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The woman looked down at the baby in her arms–pink–faced, soft, impossibly small. Her eyes filled with joy as she smiled. “Is this my daughter? Wonderful. From now on, you’ll be the heiress of the Bennett family.”
Bennett family!
Heiress?
Lauren’s consciousness reawakened right in that moment, just in time to hear those words.
Her eyes fluttered open.
The first thing she saw was Alice’s face–closer than ever, smiling, glowing with pride.
Though she looked exhausted, Alice was still stunning youthful, vibrant. No more than twenty- something. Younger than Lauren remembered her.
Didn’t I die?
Why am I seeing Alice
Why does she look so young…?
Lauren’s mind buzzed, a low, sharp hum in her skull.
Everything about this felt surreal–absurd even. And yet, it was all too real.
The sterile scent of disinfectant filled the air. Nurses moved around quickly in her hazy field of vision. Machines beeped in steady rhythm.
It was real.
All of it.
She had been reborn.
And not just reborn–but into the moment of her own birth
Her thoughts blanked.
She just stared at Alice.
On the hospital bed, Alice pushed herself up weakly and leaned close, placing a gentle kiss on Lauren’s cheek
Lauren’s pupils dilated.
Alice just kissed met
In her past life, during those hellish three years in the Bennett family, she never once dreamed of such tenderness. She never even dared hope Alice might holl her–let alone kiss her with affection.
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She’d once been wanted.
Alice had loved her.
On the day she was bom, her mother had kissed her with full–hearted joy
This baby–carried for den long months–had been cherished.
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But after her disappearance, that love had slowly eroded. Time had worn it away until not even a trace remained.
So I was loved…. once.
Lost in thought. Lauren didn’t even realize the nurses had carried her from the delivery room and out into the hallway alongside Alice.
That’s when she saw him–David.
The scum of the earth.
He stood beside Alice, putting on the performance of loving husband–checking on her, fussing over her, speaking in gentle tones.
But Lauren knew better.
This was the man who had abandoned his daughter without a second thought–and would one day try to rip a kidney from her body.
Even if all of that belonged to her previous life, even if she’d already taken her revenge–just seeing him. again made her blood boil
I hate you. I will always hate you..
But now, she was just a baby.
Powerless.
Alice was too tired to stay awake. Once she was settled back into the room, she quickly drifted off.
Before she closed her eyes, she reminded David to look after the baby.
David nodded sweetly, wearing the perfect mask of a doting father.
The second Alice fell asleep, his smile dropped like a guillotine.
“Babe?” he whispered. “Babe?”
Alice didn’t stir.
He sneered and turned his eyes toward Lauren.
She stared up at him silently, eyes wide, unblinking–locking onto his cold gaze without fear.
Here it comes. He’s going to throw me away just like before, she thought.
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But what came next startled her
David reached down–not to pick her up, but to wrap his fingers around her neck.
that? No–he’s not abandoning me. He’s going to strangle
Her tiny newborn throat instantly constricted under His grip. Air vanished.
This is it. I just got another shot at life, and I’m going to die in the first hour!
Then suddenly, his hand let go.
Instead of killing her, David scooped her up into his arms.
Lauren exhaled shakily.
So he’s not trying to murder me–just get rid of me. Same script, different life.
As expected. David carried her away–and just like in her past life, he abandoned her outside the orphanage.
Lauren didn’t cry. She just stared at him the entire way, coldly, silently, memorizing every move.
He looked down at her one last time, smirking.
*Filthy little thing. Live or die–it’s up to you.”
Then he turned and walked off, not bothering to look back.
Only once he disappeared into the night did Lauren start to cry.
It was late autumn.
The air was bitter.
If she stayed quiet, she might actually freeze to death by morning.
So she cried. Loud and sharp, her newborn lungs sending her wail echoing far into the night.
Before long, the orphanage doors creaked open.
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A staff member stepped out and gasped when they saw th
the infant on the ground. They rushed over. scooped her up, and carried her inside.
And just like that-
Lauren was Hack where it had all begun.Back in the orphanage.
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