Burned by His Old Flame

Police sirens filled the air, and someone frantically knocked on my car window. "Miss, did you call the emergency hotline?"I shuddered and stared blankly at the scene before me. After a while, I finally realized that I had been reborn.In my previous life, my mother-in-law, Madison Caldwell, had left her scarf at home. She called me to fetch it for her, but the bus had left by the time I arrived.So, she asked me to follow them in my car. Then, something happened to the vehicle in front of theirs, causing the bus to lose control and fall off the cliff.I immediately called my husband, Jared Sadler, but he hung up in annoyance. I quickly called the emergency hotline, but I was instead informed that Jared had taken the whole team to attend a school event for his first love's son, Zachary Bradford.The police officer's frantic voice brought me back to reality. I tightened my grip on my phone. I could still feel the bone-crushing pain from being thrown off the cliff.When I remained

Officer Zeller angrily snatched my phone away. "I'm the one who called the command center. I'm a police officer from Wimborne Police Precinct—"Kyle cut him off before he could finish his sentence. "That's enough. Stop repeating yourself. Jay already told me there's no one by your name at Wimborne Police Precinct. "Tell Kaitlyn to drop the act. I'm doing this for her sake too. I already cancelled the report for her. That's all."Madison called me again. I could hear cries in the background."Kaitlyn, help us! Have you called Jared?""I already called him, Madison. He's not coming."She started cursing me off. "You useless wench! I shouldn't have let Jared marry you back then. To think that you can't even handle something like this!"Samuel echoed her sentiment. "Mom, how can you be so useless? If Mommy were here, she would've been able to call Daddy over to save us!"Tears immediately trailed down my cheeks. This was the family I had given my all to maintain—a husband who only

Watching the police car drive away, I collapsed to the ground. I felt completely drained. After experiencing the same tragedy in both lives, I was at my limit physically and mentally.Michael helped me into the passenger seat of the car and started the engine. As I watched the scenery pass me by outside the window, I couldn't stop crying.Jared hadn't always been like this. I couldn't believe that a person could change so much in just a few years.Years ago, when my house caught fire, I was surrounded by flames. Just as I was at the brink of despair, Jared rushed through the fire like a hero and saved me.After I was rescued, I sat in the fire truck, trembling in fear. Jared came and draped a blanket over my shoulders, calming me down with his gentle gesture and warm smile. I had never felt so safe.After that, I bought a lot of fruits and went to the fire department to thank him. That was how we got acquainted with each other.At first, he gave me mixed messages. It was hard to

After listening to their voice messages, I laughed bitterly. They hadn't believed me when I begged them to come. But now that something had happened, they were pushing all the blame onto me.Yet, I wasn't afraid because a lot of reporters were at the site of the accident earlier. Officer Zeller could testify for me as well. After dinner, I visited the house I inherited from my parents and tidied up the place. I was planning to move there.After everything I went through, I couldn't bring myself to share a room with Jared again. I also asked Michael to find a reliable divorce attorney for me. It was already 8:00 pm by the time I arrived home. Upon opening the door, I saw Jared, Wendy, and Zachary looking at me sullenly from the couch.Before I could even speak, Jared rushed forward and slapped me across the face. "You bitch!"I held my face and asked in disbelief, "Are you crazy? You're the one who refused to believe me and left them to die!""Bullshit! That's my mom and son. I

Michael picked up his car keys and said to me, "Let's go to Wimborne Police Precinct. Didn't that police officer see everything that happened at the site of the accident? Let's ask him to clear our names."I followed him. After arriving at the precinct, we found Officer Zeller, the police officer who called Jared with me.After listening to my explanation, he was furious. "How can he be so despicable? I'll testify for you!"Then, he used his own social media account to explain the situation during the accident. He quickly went viral. The netizens who insulted me immediately turned on the person who had started the rumor.I thought things would soon die down like this, but the tables turned again by nightfall. A few anonymous accounts had posted the same series of pictures. They were taken at the site of the accident and showed Officer Zeller and me leaning close to each other when he used my phone to call Jared. It was angled similarly to the previous pictures, making it look l