Whisper of the Devil

"Congratulations, Lucy! After trying for so long, you're finally pregnant! Your brother's here to see you, so you can go tell him the good news!"

When I heard the doctor's words, I finally realized that I'd been reborn.

Trembling, I caressed my stomach, and that familiar voice rang in my ear again:

"Don't meet Uncle Jerry, Mom! Aunt May's pregnant too, and Uncle Jerry is worried that you'd stop helping them once I'm born. He'll force you to abort me!"

I acted like I couldn't hear anything, turning to the doctor and saying, "Tell him to come in!"

Last time, I'd refused Jerry at the door because I trusted the voice I heard. In the end, my brother, who had been targeted by dangerous thugs, never got the chance to seek help from my husband who was in the military, and he ended up being murdered and mauled beyond recognition.

My sister-in-law, May, clung to his corpse, crying hysterically as she accused me of being his killer.

I was consumed by guilt and despair.

It was Ben, my husband, who brought May to our home and took care of her, all while carefully keeping me company.

I had only just started to move on when the child spoke again, "Actually, Dad's only good to you because he feels guilty for cheating on you. If you go to the military compound right now, you'll see dad and Aunt May kissing up a storm…"

When I came to my senses, I had already stormed into the military compound to catch them in the act.

But inside was an important military strategy meeting, and Ben was both punished and demoted for what I did.

Disappointed, he demanded a divorce. Lost and panicking, I had no idea what to do.

At that moment, the child's words became my only anchor, "Mom, don't be stubborn! Dad's playing a game of chicken, and if you're insistent on not having a divorce, you'll completely cut off any chance of being together with him in the future! For now, just calm down and leave!

"I can say that once you agree to the divorce, he'll come back begging for you to return to him within three days! He loves you too much!"

I believed in the voice and signed the papers, but after three months, he still didn't come back to me.

When I finally went looking for him, I saw him proudly showing off his marriage certificate with another woman, one who looked quite like me, all while accusing me of cruelly abandoning my husband and child!

I tried to confront him and get some answers, yet I was dragged into an alleyway by drunk thugs and brutalized to death.

Now, in this life, I wasn't going to repeat those mistakes.