There, they cut out my kidney and tortured me until I died in agony.
But when I opened my eyes again, I was back on the very day she had her affair and miscarriage.
——
Lianna always used me as her excuse whenever she met her lover.
She told her husband, Hubert, that I was the one calling her out—sometimes saying I'd been beaten by a wife for being a mistress and needed comfort, sometimes that I owed loan sharks and begged for help. She even said that I was being treated for a dirty disease and needed her by my side.
If Hubert hadn't once stormed into my house in my past life, spitting venom and condemning me for all those fabricated sins, I never would've known just how "colorful" my life had become in her lies.
And now, his number was flashing on my phone again, vibrating relentlessly.
The moment I picked up, his furious voice exploded in my ear.
"Celestine! It's the middle of the night—why are you keeping Lianna with you again?"
"I've tolerated you long enough! After we broke up, you wanted to ruin yourself, fine. But must you keep sucking the life out of Lianna? She's your best friend, not your mother!"