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."

snorted, "You'd better hope

number. She called Claude, and even

been kidnapped. They're asking for

on

won't you save me?

finally shifted, "Kate, are you staging

but smirk. Claude always knew Kate was a drama queen, but it

yelled desperately, "Claude,

Beep. The line

was just like my previous life. I called Claude for help, but he thought was faking and hung

en

rang, the kidnapper pulling

he hung up on Kate to check on me. That

for me, Claude's voice came through coldly, "Where

screamed beside me, "You

sounded impatient, "Kate, stop

a mad woman. "If I die, she dies,

the absurdity. Seeing Kate so desperate was like looking at my