Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Regina beard a loud thud, and she son up in bed at once.
The pain of the fall spread all over her body in an instant
She was stunned thinking. Where am I? Didn’t I die from the Ex
Suddenly, a gruff voice yelled from outside. “Hey, you like brat! Get up! Go grab me some scotch! Get your lazy bust out of here and go, NOW!
she climbed out of bed and stepped outside, locking eyes with a guy she knew all too well
I was her deadbeat foster dad, long kicked out of her life.
He was obvieady drunk upon seeing her, he slapped her and held a knife in front of her.
“Gogri my booze, now! Or III put you! he hissed.
His voice rang out, making her dizzy
Her head tilted aside because of his slap, and her gaze fell on the electronic clock in the living room.
J
Jwas May 3rd. 4021..
But that wasn’t right; it was supposed to be May 3rd. 4025.
Regina’s expression changed.
She thought. I went back in time a year! Today is the day before the Michells found me?
Her head was buzzing. At the same time, her foster father kept pointing at her nose and cursing her with nasty words.
Ignoring him she picked up the key from the table and walked slowly towards the door.
Back then, the Mitchells came to the door one day out of the blue, saying she was their daughter.
They said a massive earthquake had hit Dainville years ago, killing tons of people and leaving chans in its wake.
At the time of the disaster, countless hospitals collapsed, and the conditions for giving birth were extremely harsh. Hospitals were rubble, and moms like Regina’s foster mom and Irene ended up giving birth in some makeshift shelter. Buck, had girls both husbands were Mitchells, and somehow they hit it off as friends.
Trene seemed sur
sweet and loaded, and Regina’s foster mom clocked that fast.
Her foster dad? A drunk jelk who wanted a boy. When he got a girl instead, he never let it go, always mouthing off.
Reginas foster mother didn’t want her baby girl to sutter, so she switched the babies.
frene and Hugh had a clue–rassed Melinda like she was theirs
Regina, however, ended up having a miserable ide
Regina’s foster father, blind to the truth, treated her coldly because the was a girl
Regina, thought she got the short end, stuck with a foster dad who didn’t give a dam because she wasn’t a son, and a foster mom who stayed cold because Regins wasn’t her.
When Irene and Hugh finally tracked her down, they were thrilled. Her foster parents milked them for a fat stack of cash, then ditched her without a second thought.
Then Regina became part of the Mitchell Camily again.
Regina went back to the Mitchells, but Melanda didn’t get shipped off to her real parents–trene and High knew they were trash and didn’t want her
suffering
Melinda, who had been pampered since she was lile, could never bear such suffering.
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They kept saying Melinda was innocent, just another victim.
First day back, Melinda hawled her eyes out and skipped dinner. Everyone but Regina rushed to cheer her up.
Regina sat there, caring a family meal eighteen years late, all by herself
After that, she was just Melinda’s punching bag–Melinda couldn’t stand seeing her around.
Therefore, she was never part of family dinners, family trips, and family photos. She wasn’t even allowed to watch TV with them in the living room
The only time she joined the family trip, she and Melinda were kidnapped.
At the most critical moment hier family chose Melinda without blinking.
Regins put her hand on the door handle and looked back at the time.
At 5 am, tomorrow, those wolves would come to the door and get her “home”
Then both families who had hurt her would both embrace a happy life.
Not today. This was her shot to
the script.
She put down her hand on the door handle and said. “Dad, I saw Mom with Kendrick
Kendrick Jimenez was their neighbor. His expression changed slightly as he glared at her sideways. “What did you say?”
She spun around, voice ice–cold. “Every time she says she’s working late, she’s with him in the next building. If you go now, you’ll catch them strolling out together.”
She smirked. “They said you’re getting in their way. So they’re ploning to off you and take your stuff.”
His face, red because of the wine, instantly twisted with anger. “She screwed him behind my back again! I’ll kill them!”
He picked up the knife and ran our, slamming the door behind him hard.
Listening to him running downstairs, Regina walked to the portrait of her sister, Lily Mitchell.
