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00:00The night before my wedding, three masked men broke into my house.
00:04They killed my parents in front of me.
00:06Then they took turns raping me and spread the footage across the internet.
00:11And before they left, they shoved my father's baseball bat inside me and left me bleeding on the floor.
00:18I survived, but I lost the chance to ever be a mother.
00:22Overnight, I went from bride to damaged goods.
00:25Then I opened my eyes.
00:27I was back in my living room, ten minutes before it all began.
00:32This time, I won't beg for mercy.
00:35They will.
00:36It was June 28, the night.
00:38The night I died the first time.
00:40I'll never forget the exact details of that night.
00:43The sweet scent of white roses choked the living room.
00:46Mom and I were on the couch, packing wedding favors.
00:50Dad was pacing in his study down the hall.
00:53I could hear him softly rehearsing his father of the bride toast.
00:57Everything was picture perfect.
01:00A heavy knock rattled the front door.
01:04Mom and I traded a confused look.
01:06I checked my phone.
01:08It was past midnight.
01:10We definitely didn't order anything.
01:12We didn't order anything!
01:14I yelled through the thick oak door.
01:17Dead silence.
01:18No footsteps walking away.
01:20Then, a muffled, raspy voice came back.
01:25No mistake.
01:26Orders under Julian.
01:27Julian, my fianc.
01:29I relaxed.
01:30It was Julian, or so I thought.
01:32I unlocked the door and opened it.
01:35That was the moment my life ended.
01:39Look at you, my little girl.
01:41Mom smiled, tying a perfectly crisp ribbon.
01:45Her warm eyes locked onto mine.
01:47A beautiful bride tomorrow.
01:49The shockwave of reality hit me all at once.
01:52I stared at her for a second.
01:54She was alive.
01:55So was I.
01:56Then, I threw myself into her arms.
01:59I inhaled sharply.
02:01Chanel, number five.
02:02God, I was actually alive.
02:05Mom paused, gently rubbing circles into my back.
02:08Cold feet, sweetie.
02:09She whispered.
02:10Julian's estate is just across town.
02:13We'll see you all the time.
02:15I shook my head, fighting back choking sobs.
02:18Every single day of my miserable last life,
02:21I asked myself the exact same question.
02:23Why was I so stupid?
02:25Why did I open that damn door?
02:26In my past life, the second the lock clicked open,
02:29cold steel pressed against my throat.
02:31Mom screamed.
02:32She lunged forward to pull me away from the masked man.
02:36The hunting knife plunged deep into her chest.
02:40I had shrieked.
02:42Dad burst out of his study, eyes wild.
02:45He saw the pooling blood.
02:46He saw her lifeless body.
02:49He grabbed his heavy ash,
02:50damn wood baseball bat from the corner.
02:53He didn't even hesitate to charge,
02:55but he never saw the second guy.
02:57The bastard was already inside,
02:59waiting in the pitch,
03:00damn black shadows of the foyer.
03:02A tattooed arm locked around dad's neck from behind.
03:06Adrenaline spiked through my veins.
03:08I ripped myself away from the blade at my throat.
03:11I reached out for dad.
03:13A deafening gunshot rang out.
03:15My father dropped in front of me,
03:17a bullet between his eyes.
03:19There was a third man,
03:20a shooter in the dark.
03:22Dad dropped dead right at my feet.
03:24My parents were gone,
03:26just like that.
03:27But the nightmare was just starting.
03:30Never had a trust bunk bitch before.
03:33The leader grinned,
03:34showing rotting teeth.
03:35They tore my expensive silk loungewear off,
03:38right there on the floor,
03:40centimeters away from my parents' bleeding corpses.
03:44Look at this pretty little rich girl.
03:50We hit the rag pot, boys.
03:52I fought back.
03:54I clawed at their eyes.
03:55I bit their hands.
03:57They answered with brutal fists.
04:01When they finally finished,
04:03they cleaned out our wall safes.
04:05The skinny thug racked his gun,
04:07ready to put a bullet in my brain.
04:09But the huge thug stopped him.
