Revenge After Death

"Stephie, this shower gel is nice. It lathers up really well." Steve remarked as he squeezed some onto the bath puff and started rubbing it in.

I was in the bathtub, one foot propped up outside, feeling embarrassed. "Can you please leave? My foot hurts, not my hands."

Ignoring my request, Steven began lathering foam onto my leg.

Blushing furiously, I covered my face, feeling like I was being treated like his favorite toy. "Steven, seriously, get out."

But Steven paid no attention, continuing to apply foam all over my body.

"Steven Lincoln!" I warned firmly, feeling the heat rise in my ears.

He stayed silent, leaning against my shoulder and rinsing my back with the showerhead.

"Stephie... Don't listen to them. You're not a fool. You're fine as you are, really... "Steven said softly, trying to comfort me. "They don't know anything. They're the ones who don't understand." "Wasn't the old me good enough?" I asked softly.

There was a brief moment of tension in Steven's body before he shook his head. "No, that's not it- "

"Then what is?" I pressed, looking at him.

He straightened up, avoiding my gaze. "You weren't happy, and I didn't know how to make you happy."

emotions. She had studied and imitated all feelings and sensations

people would smile in a situation, she would smile along; if it was

with society. Agony, sadness, or even joy were all beyond

like an idiot who couldn't even recall

looked at me seriously. "You chose to forget. You made

feeling unbearable

revert to my old self, would Steven

way," I suddenly remembered something. "Peter and Aunty

and Aunty Lois' plan to have Yasmin impersonate me, although I wasn't sure if they had succeeded. But I could finish, someone interrupted. "Sir, Yasmin is here to see you," Ewan

aback, feeling a tightness in

Was she here to see Steven, pretending to be

did she decide to come

won't see her," Steven

this to you, saying that you'll agree to see

me a reassuring glance and said, "Wait for me,

despite the surge of uneasiness in my

the bathtub, wrapping a towel around myself as I approached the

Steven - it was a piece of paper with a 'π' written

I didn't understand