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Johnny's clothes were streaked with dirt from travel.He walked toward me slowly, his sorrow etched into every step. But as he approached, my mind flashed to my last moments in my past life—when he'd come at me with a knife.Without thinking, I took a step back.This time, he simply reached out and patted my head. "I heard the livestream about finding Ben on the way here. Even after everything he's put you through, you still did all that. You've done more than enough."I nodded, the lump in my throat too big to speak.A faint wave of relief washed over me—I'd made it through this time.Johnny made his way to the morgue to see Eleanor. The second the white sheet was pulled back, his knees buckled, and he hit the floor like a man who'd lost everything."Honey, why couldn't you wait for me? Why couldn't you see me one last time?" His grief twisted into anger as he spat, "And that ungrateful son of yours—he's the one who killed you!"Johnny's love for Eleanor had always run deep. T
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Ben's face drained of color, his voice cracking. "Mom? What's wrong? Stop pretending. I'm here now."Eleanor didn't move.He reached out, his fingers brushing her stiff, cold hand. The realization hit like a punch, and he dropped to his knees."No... No, this can't be!" Tears streamed down his face, his cries raw and jagged. "Mom! Mom!"He stayed there, sobbing so hard his body shook, his voice echoing off the cold walls of the morgue.Even Johnny, tough as he was, turned away to wipe his eyes.Then Ben's grief twisted into fury. He spun toward me, his bloodshot eyes blazing. "It's you! It has to be you! She was fine! How could she have a heart attack? You killed her!"My mom is dead, and you're just standing there? You should die too!"Before I could react, he lunged, his fist aimed straight for my face.In my last life, this was when Ben had beaten me to the ground, blaming me for Eleanor's death, with Johnny just watching.But not this time.As his fist came flying, I dod
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Johnny took the lead in contacting the funeral home, and together with Ben, they began arranging Eleanor's burial.The day of the funeral arrived, drawing a crowd of family and friends to pay their respects.But thanks to the internet, everyone knew what Ben had been doing the day Eleanor died.Johnny's relatives kept their bitterness to themselves out of respect for the mourning. Eleanor's family, however, didn't hold back.Their cutting words weren't just harsh—they stopped just short of physically attacking him.But they always capped it off with a pointed phrase, like, "What's done is done, but you'd better cherish your wife from now on."Ben's face grew darker with every word.Watching him squirm, I felt a deep satisfaction.When his gaze flicked to me, though, I let my tears spill over again, playing my part perfectly.The tension lingered until Ben carried Eleanor's urn to her final resting place. Just as he was about to lower it into the ground, his phone buzzed.Out
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After the funeral, Johnny pulled me aside."If you want to divorce Ben," he said, "I'll make sure you get a bigger cut of the property."I practically snapped my neck shaking my head. "No divorce, Johnny. I can't live without him. He's just... distracted. That woman? She's a phase. One day, he'll realize she's all smoke and mirrors."Divorce? Yeah, no. Even if Ben agreed, I'd walk away broke.Since marrying him, I'd been sweet-talked into the full-time housewife gig. Fast forward a few years, and he'd downgraded me to a walking punchline. No job, no income, and apparently no value in his eyes.Eleanor saw all this and thought, 'Hey, let's introduce him to Ima, the human LinkedIn profile.'Ben once told me he loved watching Ima work, said she was beautiful and captivating when she was in her element.That look in his eyes? It was the same way he used to look at me.But then, I wasn't like this before. He made me this way.I wasn't divorcing him. Nope. Not a chance.I'd stick a
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