04:11Save the bullet.
04:15I got a better idea.
04:17He picked up dad's baseball bat.
04:20It was still slick and dripping with dad's blood.
04:23He walked slowly toward me,
04:25and he shoved my father's bloods
04:26and slick baseball bat into me.
04:28I prayed for death.
04:30I begged God to let my heart stop.
04:32But the darkness never came.
04:34A night patrol security guard
04:36found the bloodbath at 10 a.m.
04:38Paramedics rushed me to the ER.
04:40I was bleeding out.
04:42My vitals were crashing.
04:43To save me,
04:45the doctors made a choice I could never take back.
04:48Twelve agonizing hours of surgery later,
04:50I woke up alive.
04:51But my uterus was gone.
04:53I thought losing that was the cruelest part.
04:56I was wrong.
04:56Julian's parents visited the ICU two days later.
05:00They stood by my bed
05:01and promised the killers would pay.
05:03But the disgust in their eyes said everything.
05:06Evelyn,
05:07the wedding is officially off.
05:10Don't look at me like that.
05:12Julian's the face of this family.
05:14And you're
05:15empty.
05:16Ruined.
05:17We can't let a scandal like this
05:19drag him down, Evelyn.
05:20I already knew the answer.
05:23Julian never even showed his face at the hospital.
05:25Not once.
05:26He thought I was dirty.
05:28Tainted.
05:29I rotted in that living hell for eight long years.
05:32The cops never caught the crew.
05:34They vanished like ghosts.
05:36But now,
05:37I swallowed my rising panic
05:39and locked it deep inside my chest.
05:41I won't be the victim again.
05:43I checked the grandfather clock.
05:46Right now,
05:47one of them is already inside the house.
05:49The scout.
05:50He is hiding in the hall closet.
05:53I have less than ten minutes
05:54before his heavily armed buddies show up.
05:57I need to take him out first.
05:59I remember him vividly.
06:01He was short,
06:03smelled like garbage,
06:04and carried a thick rope instead of a gun.
06:07Three against one,
06:08we had a real chance of taking him.
06:10I leaned my face right against mom's ear.
06:13There's a man hiding in the closet.
06:21There's a man hiding in the closet.
06:23Her spine went rigid.
06:25She subconsciously tried to turn her head.
06:27I hugged her tighter.
06:29Digging my nails into her arm.
06:31Don't move, mom.
06:33He has armed backup outside.
06:36If we spook him now,
06:37we all die.
06:38Listen to me.
06:39Keep packing the boxes.
06:41Act natural.
06:42I pulled away
06:43and plastered a fake smile on my face.
06:45I'll miss you so much, mom!
06:47You're still my baby.
06:48She played along,
06:49her voice trembling.
06:51Her hands shook so violently,
06:52she dropped a handful of candy.
06:54While keeping her talking
06:55to distract the freak in the closet,
06:57I slipped my phone out.
06:58I quickly texted dad in the study.
07:01Intruder in the hall closet,
07:03bring the bat.
07:04Do not make a sound.
07:05He read it.
07:06He replied instantly with a single dot.
07:09I had to neutralize this threat.
07:11Now,
07:12thank god my parents trusted me blindly.
07:15Dad silently slipped out of his study.
07:17He held his heavy Ashton wood bat.
07:20He gave me a nod.
07:22I grabbed my own bat from the umbrella stand.
07:24I marched to the closet and threw the doors open.
07:27A dark shadow lunged out with a guttural yell.
07:30I didn't flinch.
07:32I swung the bat with everything I had.
07:35Crack!
07:35The wood connected solidly with his ribs.
07:38Dad charged in,
07:39kicking the guy hard in the kneecap.
07:41The thug crashed to the floor.
07:44Mom bolted past us
07:45and slammed the front door deadbolt.
07:48Click!
07:48Dad pinned the struggling guy down with his knee.
07:51He ripped the thick rope from the freak's own belt.
07:54In seconds,
07:56Dad had him tied tight to a dining chair.
07:58Let me go, you rich pricks!
