Chapter 19

"So what if she's an adult? It's not like she can inherit anything. She has no other family or anyone who can speak up for her. Of course, her uncle's family is going to control her." The villager leading the way seemed like a decent person, but I could not agree with his outdated mindset. When her parents were alive, they treated Kourtney like a precious treasure. "There—that's the place. She's staying in the back. Just call her name—if she hears you, she'll come out." He muttered under his breath as he left, "Poor lady. That whole family's a damn tragedy." I stared at the run-down house in front of me. I did not expect Kourtney to be living in such conditions. The front building had decent tiled walls, but hers was just a crumbling old shack beside a pigsty—I could only imagine what it smelled like inside. Just as I was about to call out, a woman came storming over. She stopped at the doorway, hands on her hips, shouting, "You jinx! You already cursed your parents to deat