Rebirth Into My Second Chance

"Ouch..."

It felt like drowning, that kind of torment, gasping for air as if my lungs were on fire.

Then, suddenly, I snapped back to reality with a deep, desperate breath, as if waking from a dream.

Where am I?

My body ached all over, as if I had been torn apart. Instinctively, I looked around, but it was pitch dark, not a thing in sight. I pinched my arm, feeling the flesh, then slapped my thigh, hearing a sharp sound. Wasn't I dead? Why could I still feel pain?

Groping around, I felt the softness of a bed and pillows...

But, the bed in my room is cotton, not this silky texture?

I tried to turn on the bedside lamp, and with a click, the room was illuminated, revealing a hotel room, empty and silent.

But the scattered clothes and tissues around told the tale of a fiery encounter.

This is the hotel Claude's friend recommended, room 6088!

I immediately jumped out of bed to check the room number, and yes, it was 6088.

But how did I end up here?

I was sure I had died, and I saw Richard being murdered because of me.

at the room number, I was lost

wasn't Claude with me, then

I remembered Max was looking for the woman in room

he was referring to. This was the Golden Gateway Hotel, a place where the elites of Crestview Metropolis stayed, and this room, 6088, was the luxury presidential suite. Given Max's status and spending habits, he couldn't afford

head, my thoughts a chaotic mess. Was this a

they can

alive again,

everything from my past life was just a

of me

chance to live and not just watch helplessly as everything was lost and those who loved

would be released from

back to Claude's house now, it would be the

couldn't

find out who was really behind her and who truly set the fire that

from Claude

found a piece of

dressed myself, checking every

lead me

thone

my past life, I would end

rested on my

My child.

filled my eyes, the burning