As I watched her clearly fake kindness, I felt disgusted, so I flung her hand off of me.“I don’t need you pretending to be nice to me.”Lydia staggered and nearly fell, but Aaron caught her.Worried, he said, “You’re always so considerate of other people. Why are you so foolish?”Jake went to Lydia’s side and stared at me in disgust.“Did you see that, Lydia? She’s an ungrateful one! You’ve been worried about her for an entire night and asked us to come find her in the morning, but she’s trying to curse you so you’d die!”Feeling resigned, I had to defend myself. “This urn isn’t for her.”But Aaron just scoffed, as if he could already predict what I wanted to say next.“Are you going to say that the urn is actually for you? Only Lydia would believe you. You bought an urn to make us pity you, right? Did you actually think we’d still believe in you?”My face turned pale, and I gripped my urn so tightly that my knuckles turned white.“It doesn’t matter whether you believe me or
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Chapter 9

I was sent to the hospital.When I woke up again, I had tubes sticking out of all parts of my body.The vile smell of medicine assaulted my nose.My whole family was by my bed.My mother was tearing up.“Maria, are you feeling better?”I watched these people and summoned the last bit of strength to push them away.“Go… away!”Cancer did bring me pain, but it was not even 1/1000 of the pain my family brought me.I did not want to see them again.Every single one of them made me feel disgusted.Aaron knelt down beside my bed. Despite being a man, he was wailing.He held my hand and begged for my forgiveness. “Maria, I’m sorry. I overlooked your feelings and made you go through so much. I’m really sorry. I just want you to get better.“I’ll buy you whatever you want, okay?”Despite an oxygen mask over my bloodless face, my expression was one of indifference.People were like trees.When a tree was empty inside, it could still stand tall, and everyone would still think that
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Chapter 10

Every morning over the next half a month, Liam brought me to chemotherapy.During one afternoon, he said that he would help me choose a gravesite.When I saw that the gravesite I chose cost much, I looked down at the one-hundred-dollar bill in hand and felt dejected.Liam seemed to have understood what I felt, and he just patted my head dotingly.“Do you like it?”I nodded. “Can I have it?”After some thinking, Liam said jokingly, “Call me Lee, and I’ll buy it for you.”I blinked. Then, with a well-behaved look in my eyes, I stood on my tiptoes and drew near to his ear while also grabbing the hem of his shirt. I whispered softly, “Could you buy it for me, Lee?”Liam could not take it. He turned his head to the side. But his face burned so red that it reached his ears.He cleared his throat and did not dare look me in the eyes. He still handed me his card, though.“U-Use it!”I cradled my stomach and laughed.To think that Liam would have such an adorable side.When Liam
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