Chapter 1

I'd barely gotten Sophie Shaw into a different cab and sent her off by another route when a tremendous crash sounded behind me.

Bang!

I whirled around.

There had still been an accident at the entrance to the same side road where Sophie had died in my previous life. Even more unsettling, the car involved looked almost identical to the one she'd been riding in.

The violent collision had kicked up a thick cloud of dust. As it slowly settled, the wreckage came into view.

Just like last time, a minivan had slammed into the side of a sedan, crushing a huge section of the car inward. There was hardly anyone around on this quiet little road.

Then I saw the driver of the minivan.

Yale Morgan.

My cousin looked startled when he spotted me, but the surprise in his eyes vanished almost immediately, replaced by unmistakable defiance.

Through the damaged sedan, I caught a glimpse of a girl inside, covered in blood and barely recognizable. For one horrible second, all I could see was Sophie from my previous life.

I rushed to Yale's minivan and yanked hard on the door handle, but it was locked.

"Yale Morgan, do you realize you just deliberately killed someone? Get out of the car! Go see who you hit!"

He sat there staring at me without the slightest trace of fear or guilt. Instead of getting out, he reclined his seat and settled back comfortably, watching me rage outside his window as though none of this concerned him.

I lost my temper and kicked the door as hard as I could.

"Yale Morgan, I'm giving you three seconds. Unlock this door and get the hell out!"

He barely reacted, his voice dripping with provocation.

"What am I supposed to do out there? She's obviously dead. I already called the police. They'll come deal with it."

Then he added, "My mom said the van has full coverage anyway. The insurance company can pay."

My eyes burned with fury.

It had been exactly the same in my previous life.

They had deliberately run Sophie down, yet in the end, they'd simply let the insurance company pay compensation and acted as though that settled everything. No one in their family had even bothered to apologize.

Something in me snapped.

I grabbed a large rock from the roadside, ready to smash his window and teach him a lesson, but before I could swing it, Mom and Laura Morgan came running over and grabbed me.

Mom's eyes were red.

"Nora Shaw, don't you dare break that window! Yale is the only male heir in the Morgan family. What if you hurt him?"

I stared at her, furious.

It was always like this.

Mom had been born a Morgan, and ever since Sophie and I were children, she'd taught us that we were expected to give way to everyone in the Morgan family, no matter what.

"Mom! A life has been lost! He killed her, and you're still protecting him?"

Laura immediately came to his defense.

"Yes, he hit someone, Nora, but Yale only got his license recently. He's probably terrified too. Don't blame him."

Then she continued as if what she was saying were perfectly reasonable.

"Your sister's dead. What's done is done. You still have yourself, don't you? From now on, you'll be an only child. All your parents' love and attention will be yours."

I stared at her in disbelief.

A few seconds passed before it finally clicked.

They thought the girl who had died was Sophie.

Except I'd just put Sophie in a different cab and sent her away.

So who was the girl lying dead inside that car?