A Flight to Freedom
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I slammed the door in his face, leaving him and Wendy staring at each other in the hallway.
The neighbors whispered among themselves, and they glared at the two of them with obvious disgust.
Jacob banged on the door, begging me to let him in. I ignored him. Only when he heard me slam the bedroom door did he punch the wall in frustration and leave.
Calmly, I turned on the bedside lamp and started flipping through a magazine.
The reason I dared to cause such a scene today… was because I had been reborn.
In my past life, it was when Jacob left to be with Wendy that the house caught fire. Locked inside, I burned to death.