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The System declared my mission a failure. At midnight, my soul would be erased. Before leaving this world, I gave my target, Oliver Grant, one last ultimatum. "Oliver, if you don't spend my birthday with me tonight, you'll never see me again." His voice was ice-cold. "Caroline, drop the suicide threats. It only disgusts me. I'm at the chapel praying for Lucy, so stop calling and desecrating this sanctuary." Without a tear or a scene, I hung up, put on my favorite dress, and jumped from the 28th floor. A mechanical chime rang out. [Host successfully detached.] The next day, Oliver walked by and saw the mangled body. The rosary he carried everywhere suddenly snapped, scattering beads across the concrete. Rumor had it the untouchable, devout man eventually lost his mind, found clinging to a rotting corpse and violently smashing his head into the ground until he bled raw.