Second Life, No Regrets

Synopsis

The first thing I did after being reborn? Erased every trace of Ethan Sullivan from my life. Blocked him on Instagram. Deleted his number. Set up auto-reject on my email. When he chose MIT in Boston, I switched my application to UCLA in Los Angeles. When he came home over break and asked to meet, I booked a flight to Europe instead. The moment he joined the startup incubator we'd both applied for, I dropped out immediately—I didn't even want to see his back. In my past life, I loved him obsessively for twenty years. And he let me down for twenty years. At thirty-five, I was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. On my deathbed, Ethan was busy planning his wedding to his high school sweetheart, Ashlynn White. The foster daughter I'd raised with such care, Lily, was helping him straighten his tie. And me? I took my last breath alone in a hospital room. I will never live that pathetic excuse for a life again.