08:00The guy spit,
08:02struggling against the knots.
08:04When my boys get here,
08:06they're gonna carve you up into pieces!
08:08I grabbed a handful of his greasy hair
08:10and yanked his face into the light.
08:13He had deep acne scars,
08:15rotting yellow teeth,
08:16and the same foul breath I remembered.
08:18He was the first one to touch me last time.
08:21He tore at my skin like a starved animal.
08:24I raised my hand and slapped him across the face.
08:27Hard enough to make my palm sting and his lips split.
08:31I'm going to bury you.
08:33I said quietly,
08:34and I'm going to bury your boys.
08:36You crazy bitch!
08:38Just wait!
08:39I shoved a filthy dish rag deep down his throat
08:42to shut him up.
08:47Evelyn, how did you know?
08:48I thought you were joking!
08:49He was right there!
08:51Mom was hyperventilating,
08:52clutching her chest.
08:53My eyes burned with unshed tears.
08:56They didn't even question me.
08:57They just trusted me and followed my lead.
09:00Dad stayed calm.
09:01I dialed 911.
09:02He was already thinking like a man at war.
09:05Cops are 15 minutes out.
09:06Dad said,
09:07checking his watch.
09:08The others will hit that door in less than five.
09:10I said,
09:13If we run out the back,
09:14we're dead out there.
09:15They have a perimeter.
09:16Then we hide.
09:17Mom cried,
09:19tears streaming down her face.
09:20Let the cops handle it.
09:22No.
09:23I shook my head firmly.
09:24They're psychotic.
09:25They're heavily armed.
09:27If they see cops pulling up,
09:29they'll just take us out with them.
09:31I closed my eyes.
09:32I forced myself to go back through the trauma of my own death.
09:37I replayed that night in my head.
09:39Every single detail.
09:41Wait.
09:42I got it.
09:43The shooter.
09:44My eyes snapped open.
09:46He's got a bad leg.
09:47He limps.
09:48That is why he stayed entirely in the shadows last time.
09:51That is why he shot Dad from the back of the hallway.
09:57Food delivery.
09:59My blood ran cold.
10:00Time's up.
10:01Delivery.
10:02Open the damn door.
10:03The banging grew frantic.
10:06He was losing patience.
10:08I looked at Mom and Dad.
10:09We gripped our bats tighter.
10:11Our knuckles turned white.
10:14Coming!
10:15I yelled toward the door.
10:16The heavy pounding stopped.
10:18I walked slowly toward the foyer.
10:20Every single step felt like walking to the electric chair.
10:23My heart was pounding so hard I thought my ribs would crack.
10:28Then, a warm hand grabbed mine.
10:31I looked up.
10:32Mom mouthed the words to me.
10:34I'm afraid.
10:35She was right.
10:36What was I afraid of?
10:38They were breathing.
10:39My family was alive right now.
10:41I stepped up to the door.
10:43Last time, opening that door killed my family.
10:46This time, I opened it anyway.
10:48I checked the peephole, blocked with black electrical tape.
10:52Just like last time, I took a deep breath, grabbed the deadbolt, and ripped the door open.
10:58The huge thug charged in instantly, hunting knife raised high.
11:03Mom hurled a massive glass jar of cayenne pepper directly into his face.
11:08The red dust exploded in his eyes.
11:10He howled in agony, dropping his weapon to claw blindly at his face.
11:14I didn't hesitate for a microsecond.
11:17I swung the bat downward.
11:19A sickening crunch echoed through the foyer as the wood connected with his wrist.
11:24His hunting knife clattered uselessly to the floor.
11:27But we weren't safe yet.
11:29From the dark shadows of the front porch, the second man stepped into the light, the pronounced
11:34limp, the black glock in his hand.
11:36My whole body locked up.
11:39For one second, I was right back in that night.
11:42I couldn't breathe.
11:43Evelyn!
11:44Mom grabbed my shoulder, shaking me.
11:47I snapped back to reality.
11:49My jaw clenched tight.
11:51Now!
11:51I screamed at the top of my lungs.
