A Farewell After Being Reborn

“Since you’re in such a hurry to die, why don’t you just stab yourself and end it? Why go to the trouble of jumping off a building and causing a scene?” A man’s voice rang out. It was filled with contempt.

“I wanted to stab—” Suddenly, Sage Joyner found that something was wrong with what Ian Holcomb had said. When had she jumped off a building?

“You’re finally awake, Mrs. Holcomb.” The housekeeper, Wanda May, came over with a glass of water and some pills. “Does your head hurt? The doctor said you have minor symptoms of a concussion and prescribed some medication for you. Do you want to take it now?”

Sage didn’t answer. She found that she was lying on a bed in a spacious bedroom. From the furnishings, it seemed to be the master bedroom at the Holcomb residence.

She hadn’t seen the inside of this place since being sent to a mental institution two years ago. Could Ian have suddenly brought her home?

No, something was wrong.

she’d made it out alive, there

looked down at herself. There weren’t any injuries on her chest! Instead, her head and wrist had been wrapped in

her expression as it morphed from suffering to shock. His patience ran out. “Find yourself a taller place next time if you still wanna jump off buildings. Throwing yourself off the second

strode out of

of her body. After spending two years at the mental institution, she’d become gaunt and haggard.

and body were also free from the wounds and bruises the carers and patients at the mental institution had

was angry.” Wanda thought she was saddened by Ian’s words and tried to console her. “Couples don’t bear grudges against

it today, Wanda?” Sage interrupted urgently. She was

her a confused look. “It’s Ms. Shekdotter’s birthday. You heard about Mr. Holcomb celebrating her birthday for her, so you called him to come home

have time to explain despite knowing Wanda had misunderstood her. She quickly glanced around and grabbed her phone from the bedside table. The date

ran to the conservatory. As expected, it was a mess. There’d been

wanted to celebrate Ivy Shekdotter’s birthday with her. And when she’d