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.

the room number, I was lost

Claude with me,

remembered Max was looking

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

a chaotic mess. Was this a second chance at

before they can

I really alive again, or

my past life was just a dream, then it was a long,

of me was screaming

watch helplessly as everything was lost and those

the timeline, Richard would be released from prison in about a

went back to Claude's house now, it would be the first day I was drugged and

couldn't stand

chance to seek revenge against Kate, to find

retrieve my parents' ashes from Claude and cut ties with

piece of

intact and dressed myself, checking

lead me

thone

followed the memories of my past life,

my hand rested

My child.

the burning