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."

"You'd better hope you live long enough to

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

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

on the

voice cracked, "Claude, won't you save me? I'll

"Kate, are you staging

Kate was a drama queen, but it was

yelled desperately, "Claude,

The

he thought was faking and

en

my phone rang, the kidnapper pulling it from

he hung up on Kate to check on me.

Claude's voice came through coldly,

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

impatient, "Kate, stop your drama.

a mad woman. "If I

desperate was like looking at my past self, abandoned by those I