Ste rolled her eyes. "What are you thinking? It''s not even flirting, just truly roommates, with no... other stuff going on." They hadn''t even dated, and she was already hoping Robin would marry her. No wonder Robin got freaked out and bolted. But, Ste knew she had feelings for Robin.


    "Do you think marriage brings happiness?" I whispered to Ste.


    Ste sat up and looked at me. "Big sis, you were the one who got married first."


    Her gaze made me feel a bit guilty.


    "Are you happy?" she asked me again.


    I thought about it. "Habit can be a terrifying thing."


    I stared at my phone screen, panicking when Colin hung up on me.


    Am I happy in my marriage?


    Well...


    Happiness seems to be a word that''s not meant for me.


    I was mysteriously murdered, mysteriously came back to life... reborn into apletely foreign woman''s body.


    And mysteriously, the man lying next to me, whom I mistakenly thought was the murderer, was Colin.


    It feels like all the dramatic twists of life have centered on me.


    I really want to ask everyone, if all this happened to you, what would you do? Could you really do better than me?


    In this high-pressure, doubtful, and dangerous situation.


    I don''t know how to find happiness, how to survive.


    "I''ve given up on love," Ste shrugged. "I''ve agreed to go on a blind date my mom set up, tonight at 7. I''m heading out soon."


    Ste had agreed to a blind date, but I could tell she wasn''t thrilled.


    "Going on a blind date, huh?" I wanted to dissuade her, but didn''t know how.


    "If I don''t get married soon, my mom''s going to drive me to my grave," Ste sighed.


    Her toxic family environment was suffocating her.


    "Even for Robin''s sake, I have to get married quickly, or my mom will keep bothering him, you know..."


    Ste''s mom was the type who became neurotic after being hurt in love; she was obsessive and controlling.


    Back in school, Ste''s mom had publicly scolded a male project partner of Ste''s, making it known throughout the school.


    She didn''t care about Ste''s


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    Such family, truly suffocating.


    "I want to take a chance," Ste took


    a deep breath. "What if marriage i my and life,


    chance at life,


    right?"


    Ste smiled at me.


    I didn''t say anything.


    Remembering what she said earlier, to trust someone unconditionally, life is a gamble, what if you win?


    Even if you lose, what''s left to lose?


    Nodding firmly, I picked up my phone and called Colin again.


    I wanted to take that gamble... to trust him unconditionally.


    As a bet.


    But Colin, still, hung up my call.


    This time, I truly panicked.


    He couldn''t have... been deceived by Melody, could he?


    Ste went on her blind date.


    The sky was overcast, and it was raining.


    I watched Ste leave, noticing Robin''s car nearby...


    It was clear to me that Robin had feelings for Ste too, but they both seemed like hedgehogs with spines.


    Getting close meant getting hurt,


    and both were afraid of hurting theet


    other, so they chose to keep their distance.


    I stood in the rain, feeling the scent of the earth.


    For some reason, I felt like I could smell death.


    "Ugh, ugh," the mute old man gestured to me, telling me to go back inside and not get wet.


    I went back to my room, sitting in the empty, dry bathtub, and kept calling Colin.


    He hung up, and I called again.


    After several tries, he simply turned off his phone.


    I buried my head between my knees.


    Trusting someonepletely, it sounds easy, but in reality, it''s so hard.