80 Million Reasons to Die のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 8

I finished my breakfast in silence.Just then, I heard Lily saying, "Ms. Lyons, I saw that the lottery draws today. Don't forget to check your ticket!"It suddenly hit me that today was the day the lottery results were announced. Which meant in one week, Lily would jump into the river and take her own life.In other words, I only had seven days to figure this out.I walked to the living room and grabbed the lottery ticket. Then, I entered the numbers into my phone.Sure enough, I won 80 million dollars!At some point, Lily walked up beside me and stared at the screen in shock. "80 million? Ms. Lyons, you won 80 million?"Lily looked ecstatic, spinning around the living room in excitement. I watched her bouncing figure, but a question slowly formed in my mind.I was the one who won the lottery, yet she seemed even happier than I was.Seeing that I did not say anything for a while, Lily seemed to realize she got too carried away.In my past life, she reacted the same way, actin

The place where Lily jumped was the river behind our apartment complex. It was where the main waterway met the ocean, with rapids so fierce that anyone who fell in was guaranteed to die. Moreover, the riverbed was full of jagged rocks.Between the current and the stones, anyone going in would be unrecognizable.I had not even reached the river when Mom called. "Zendaya, what on earth is going on? The internet is blowing up right now. Everyone's saying Lily killed herself and that you drove her to it. I know you're not like that; there must be some misunderstanding. Your father and I can drive over right now to back you up!"Hearing Mom's voice, my nose tingled, and tears rolled down my cheeks. In my past life, no one believed me.Not even my husband of five years, the man who slept beside me every night, turned on me at the critical moment.During that time, even random strangers would kick me while I was down.Only my parents believed in me. They ignored my pleas and insisted on

The people around us looked confused, still trying to figure out who Troye was.However, Jayden's face went pale with shock as he stared at me. His voice trembled as he stammered, "H-How do you know the name, Troye Dickson? Did you investigate me? Zendaya, we've been married for five years, and you had someone investigate me?"I looked down at him from where I stood, feeling nothing but pity and amusement."Oh, so now you remember we've been married for five years. We've shared a bed for five years, but you didn't even bother to ask what really happened before accusing me without a second thought. Besides, finding out about a name change is easy. Anyone can look that up."I continued, "Jayden Sanders, formerly known as Troye Dickson, from Pineridge Town, changed your name after college entrance exams. Investigating you actually took quite a bit of effort. The internet wasn't as advanced back then, and I have no idea what you did to erase the name Troye from your records. But you kn

Emma explained, "My name is Emma Hall. The woman on the ground is my sister, Lily, Troye's childhood sweetheart. We lived in a remote mountain village where girls were considered worthless."Our family was extremely poor. When our parents found out they were having twins, they hoped one of us would be a boy, but I turned out to be a girl. My father was furious. I grew up without a birth certificate. Only the villagers knew our family had two daughters, Lily and Emma."She added, "When Lily and I grew up, my father decided to marry one of us off to the mayor's son. The mayor's family was wealthy, so Lily fought to be the one who married him. I had no choice but to find work in the city, but without my own identity papers, I had to use Lily's name and be called Lily Halls."At this revelation, everyone suddenly understood.Several older women in the crowd started crying. They could not believe that in this day and age, there were still people so desperate that they would sell their c