11:55The entire house plunged into absolute darkness.
11:59Dad killed the main electrical breaker.
12:02The shooter couldn't see a damn thing in the dark.
12:05But I wasn't done.
12:07I brought the bat down on the heavy guy's ribs.
12:10Over and over.
12:11I hit him with eight years of rage behind every swing until he stopped twitching.
12:16Evelyn!
12:17Stop!
12:18The guy with the gun is moving.
12:19Mom whispered.
12:20Pulling me back by my shirt.
12:22The rage inside me was blinding.
12:24I wanted to beat him to death.
12:26But we didn't have time.
12:28Mom dragged me back and slammed the front door shut.
12:32A bullet blew straight through the brass deadbolt.
12:35The door was kicked open.
12:37The shooter was inside.
12:39My heart stopped beating.
12:42You messed up my boy.
12:44He growled into the pitch, sand black darkness.
12:47Come out.
12:47I'll make it quick.
12:49We pressed our backs against the wall and held our breath.
12:52Just a few more minutes until the police sirens.
12:55Total suffocating silence.
12:57Then my ringtone shattered the silence.
13:00The shooter laughed.
13:03Found you.
13:04He aimed his Glock directly at the sound.
13:07Someone groaned in agonizing pain from the corner.
13:10The shooter paused.
13:12Rick!
13:12You dumb bastard!
13:14Was that you?
13:15Muffled grunts echoed near the hallway.
13:18He just shot his own guy tied to the chair.
13:21Damn it!
13:22The bitch set us up!
13:24The shooter roared.
13:25He limped heavily over to the chair in the dark.
13:29He ripped the dishrag out of Rick's bleeding mouth.
13:32They knew we were coming.
13:34Someone on the inside ratted us out!
13:36Rick coughed up blood.
13:37No way.
13:38Our inside guy is in this with us.
13:41Just untie me!
13:42When I find her, I'm gonna skim her alive!
13:46Rick screamed.
13:48Shut up.
13:49You're useless.
13:50Keep it in your pants and do the job.
13:53Rick shut his mouth immediately.
13:55The shooter fumbled with the knots in the pitch black.
13:58Suddenly, a shadow darted past the hallway.
14:01The shooter spun around instantly.
14:04The shadow dropped to the floor, satisfied.
14:07He went back to the knots, cursing under his breath.
14:10Man, you suck at this!
14:12They're too tight!
14:13It's pitch black, you idiot!
14:15Use your damn phone light!
14:17The shooter grunted.
14:19He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.
14:22His phone light snapped on.
14:24But he didn't look down at the knots.
14:27He froze.
14:27A massive shadow was looming right behind him.
14:31Behind you!
14:33Rick screamed in panic.
14:35The shooter spun around and pulled the trigger on reflex.
14:38The phone light hit his face.
14:40It was Dad.
14:41Dad!
14:41I lunged out of the dark.
14:44I dove straight at the gun.
14:45I waited for the shot.
14:47Nothing came.
14:48Just a hollow, pathetic click.
14:51Son of a bitch.
14:52I'm out.
14:54Dad stepped out of the shadows towering over him.
14:56My turn.
14:58Dad swung a solid oak dining chair directly into the guy's skull.
15:02The wood splintered.
15:03The shooter dropped to the floor like a stone.
15:06Then, sirens wailed in the distance.
15:09Red and blue lights flooded through the living room windows.
15:12Fivily armed cops kicked the door all the way in.
15:15Police!
15:16Drop your weapon!
15:19It was finally over.
15:21I collapsed to the floor.
15:23My legs simply gave out.
15:25Mom dropped to her knees and pulled me tightly against her chest.
15:29You're safe.
15:31We got it.
15:34The nightmare was finally over.
15:37I changed the timeline.
15:38The heavy guy was dead.
15:40Killed by his own partner's stray bullets in the dark.
15:44The cops dragged the bleeding shooter and Rick out in tight handcuffs.
15:48Detectives later sat in our living room and confirmed the truth.
15:53They were serial home invaders.
