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I’m dead.
Before I died, everything from the past flashed before me like a movie.
I thought about my life, about all the mistakes. I should never have fallen in love with Joanne.
I shouldn’t have!
Then my child wouldn’t have died with me.
Joanne, Chloe, and I grew up together as friends.
I had a crush on Joanne, but they were in love with each other.
When I finally decided to go abroad and let him go, Chloe came to me.
She cried, begging me to let her have the chance to study abroad instead.
To make it happen, she chose to give up Joanne. And I, for the sake of Joanne and my friendship with Chloe, gave up my own chance to g abroad.
After she left, Joanne was devastated, and I was just being a friend–comforting him, staying by his side,
I never expected he would end up with me.
But then he confessed to me.
He said he’d fallen in love with me. He proposed.
I thought, finally, I’d earned my happiness.
But three months ago, Chloe came back and claimed I was the one who forced her to leave.
How absurd! Joanne actually believed that pathetic lie.
“There’s someone here!” My memories were abruptly interrupted by a rescuer’s shout. Just as they were about to rush over, Joanne stopped them.
He frowned slightly. “She’s faking it. She’s not hurt–I checked.”
5:57 PM
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My soul hovered in front of Joanne, and I couldn’t help but smile as I watched him lie with such ease.
I was smiling, but tears streamed down my face.
If he had really checked, maybe my child and I would still have a chance to survive.
I looked at his face, the one I had loved for so many years, and in that moment, I felt sick.
The rescuer paused for a moment before shouting angrily, “She’s been crushed under all those rocks, with only her head sticking out! You call that uninjured?”
He rushed toward my body, and within seconds, the medical staff exclaimed, “She’s lost too much blood, and her vital signs are weak. We need to get her to the hospital immediately!”
“Hurry! Everyone, come and help!”
I saw Joanne hesitate.
Panic flashed across his face, and just as he was about to turn around, Chloe sighed, “Yuri’s such a good actress. That’s how she tricked me into leaving in the first place!”
In that moment, Joanne’s panic morphed into anger. “I hope she’s really dead!”
“Unlucky!”
