The Life List Novels & Stories

He pointed toward the screen. “It was created years earlier.” Daniel opened another document. “This is impossible.” “What?” Dexter asked. Daniel turned the monitor toward them. A list of names appeared. At the top was Richard Lim. Underneath were several executives, lawyers, businessmen, and politicians. Then Dexter saw another name. His mother's. His breathing stopped. “No.” Selena reached for his hand. “Dexter…” He stared at the screen. “Why is my mother on that list?” Gabriel answered quietly.

My silence only angered Vivian as she sneered at me, "Jason put on a suicide act, so now you're copying him too? You're a grown man. Why are you still acting the same as before?" I still said nothing. Or maybe it was better to say I simply did not know what to say. I didn't know whether Jason had truly wanted to die, but when I couldn't reach my asthma medication, I had truly wanted to die. I suddenly felt there was nothing worth living for anymore. I had failed at everything; whether as a husband, a father, or a son. But now, I finally saw things clearly after Death's ice-cold hands brushed through my skin. I had spent my life thinking about everyone else, yet I had kept neglecting myself.