Semua Bab Regret in Three, Two, One: Bab 1 - Bab 9

After being diagnosed with severe systemic lupus erythematosus, my attending physician advised immediate hospitalization.The medical bills were expensive, so I stepped out of the hospital and called my husband.After my 188th call went unanswered, I walked into the hospice service office with my diagnosis report in hand.I said, "Hello, I'd like to schedule my own cremation."The staff member noticed the butterfly-shaped rash on my wrist and looked at me with sympathy. "Sweetheart, did you come alone? Are there any family members with you?"Before I could answer, the main door was flung open.Jasper Horton barged in with his foster sister, followed closely by my brother.Before I could say anything, Jasper slapped me across the face in front of everyone, his eyes filled with rage. "Just to compete with Janice for attention, you came to a place like this to scare us? Lisa Carter, don't you think you've gone too far?"I stood frozen, speechless for a moment.It wasn't until I s

Janice's face instantly drained of color.She almost instinctively dropped to her knees, pleading in a pitiful voice, "I'm sorry, Lisa, I really forgot! Please don't be mad, okay? I can choose another flavor instead."Her act of looking pitiful was so practiced that it felt absurd.The first time I made a peanut butter cake, I truly hadn't known she was allergic.Back then, she casually mentioned that she wanted to try a peanut butter cream flavored cake. Wanting to please her, I experimented repeatedly, enduring burns to produce a decent cake.In the end, she went into anaphylactic shock and nearly ended up in the ER.But the moment I woke up, she threw herself into Jasper's arms, crying and saying, "Jasper, Lisa made it out of the kindness of her heart. She said one small bite wouldn't hurt. It's my fault for being greedy, so don't blame her…"All I could do was stand beside the hospital bed, under the accusing gazes of Jasper and Casey, quietly trying to explain, "I didn't kn

Back in college, Jasper and Casey once believed Janice's accusation that I was buying drugs and immediately cut off my living expenses. I often went hungry, living meal to meal.To avoid fainting in class, I worked part-time in the cafeteria, exchanging labor for a hot meal.Martha Hamel, one of the older cafeteria workers, always looked after me. She'd secretly slip extra pieces of meat onto my plate.She had a daughter who was one year younger than me, who died by suicide after years of bullying.Martha left the campus with only a symbolic compensation payment.I followed the address she once gave me and found her small house in the suburbs.When the door opened, I asked softly, "Mrs. Hamel, after I die, could you call the crematorium for me?"Her eyes instantly turned red.She brought out a bottle of foundation and light-colored lipstick. Then, she carefully unfolded a brand-new dress her daughter never got the chance to wear, gently helping me get dressed.I sat on a woode

When they appeared at the door, Martha didn't seem surprised at all. She didn't even bother to look up at them.Casey was already on the verge of losing control. He rushed forward and grabbed Martha by the collar. "Where's my sister? Give me back my sister!"Jasper quickly pulled him back and said anxiously, "Excuse me, is my wife, Lisa Carter, here? I'm her husband. There are things we need to talk through face to face."Martha didn't respond. She simply gave them a cold look for a moment before turning around and silently leading them away.They followed her through several quiet corridors. Behind each door, the cold air grew heavier and heavier.Until finally, a door to the cold chamber was slowly pushed open.There lay a body, covered in a white cloth.They froze.At that moment, it was as if the air had been sucked out of the room."This… What kind of joke is this?" Casey staggered forward and tore away the cloth. The moment he saw the face underneath, his expression turn

Before Janice could finish speaking, Jasper finally snapped and struck her hard.A bruise instantly appeared on her face.Her whole body trembled, and her lips turned pale. Her eyes still burned with defiance and resentment, but she finally realized that things were completely out of her control. No amount of acting pitiful could turn the tide back in her favor.She stopped resisting and instead clung timidly to their sides, but neither Casey nor Jasper spared her another glance.Jasper gave her no room to speak as he hit her again.That night, the villa rang with her screams. They punished her using the same cruel methods they'd once used on me.Janice was locked in a dark room and denied food and water. Her phone was confiscated, and she was subjected to the same "household discipline" they'd inflicted on me, only doubled.That was how they chose to express their remorse for how they had wronged me.But I didn't need it.No amount of punishment on Janice could ever undo th