Reborn, She's Back for Revenge novel Chapter 128

Chapter 128

Chapter 128

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Thunder cracked, and the sky suddenly opened up. Tears streamed down Edith’s face, mixing with the

heavy rain.

Zachary and Joseph were just stunned. They couldn’t wrap their heads around it. It was just a dream she was describing, but it felt terrifyingly real, like they had lived through it themselves.

They thought back to a month ago, before Edith had come home. They remembered all the times Karen and Hallie had talked trash about her right in front of them.

It hit them then: if Edith were the quiet type who didn’t speak up for herself, a huge gap would have grown between them.

When things went wrong, they knew they’d probably side with Karen instead of Edith. Suddenly, her nightmare felt like something that could actually happen.

“If I don’t keep them in line, I’m terrified that the nightmare might actually come true,” Edith choked out, collapsing against the gravestone. “But when I try, they just push back even harder. Mom, I… I don’t know what to do anymore…”

Zachary had never seen this side of Edith, so broken and fragile. The Edith he knew was always tough and in control. No matter how much he acted out, she could shut him down with a single look.

He honestly believed nothing in the world could ever get to her. He figured she would always be there, leading the way for him.

But now, Edith was crying. She was crying because of him. He was an idiot who put his tutors in the hospital.

Edith was barely eighteen. She was still just a girl, and she was carrying way too much on her shoulders

“Edith, I’m sorry. I messed up…” Zachary said, his voice trembling with fear. “Just… go back to being strict with us, okay? I want you to. I think we need it.”

Edith wiped at her tears, but it was pointless. The rain was coming down so hard that it looked like she never stopped crying at all.

She slowly pushed herself to her feet. “You don’t owe me an apology. You haven’t done anything to hurt me. From now on, I’m staying out of your school life.

“If you

want to skip class, skip it. If you want to take a day off, take it. I won’t say a word against it.”

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Soaked to the bone, she turned around and walked slowly out of the cemetery. Without another glance, she got in her car and drove off.

Joseph’s face crumpled in panic. Wiping the rain from his eyes, he asked, “Zachary, what do we do? Edith is giving up on us.”

Zachary pulled his brother up and dragged him under a small shelter to get out of the downpour. He stared down the empty road where Edith’s car had vanished, his voice grim. “Look, we messed up.

“It’s only fair she’s giving up on us. But I guess this means you’re free now. You can do whatever you want. Like, playing video games 24/7. Sounds awesome, doesn’t it?”

The thought made Joseph start crying harder. He shook his head hard. “No. It’s not awesome. It

sucks!”

For Joseph, video games were fun because they were a reward for finishing his homework. He had to earn them. But playing nonstop with no limits would just make him feel lost and empty, like a zombie drifting through the day.

“Do we really need Edith breathing down our necks just to get us to study?” Zachary muttered, his

hands balling into fists. “No way.

“From now until the SSAT, I’m handling my own crap. And if I prove I can do it, she’ll have to see I’ve

changed. She’ll have to forgive me.”

Joseph nodded eagerly through his tears. “I–I’ll do it, too.”

After giving each other a clumsy pep talk, the two brothers finally decided to leave the cemetery.

A cemetery was never crowded, but the rain had turned it into a ghost town. Edith’s car was gone, leaving nothing but an empty space at the gate.

Zachary pulled out his phone to order an Uber, but it was useless. They were too far out from the city. He had no signal, no bars. He couldn’t even make a call.

“Whatever. Let’s just walk,” Zachary sighed. “Guess we can just add it to our punishment.”

Joseph nodded in agreement. “Our dumb stunt sent Mr. Hadley and Mr. Campbell to the hospital. It’s only fair we get sick from the rain, too. We deserve it!

Taking a deep breath, the two brothers stepped back into the downpour. They’d barely gone a few feet when a cemetery worker walked up and shoved two umbrellas at them. “Here. They’re free.”

Zachary and Joseph stammered their thanks. Then, the worker went back inside and looked at Edith.

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“Miss,” he asked, “Why make me do it? Why not just give them the umbrellas yourself?”

Edith gave a small smile. “Because if I did, it would defeat the whole purpose.”

This whole trip was

calculated. It was all about teaching them a lesson, one so harsh it would be burned into their memories forever.

The rain started coming down in sheets. Up ahead, Zachary and Joseph huddled together as they walked under their new umbrellas.

Keeping a safe distance of about 300 feet, Edith trailed them in silence. With earbuds in, she listened to her Engloria language drills.

Rain fell on Sunspire. And it fell on Bonrea, too.

“Incredible news, Mr. Larson,” the doctor said, his face lit with excitement. “Your condition has improved dramatically. If this keeps up, your other personality should be showing up a lot less often.”

Marcus stared out at the sheet of rain sliding down the window. “My other self tried to come out for a minute last night,” he said, his voice flat. “But I managed to shove him back down.”

Ever since leaving the Lovett Manor, he’d been getting flashes–memories that weren’t his. Or rather, they belonged to his other self, Dodo. They were everything Dodo had experienced.

He fought the images down every time they bubbled up. They were a highlight reel of humiliation he

refused to watch.

“This means the two personalities are starting to merge.” The doctor was practically vibrating with excitement. “Progress like this is almost unheard of.

“Mr. Larson, please, think. Was it a new medication? Some kind of major shock? Anything that could have triggered this memory bleed?”

Marcus forced himself to replay the memories.

‘Great,‘ he thought bitterly. ‘My other sell went crawling back to the Lovett Manor to bug Edith again, acting like a shameless stray. Now I look like a total freak in front of Edith and her brothers.

“He called Zachary Dad. I’ll get him back for that one. And then he ate chocolate, followed by an entire box of candy, and completely lost it…

No matter how he sliced it, Edith was somehow at the center of this sudden “breakthrough.”

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Marcus’s phone buzzed. He glanced at the caller ID: Fiona. ‘I only got into Bonrea yesterday,’ he thought, confused. ‘How does she already know?‘

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Marcus’s jaw tightened as he picked up. Fiona’s panicked voice flooded the line. “Marcus! It’s your father. He had a heart attack. They just rushed him to the ER.”

Marcus frowned. “I’m not a doctor. There’s nothing I can do there.”

The main reason for his cold response was that Dwight had about ten “heart attacks” a year, and Marcus was sure at least nine of them were just for show. He wasn’t in the mood for the drama.

“They don’t think he’s going to make it this time,” Fiona cried, her voice cracking. “I called your brothers, and they’re on their way now. You need to come back to Bonrea, Marcus. Right now.”

Marcus’s frown deepened. ‘Wait. She doesn’t know I’m in Bonrea already,‘ he thought. ‘Does that mean… this one’s real?‘

Without another word, Marcus stood up and headed out. Kane was already waiting in the car, and they sped off toward Bonrea Army Medical Center.

Dwight was one of the true power brokers at the heart of Bonrea. As a decorated war hero, he was the

anchor of the Larson family.

His going down wouldn’t just make waves. It would cause a tsunami in the city’s balance of power. So, the fact that he was in a hospital bed was the most tightly guarded secret in town.

Walking through the hospital, everything looked normal to Marcus. But the second he stepped into the room and saw Fiona’s puffy, red–rimmed eyes, he knew this wasn’t another false alarm. This was

real.

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