Rebirth Into My Second Chance

I felt the world blur as I inadvertently slammed into the steering wheel, hunger gnawing at my insides.

A hand instinctively clutched at my stomach. 'My child. Am I going to lose my child again?'

A wave of excruciating pain swept over me as if I were pleading in a dark void or being torn apart. The pain was unbearable.

A bucket of ice-cold water was thrown over me, snapping me back to reality.

Blinking my eyes open, I wasn't in a quaint mountain cabin but an abandoned, cavernous factory. It was my rebirth, another life.

I got kidnapped. Again.

"Mph..." A muffled struggle sounded beside me. Turning, I saw Kate tightly bound as well.

A sick part of me was relieved. This time, I wasn't alone in my misery. My thoughts must get twisted to have found solace in someone else's suffering. One of the kidnappers, with a ski mask obscuring his face, removed the gag from Kate's mouth.

Kate yelled, "Who are you people? Do you even know who I am? I'm Kate Goodwin, from the well-known Goodwin family!"

The kidnapper chuckled, "We know. That's why we can demand a hefty ransom. Call your folks. We want ten million dollars, or you're dead meat."

ten million, Kate snorted, "You'd better

dial a number. She called Claude, and even I listened intently, wondering if he

I've been kidnapped. They're asking for ten million. You

lingered on

"Claude, won't you save me?

shifted, "Kate, are

always knew Kate was a drama queen, but it was hard to awaken someone pretending to

yelled desperately, "Claude,

The line

he thought was faking and hung up. It was Kate's turn, and I couldn't help but find the

en

kidnapper pulling it from

if he hung up on Kate to check on me. That was irony

for me, Claude's voice came through coldly,

place, Kate screamed beside me, "You jerk, I told you

sounded impatient, "Kate, stop your drama. Where's

screamed like a mad woman. "If I

at the absurdity. Seeing Kate so desperate was like looking at my past self, abandoned by those I