“Keep running! Why’d you stop?”
“Come on, girl. Stop resisting and just follow us back. We won’t hurt you.”
Madelyn glanced at the raging waves beneath her. As the rocks under her feet fell, they were instantly swallowed by the waves. In the face of such uncertainty, she found herself contemplating, ‘Am I scared right now? Perhaps I am.’
Memories flooded her mind-tragic deaths, betrayal, and the loss of cherished things. She had once believed she was the happiest person, but that dream shattered, leaving behind a gaping void of darkness, anguish, and torment.
‘I thought I could escape from all the tragedies of my past life in this lifetime as long as I let go of those things and those people… But now… I think I was wrong!’ She clenched her fists as she grappled with this conflicting realization.
‘My life was destined to be a tragedy from the very moment of my birth. It seems as though the heavens demand that I pay for all of Hayson Jent’s sins. All I yearn for is to live on and peacefully spend my days…’ She silently lamented her fate.
‘I’ve really tried my best to change everything from my previous life. I hoped for a better outcome, but things still ended up this way in the end. I’ve already experienced death once…
‘To me, death isn’t terrifying. Besides, if I were no longer alive, perhaps…the only person. who’d be sad is Ethan. What a shame that I never got to meet him one last time,’ she concluded, her thoughts tinged with regret.
Ajax said, “Oh shit! Don’t tell me she’s really gonna jump? If she jumps, we won’t even be able to retrieve her body…”
Forrest walked faster and faster and eventually broke into a run. He shouted, “All of you, stop!
His voice was drowned out by the thunder. No one else heard him apart from them.
“Madelyn Jent! Don’t you dare jump!” He repeated, “Don’t you dare jump! Do you hear me?!”
“Oh shit! If she dies, we’re all done for when the police show up!”
“Stop putting on an act, you stupid bitch! Do it, then! I dare you to jump!”
“Stop resisting. It won’t do you any harm. Don’t risk your own life over such a small matter.”
Suddenly, Madelyn laughed sadly. She spread her arms apart, looked up at the night sky, and let the raindrops fall on her face. ‘If this is my fate, I no longer wish to repeat the same mistakes.’
‘Zach Jardin, I really am exhausted! Your grudge against Hayson from these two lifetimes. Can
we just settle it once and for all? Can you please treat me better in the next lifetime?’ She silently implored, ‘I really want to be your sister. I envy Jadie for having a brother like you…
Lastly, she whispered in her thoughts, ‘And… Farewell, Ethan.
