Rebirth: She Can Burn if She Wants
On the death anniversary of Edward Paulson's ancestors, my husband, Shane Carlton's best friend, Valerie York, wants to make an offering to said ancestors by lighting up candles of different sizes. The thing is, she wants to do it in the direction of the wind.
This time, however, I don't bother stopping her at all.
In my previous lifetime, the entire company accompanied Edward, a rich businessman who happened to be a client of ours, to his hometown so that he could pay respects to his ancestors.
In order to show how capable she was in front of Edward, Valerie insisted on lighting tall and huge candles, which was against the law.
I quickly stopped her by explaining that it'd be very easy for her to start a mountain fire if she were to do this. But Valerie claimed that I was just trying to embarrass her in front of everyone else.
Furious, she ran toward the depths of the mountain, where she accidentally fell down a slope and ended up crippled.
Shane continued to keep Edward company throughout the day without reacting to the news. Thanks to my efforts in socializing with Edward, Shane successfully snagged the business deal with him.
Later on, the company got listed successfully. When Shane took me on a vacation to a tropical island, he shoved me into the deep sea that was filled with reefs.
As I felt seawater gushing into my nose, I demanded Shane for answers while crying loudly. He just stomped on my hands, which were latching desperately to the side of the boat.
"If you hadn't publicly humiliated Valerie back then, she wouldn't have fallen down the slope and gotten crippled!"
In the end, I drowned in the no man zone.
After I died, Valerie, who was supposedly crippled, miraculously stood up. Shane used the accident insurance payout that he had cashed out from my death to enjoy the rest of his life with Valerie.
When I open my eyes again, I've returned to the day Valerie decides to light the candles.