15:55They'd left bodies across three states.
15:58They never left survivors.
16:01Which meant
16:02My survival last time wasn't luck.
16:05Someone had wanted me left alive.
16:08Part of someone's sick plan.
16:10But right now, I only cared about one thing.
16:13I looked up at Dad.
16:15He was covered in sweat and panting.
16:17Are you crazy?
16:18He had a loaded gun.
16:20Dad knelt down and kissed my forehead tenderly.
16:24I counted his shots, Evelyn.
16:26A standard Glock 19 holds 15 rounds.
16:30He emptied his magazine shooting at shadows.
16:33I waited until he ran out.
16:36I'm not dying today.
16:39I have a family to protect.
16:42I broke down.
16:44I buried my face in his shirt and bawled like a child.
16:47They were alive.
16:48They were really, truly alive.
16:49Hours later, once the adrenaline faded and the cops left, Mom sat me down.
16:54With everything that happened tonight, maybe we should delay the wedding?
17:01Julian
17:01Just hearing his name made my stomach turn violently.
17:05In my last life, he never even visited the hospital to check if I was alive.
17:10Once my horrific assault video went viral on Twitter and Reddit, he publicly dumped me.
17:16Then, he used the scandal to launch a hostile corporate takeover of Dad's company.
17:21He left me with absolutely nothing.
17:23Homeless and bankrupt.
17:25I remembered tracking him down to his shiny corporate lobby.
17:28I stood there in cheap clothes, begging him for help.
17:32He was making out with my best friend by the elevators.
17:35He had just laughed in my face.
17:37Look at yourself, Evelyn.
17:39You're trash.
17:40He spoke loud enough for the entire lobby to hear.
17:43Even hookers charge, Evie.
17:45You went viral for free.
17:47You completely embarrassed me.
17:50I still remembered his employees whispering and pointing at me.
17:55She is the girl from the video.
17:57Gross.
17:58Who knows what kind of diseases she caught from them.
18:01Those vicious rumors destroyed me.
18:04I lived like a rat in the gutter.
18:07Then, standing in my living room, the realization hit me.
18:11The fake delivery guy's exact words.
18:13Orders under Julian.
18:15Julian orchestrated the entire hit.
18:17He hired the professional crew to wipe out my family so he could take over everything my family owned.
18:22I looked up at my parents, my eyes dead serious.
18:26Dad, I'm not marrying Julian.
18:29Ever.
18:30Dad didn't blink.
18:31He didn't ask for an explanation.
18:33Okay.
18:34The wedding is permanently off.
18:36Tears of gratitude welled up in my eyes.
18:39You're not going to ask why?
18:41You don't think I'm just traumatized and freaking out?
18:44Dad put a hand on my shoulder.
18:46You're my daughter, Evelyn.
18:47If you've decided, I'll stand by you.
18:52I felt a massive rush of warmth.
18:54No matter what happened, they always had my back.
18:56We made the calls.
18:58The merger was over.
19:03Julian absolutely flipped.
19:05He blew up my phone with 50 calls.
19:08I blocked his number instantly.
19:10So he showed up at our front security gate.
19:12By then, local press had already picked up the story.
19:16He played the perfect fiancée for the cameras.
19:18Evelyn, please!
19:20I know you're traumatized.
19:22Let me help you through this.
19:24Dad wanted him off our property, but I stopped him.
19:27If Julian really was behind what happened that night,
19:30I wanted to hear him lie to my face.
19:33I agreed to meet Julian at a Hyde Zen End downtown caf.
19:37His eyes lit up with fake relief when I walked in.
19:40Evelyn, you actually came.
19:43He reached out to take my coat.
19:45I stepped back sharply, leaving his hands hanging awkwardly in the air.
19:50He froze, masking his irritation, quickly.
19:54Looking at him right now messed with my head.
19:56He looked so incredibly gentle, so deeply concerned.
20:00But all I saw was the monster who ruthlessly laughed at my assault video.
20:04He was after my family's trust fund from day one.
20:07I was convinced he hired that hit squad to wipe us out.
