60th entry

Season: Autumn

Weather: Cloudy

Day of the week: Tuesday

Date: 7th May, 2024

My parents - my adoptive parents were both admitted to hospital following a bad car accident. Apparently Dad had a heart attack while driving. Due to the shock, Mum ended up suffering from a stroke.

The hospital said they found trace elements of an unknown substance in their blood and that they were investigating further. It immediately made me think of that evil demon. It was him. Probably and most likely him. It wouldn't have been hard for him to tamper with their medication.

When I went to visit, my parents both became agitated at the sight of me. They accused me of harming them and breaking the whole family apart. It got to the point that the medical staff asked me to leave and not visit again. With Bezel and the evil demon still in prison, there was nobody to pay their bills. I paid the bills for them and asked the doctors to keep me updated from a distance if they could. I was the only one able to do anything for them at the moment, whether they liked the idea or not.

Bezel was allowed to return for a brief visit, but I heard that her visit hadn't ended well either. Dad had another heart attack after she left and Mum's condition deteriorated. The evil demon didn't bother to care.

I could only sit gloomily outside the hospital crying.

While I was crying, someone knocked me out and dragged me into a white tradesman's van. Thankfully the shadow lord's hidden bodyguards weren't just for show this time. They gave chase, resulting in the police taking notice and giving chase as well.

I'm tired of getting kidnapped. I really am. I didn't doubt that this kidnapping was the work of that evil demon again. What should I do? I didn't exactly want him dead, but he was seriously getting on my nerves. Was there a way to make him stop targeting me?

During the high speed chase, something went wrong and the van I was in had an accident. I don't remember any of this, by the way. I'm just recounting what people told me later. The van rolled a few times. As I was not wearing a seatbelt and hadn't been secured, I had been tumbled in the car, resulting in me having a very close call with death.

I was sent to hospital. I have a broken arm and leg, broken ribs, a sprained back, a cracked skull and a strained neck. Possibly one or two levels of spinal cord injury. Possibly whiplash. I have amnesia, PTSD and internal injuries with contusions to various organs and internal bleeding. One of my ears got shredded by glass and asphalt and I'm likely to have lifelong scars from some of the long and deep lacerations along my body.

I've been immobilised in bed due to the spinal cord injuries related to the sprained back, strained neck and cracked skull. They turn me every few hours, but it's uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable.

The only way I'm able to write in my journal at present is because after hearing how bad the accident was and how badly injured I was, Stony Boss returned to help take care of me. He's the one writing what I dictate by mumbling through my swollen cheeks and lips.

I want to cry.

I haven't seen hide nor hair of the dark shadow lord, but knowing him, he was likely dealing with business and set off down the warpath on my behalf. It was strange. I don't know why I have such confidence and trust in him. I just do. I know that I can leave all the investigation to him, knowing he will track down every last culprit and deal with them on my behalf. What had I done to deserve his favour? It definitely wasn't that old child betrothal agreement, so what was it?

Stony Boss says that it's because I'm a cute and earnest person. And because Umbrey owes me after his people nearly did me when I had helped Deaglan with the signing of that contract. And because his people didn't protect me when he had promised they would. I was pretty sure the dark shadow lord had already returned whatever favour was owed from the night the contract was signed.

I don't know how long I'm going to be tied to the bed like this, unable to move and in constant pain. I just hope it's over sooner rather than later. It's so frustrating.