Reborn, No More Scapegoat
I didn't want to see her marriage implode, so I idiotically kept her secrets, not expecting her to weaponize my silence.
She pinned all her trashy affairs, accidental pregnancies, and debts onto me, ultimately making me take the fall for a crime that ended my life.
The blinding terror of my death in that past life was still fresh in my mind. But now that I was reborn, I refused to play the sacrificial lamb again.
The Carters were one of the most prominent families in the city. Marrying Jake was Brenda's golden ticket out of her working-class roots.
Jake's parents had always looked down on her humble background. If they ever found out she was actively stepping out on their son, she would be t