20:11But I had zero hard proof.
20:13You agreed to meet.
20:14That means we still have a chance, right?
20:16Don't kid yourself.
20:18I came here to tell you to your face.
20:20The engagement is off.
20:22I'm not asking for your permission.
20:24I'm telling you.
20:26Lose my number permanently.
20:28Why?
20:29We were perfect last week.
20:31Is this about the home invasion?
20:32Evelyn, I'm here for you.
20:34We can get through this together.
20:37Whatever you need, I'm here.
20:39He almost sounded sincere.
20:40He was playing the perfect heartbroken fianc to perfection.
20:44If I hadn't already lived through his ultimate betrayal, I would have bought every single word.
20:49The invasion.
20:51I narrowed my eyes and watched his face.
20:53Or did you already know exactly what was going to happen that night?
20:57He was still suspect number one on my list.
20:59He had the clear financial motive.
21:02He had the money to bury it.
21:03Julian looked horrified by the accusation.
21:06How could you even say something like that?
21:08If I knew you were in any danger, I would have taken a bullet for you.
21:11Are you punishing me because I wasn't there to protect you?
21:13You know it's bad luck to see the bride the night before the wedding.
21:16That's the only reason I stayed away.
21:18I'm so sorry, Evelyn.
21:20I swear on my life.
21:22I'm not walking away from you now.
21:24It was flawless.
21:25No slip in his voice.
21:27No flicker of panic in his eyes.
21:29The cops already had the shooters.
21:31If Julian had really sent them, he should have been lawyering up, hiding money, and covering his tracks.
21:36But he wasn't.
21:37He looked blindsided.
21:38He didn't flinch, didn't panic, and didn't look guilty.
21:42And suddenly, I had a worse problem.
21:44What if Julian wasn't the one?
21:46The shooter specifically mentioned they had an inside guy.
21:49But the cops hadn't dragged Julian in for questioning once.
21:53Was I looking at the wrong guy?
21:55I took a deep breath, staring at Julian's perfectly styled hair.
22:00My parents were safe.
22:01The hitmen were securely locked up.
22:04I just needed to be patient.
22:06The rat would eventually expose themselves.
22:09Then, without warning, a splash of freezing iced coffee hit me right in the face.
22:14Who the hell do you think you are, Evelyn?
22:16I gasp, wiping the sticky liquid from my eyes.
22:20It was Tessa.
22:21The girl I used to call my best friend.
22:24In my last life, the second my family's estate was attacked, she ghosted me.
22:30A month later, she was officially Julian's new woman.
22:33I still vividly remember her visiting my bleak hospital room.
22:37She came just to flash her massive, upgraded diamond ring in my face.
22:41She had smirked, looking down at my bandages.
22:43I won, Evelyn.
22:45Look at you.
22:46Pathetic.
22:47I never understood why she hated me so deeply.
22:50We grew up together.
22:51I shared everything with her, until right now, looking at the hatred in her eyes.
22:55She hated my trust fund.
22:57She hated my fiont.
22:58She hated my entire life.
23:01Wait, Tessa had motive too.
23:03She hated my life, my money.
23:05And Julian, maybe I'd been looking at the wrong person all along.
23:09Tessa, what the hell are you doing?
23:12I'm doing what you never could.
23:14I'm getting rid of her.
23:16The whole caftee went quiet.
23:17Phones came up.
23:18People started recording.
23:19I grabbed my purse and turned to leave.
23:22I wasn't doing this in public again.
23:25Tessa caught my wrist.
23:26Her nails bit into my skin.
23:28You don't get to walk away!
23:29Tessa, let her go!
23:31Julian snapped.
23:32She looked at him, then at me.
23:34And something in her face broke.
23:36As long as you're alive, he'll never choose me!
23:39She reached into her bag.
23:41Steel flashed under the caffee lights.
23:43Then die.
23:44She lunged.
23:45My right arm was pinned.
23:46I couldn't move.
23:47The blade came straight at my chest.
23:49And this time, I couldn't dodge.
