Karma

The company holds a management meeting. My wife's secretary, Lisa Carter, is checking IDs at the conference room entrance. She greets everyone who enters with a warm smile. But when it is my turn, she lets out a scornful laugh. I frown and pull out my Cybersecurity Department Manager's ID, but she doesn't even glance at it. "Mr. Torres, Ms. Shaw took pity on you and made you a manager. Do you really think you're somebody important?" I ignore her and dial the CEO's direct line instead. "Someone's saying my position is just charity from you. Is it true?"

Après que j'ai été diagnostiquée d'un cancer de l'estomac, mon mari a cherché des médecins partout pour me sauver. Je croyais que c’était parce qu’il m'aimait profondément. Mais une fois que ma maladie s’est stabilisée, il m'a enlevé un de mes reins, celui du côté gauche, pour le donner à son premier amour, qui était dans le coma depuis deux ans. Devant moi, il l’a embrassée. « Je vais enfin lui rendre ce qu’elle te doit. » « Tu vas t'en sortir. » Mais moi, j’étais déjà si fragile, et cette ablation m’a finalement coûté la vie. Lui, il est devenu complètement fou, hurlant aux médecins dans ses larmes : « Vous avez dit qu’elle ne mourrait pas, non ? »

Penampakan sesosok kuntilanak merah sering terlihat menghantui warga semenjak menghilangnya seorang gadis di Desa Kumpeh, Menur. Tak lama berselang, teror terus berlanjut. Desa Kumpeh kembali geger sebab ditemukannya mayat seorang pria yang terbunuh secara brutal di kawasan pohon beringin yang dianggap wingit dan sebagai tempat tinggal Makhluk Merah si penguasa tempat itu. Di desa lainnya, lima orang pria mati dengan keadaan serupa, sadis dan tidak manusiawi. Apakah kematian mereka ada hubungannya dengan kematian pria sebelumnya? Apakah kematian mereka disebabkan oleh sosok kuntilanak merah atau pun si Makhluk Merah penunggu pohon beringin keramat? Mampukah Sanusi, si kepala kampung, memecahkan misteri yang terjadi di desa tempat tinggalnya?

Mon ami d’enfance était un jeune peintre génial, jusqu’à ce qu’il tombe amoureux de la plus belle fille de l’école . J’ai informé ses parents de cette affaire, et il a été contraint de partir à l’étranger. Ensuite, il a repris l’entreprise familiale, tandis que je suis devenue son employée. Sous ses ordres, mon supérieur m’a enivrée et m’a envoyée dans la chambre du partenaire commercial. J’ai été abusée jusqu’à en mourir. Lorsque j’ai rouvert les yeux, je suis revenue à l’époque où rien n’était encore arrivé.

When my fiance's student argued with me, she knocked over a gas cylinder and caused an explosion. As the fire spread, my fiancé rushed into the lab wearing a gas mask. However, his priority was to carry his student to safety. As he left, he said, "Wait for the rescue team! A teacher should treat their students like how a parent treats their children. If something happens to Amanda, you don't deserve to be a teacher!" In the end, I inhaled too much toxic gas and died, never having waited long enough for the rescue team to arrive. Since I was the only one who had mastered the core data of the lab, no one could take my place. This meant that five years of hard work in the lab were destroyed, and Astran University was kicked out of a global research project. Later, William, the once esteemed professor of Astran University, became a pariah—someone whom everyone scorned and reviled.

The Richie Rich who violated my daughter has gotten off unscathed. He sneers and throws a wad of cash in my face. "I'll show you what people mean when they say money makes the world go round!" In that split second, I want to tear him to pieces.

After the birth of our daughter, my husband left for a dangerous mission. My in-laws' initial joy soured, and they regarded my baby with disdain. Maria, my mother-in-law, was particularly scornful. In a rare show of familial love, my father-in-law Lincoln took my daughter out for a playdate. I thought he had finally grown fond of her, only for him to strike me the moment he returned. "How dare you betray my son! I'll kill you!" "Yes! Beat that loose woman to death together with that brat!" Shifting my gaze from the report on the floor to my furious father-in-law, I pulled out several photos—my naked mother-in-law Maria, caught with another man. "Let's see who the real loose woman is!"

The emergency center I worked in went haywire as the typhoon closed in on our town. That night, my husband’s first love made seven emergency calls in a row to me. However, she did not say anything when I picked up. By the eighth call, I thought it was a prank caller, so I gave them a piece of my mind. Then, I heard my husband’s angry voice. “Melinda! This is the eighth time Sadie's called you for help! Haven’t you made her suffer enough?!” After that fiasco, he decided to avenge Sadie by taping my mouth, tying my wrists and legs up, and throwing me into our basement for three whole days, despite it being flooded with seawater, I begged for mercy, but it was to no avail. “You knew Sadie couldn’t talk because she hurt her throat, yet you still hung up on her! I'm going to make sure you feel the same hopelessness she felt!" Those three days left me with a collection of severe infections. I ended up having to remove my kidney. Even after all that, that man still had the gall to kneel by my bed and beg me to give him another chance.

Nina adalah seorang menantu yang zalim pada Bu Ami, mertuanya sendiri. Dia amat kikir dan suka menikmati makanan di kamar tanpa berbagi pada mertua dan adik-adik iparnya. Sementara sang suami, Wahyu bekerja di luar Kota hingga tak tahu perbuatan istrinya yang buruk itu. Bahkan Nina berselingkuh dengan teman kerjanya sendiri, Joko. Sampai dia bercerai dengan Wahyu dan meninggalkan anaknya sendiri, Adel. Tapi sayang, Joko bukan orang baik dan Nina harus kembali bercerai setelah anaknya dari suami keduanya itu lahir. Nina pun pergi dari kampung tersebut, namun kembali setelah dua puluh lima tahun kemudian bersama anak dari Joko, yaitu Genta. Nina mencintai anak lelakinya dengan sangat, tapi tidak pada anak pertamanya, Adel. Bahkan dia tidak ingin mengakui darah dagingnya tersebut. Sampai di mana, Retno, menantunya sendiri yang tak lain istri Genta memiliki sikap buruk seperti dia di masa muda, dan membongkar kejahatan Nina selama ini hingga membuat Genta kecewa pada ibunya. Nina pun ditinggal oleh Genta dan Retno, pada akhirnya Nina menyesali segala perbuatannya pada Adel terlebih pada mantan mertuanya, mendiang Bu Ami. Nina benar-benar menuai apa yang dia tanam selama ini.

I was locked in a fridge for 40 days while the uncensored photos of me spread like wildfire across the internet. In the face of the salacious rumors about me, my mother reacted by reposting them. Then, she turned to warn my sister, "Look at how disgusting the entertainment industry is. Don't join it, alright? Stay home and inherit your sister's assets instead. My dearest daughter must be innocent and pure, unlike her." She forgot. She forgot I only joined this 'disgusting' industry to pay for her cancer treatment.