"I am not a jinx!" she retorted angrily, her eyes brimming with tears.
"If you're not a jinx, then why did your father and mother suddenly die in a car accident? Even your grandmother, who was always kind and devout, fell ill and passed away. Scarlett, there's something we've never told you. That's because your parents thought fortune tellers were unreliable and feared those words would harm you, so they forbade us from speaking out. Now that they're gone, there's no need to hide it from you."
"When you were very young, a blind fortune teller in the family read your fortune. He said there was a curse in your fate and that you would bring misfortune to those around you. He advised sending you away. But your parents didn't believe him and even reprimanded him. But now the facts prove him right: you indeed carry a curse, and even brought death to your biological parents. How can we not fear you?"