23:51I squeezed my eyes shut, bracing for the blade.
23:54But the impact came from the side.
23:56A heavy weight slammed into me, knocking me back to the floor.
24:00I opened my eyes, disoriented.
24:02Caleb was looking down at me.
24:04He was smiling gently, despite his face being dead pale.
24:07Thank God.
24:08I made it.
24:09His eyes rolled back into his head.
24:11He collapsed dead weight right on top of me.
24:14Tessa screamed in absolute horror.
24:15She dropped the bloody knife on the tiles and bolted for the door.
24:19I hit the floor hard, pulling Caleb with me.
24:21My hands scrambled frantically over his chest.
24:24Dark crimson blood was pouring out of his shirt.
24:26I pressed down as hard as I could on the wound.
24:29The fabric was soaked through in seconds.
24:31I yanked my phone out with trembling fingers.
24:34911!
24:35I need an ambulance at the Main Street Cafe!
24:38Now!
24:39My hands were shaking so violently.
24:41I almost dropped the phone in the blood.
24:43Not again.
24:44I absolutely refused to let someone else die for me.
24:47Caleb, my family's dependable groundskeeper.
24:50The one everyone overlooked.
24:51He grew up in abusive foster homes until my dad gave him work.
24:55In my last life, when everyone else left, Caleb stayed.
25:00I'm sorry.
25:01He worked himself to the bone, just to help cover my bills.
25:05When the horrific night terrors hit, he sat by my bed till sunrise.
25:08When I was so depressed I wanted to swallow a bottle of sleeping pills,
25:12he grabbed my hands, holding them tight.
25:16It wasn't your fault.
25:17His voice so gentle.
25:18It was the monsters.
25:19You survive.
25:20You wait for justice.
25:22That's how you win.
25:23He was my anchor.
25:24And now, he was bleeding out on the tile floor of that fancy cafe.
25:29Because of me.
25:30Caleb, stay with me.
25:31Don't you dare close your eyes.
25:33I pressed down harder, my hands slick and covered in his blood.
25:37Panic tightened my throat.
25:38I'm cursed.
25:39Everyone who gets close to me ends up in a body bag.
25:42My parents last time.
25:43Caleb this time.
25:45I choked out, tears blurring my vision.
25:47You are not dying on me.
25:48Do you hear me?
25:49You stay.
25:50Four agonizing hours in surgery.
25:52The surgery was successful.
25:52Caleb finally pulled through.
25:54The cops called me in the sterile waiting room.
25:57Tessa was booked for attempted murder.
25:59She was looking at Syria State prison time.
26:02Everything was finally falling into place.
26:04She barely missed your main artery.
26:06I said softly.
26:08I was sitting by his hospital bed, slowly peeling an apple.
26:12My hands were still a little shaky.
26:15Don't ever pull a reckless stunt like that again, Caleb.
26:17He looked at me, his dark eyes incredibly soft and devoted.
26:22I couldn't let her hurt you.
26:23I knew exactly how he felt.
26:25In my last life, he stayed faithfully by my side for eight long years.
26:29Nobody does that just to repay a rich family's kindness.
26:32Back then, I was too obsessed with revenge to see his feelings.
26:36But I owed him my life.
26:38Twice now.
26:39Hey, you're bleeding through the chest bandage.
26:42I stood up quickly.
26:44I'm gonna get the nurse.
26:45He reached out and caught my wrist.
26:47It's fine.
26:48Just stay.
26:51Talk to me.
26:53He looked down, his thumb brushing against my pulse point.
26:57I don't get to talk to you like this very often.
27:01Just stay a little longer.
27:02He wasn't wrong.
27:03Before the attack, we practically lived in two totally different worlds.
27:07He was the invisible groundskeeper.
27:09I was the untouchable heiress.
27:11But I still had eight years of memories from my last life.
27:14I knew exactly who he was at his core.
27:16I sat back down, letting him hold my wrist.
27:19I looked him right in the eye.
27:21Relax.
27:22I'm not going anywhere.
27:24I'll visit you every single day.
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