Lily’s bright smile beamed out–she looked about fourteen.
Regua stroked the photo frame gently
Soon, the shrill screams of a man and a woman came from downstairs.
People outside freaked out Oh my God, they’re dead! A Murder, MURDERI
Regina delo’t flinch, just kept staring at the picture.
“Lily, this is v
is you, right? You couldn’t stand watching
me get crushed like that, so you g
hur a do–over”
She locked eyes with Lily’s photo, dead serious. “Don’t worry. This time, I won’t let you down.”
Meanwhile, at the Muchell family’s place, trene ran out of her room “Regina! I must go fund Reginal
Brad and Clive ran out of their rooms. “Mom, what’s wrong?”
go find Regmat Your real sister!”
Her eyes were out of focus as she acted frantically, pouncing at them. Til go f
The two handsome teenagers looked at each other and both saw the shock in each other’s eyes.
“Mom, what? Did you have a bad dream or something! You’re not making ser
selise,” they asked.
Irene’s expression changed slightly she ran downstairs without saying a word.
She realized that she’d woken up a year back in time. This was her shot to fix things with Regina
They died at different times, and they might not go back in time as she did.
Before she died, Brad, Clive, and Hugh were abused in other rooms.
She tried to piece things together as she muttered. We dicht all die at the same time, and maybe they won’t come back like I did.
“Let me sec.. Before libed. Brud, Clive, and Hugh were getting tortured in other room.
she couldn’t waste a second,
then, the maid’s voice came from the living room. “Mr. Mitchell is fuck”
Irene’s eyes lit up as she rushed High. “High, we’ve got to get Reginal We let her down! I trusted the wrong person, loved the wrong one–I regret it
Hugh, who had just come back from work, was puzzled when he saw her like this. “What’s going on? What are you talking about? Who’s Regina?”
Irene was stunned and utterly disappointed, thinking, “You too, Hight Am I the only one who goes back in time?
Having no time to explain, she bypassed them. “Tve found my real daughter. I’m going to get her back!”
Brad, Clive, and Hugh were dumbfounded.
They thought. Her real daughter?
week ago, we accidentally found out at the hospital that Melinda isn’t related to us by blood.
Since then, we’ve been searching for the real one.
‘And Irene has already found her
They followed Irene to the door
Just then Melinda came back with shopping bags and asked happily, “Mom, Dad, are you going out?”
Irene pulled a long face, saying sterly, “None of your business.”
Melinda was d
was dumbfounded. “Mom?”
Meanwhile, Hugli’s expression changed. “Irene, why are you so mean?”
Brad and Clive didn’t get it either. Indeed, Mom. She’s not your blood, but she deserves better than this?
Melinda stood aside in a daze, looking at Irene through tears. “Mom? Did I do something wrong?”
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Irene sneered. Her old memories flashed back
Year: aher Regina fell to her death with that gunman, the family couldn’t shite d
the guilt.
The bad feeling haunted them whenever they thought of her.
bene especially—she’d watched her own kid die right in front of her and never got over
Melinda sering them all torn up, suggested a family trip to unwind.
Irene fell for it
Next thing, Melinda colluded with her boyfriend and kidnapped thei
The four were locked in separate rooms, laten down
She could clearly hear the screams of Hugh, Clive, and Brad.
She couldn’t believe that Melinda would betray her, after all, she had always doted on Melinda. So, she asked Melinda when she was dying, wanting to know why Melinda would do so
Melinda shrugged. “I always knew you weren’t my real mom. People always while.
said we didn’t look alike, so I checked our DNA. I’ve been onto you for a
“You’ve all been moping since Regina died. I’m not even related, so why not take your cash! At least I won’t end up with nothing.
You knew my real parents had garbage genes, but you picked me any way. That’s on you.”
Irene died in shock and remorse.
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She didit test.cat
When her eyes popped open, she was back–day before she’d grabbed Regina.
This was her indo.
This time, she was set to p
protect Regina, she’d never be separated from Regina, her baby girl, again!
She turned to the driver, no hesitation. “Yes, the place I told you. I need to get there ASAP