Rebirth Into My Second Chance

I leaned against the door, trying to eavesdrop on what Max was mumbling about, but all I caught was the soft click as the door shut.

In this life, I found out Richard knew Max and held him in high regard. In my past life, my world revolved solely around Claude, oblivious to everything I missed.

Lost in thought, I drifted into a deep sleep after the day's ordeal in the elevator. Awakening in the morning, I found Richard waiting in the living room of my apartment. "Figured out my password, huh?" I shuffled to him in my slippers and poured him a coffee.

"You claim you're over Claude, yet his birthday is still your password. Seriously..." Richard sipped his coffee while playfully chiding me.

I shrugged. "Too lazy to change it. That's all."

Richard was well accustomed to my laziness by then.

"I've got an appointment with a therapist today. Would you like to join me for a session?" Richard's gaze drifted out the window, a hint of evasion in his eyes.

a haunting

out on the table. "Eat up. I'll drive you to work. The elevator's fixed. No more scares." He didn't say it, but I knew he must've learned about last night's elevator incident from Max. Richard added, "Eat more. We'll meet

words nearly made me choke on my cereal. "I'm quite content now." Being Max's student seemed to offer more

always dream of grad school, pursuing a PhD in medicine to become a top-notch doctor?" Richard paused, putting down his fork to look at me sternly, his hand reaching

"You know, the usual stuff you hear about in

scheming, made me tighten my grip on the spoon. I aspired to be better. Yet the hurdle I couldn't overcome

many ways to be the best doctor. Saving lives and giving people a chance to live

me off at work, I noticed him driving off in a different direction, not toward home but

the office, I saw Kate smugly

said, "Surprised I could

catches up to you, you know. What about those young girls who ended up dead and burned because of Daniel? You think you've got nothing

stretched Nazily.