Chapter 3

The group chat went silent for several seconds. I thought she'd finally shut up, but then an urgent banging erupted at my door.

Through the peephole, I saw Jaclyn, her eyes wide, roaring at my door.

"You bitch, you're dead! How dare you say my baby is dead!"

"My baby finally just fell back asleep, are you saying that to deliberately harm my baby?!"

"If anything happens to my baby, I'll kill you!"

Other neighbors came out of their apartments after hearing the commotion, angrily scolding me.

"Vivian, you're crossing the line! Jaclyn's child is barely almost one year old. Can't you show some decency?"

"Exactly! You'll have children too someday. Would you stand by and let someone curse your own child with such vicious words?"

"Picking on a child who's not even one, aren't you afraid of what karma will do to you?!"

Jaclyn was still pounding on the door, her eyes bulging with pure hatred, as if she wanted to rip me to shreds.

"You damn bitch! You whore! How dare you curse my child!"

"I'll kill you! I'll kill your entire family!"

Her shrill cries, piercing my eardrums, made the early morning hours particularly chilling.

Just thinking about being unfairly accused in my previous life and then stabbed eight times by this psycho made my body tremble uncontrollably.

Hearing her threaten to kill my whole family, I couldn't take it anymore. I quickly yanked the door open and slapped her hard across the face.

"Who the hell are you yelling at?! Where's your baby? Why don't I hear him crying?!"

"Just bring your baby out for me to see, and I'll happily be your free babysitter!"

The slap stunned her. After a few seconds, she suddenly lunged at me, all claws and fury.

I quickly dodged back into my apartment, sticking out my foot to trip her.

Recalling being stabbed to death in my past life, I was blinded by rage.

I plopped down on Jaclyn's back, grabbing her hair and pulling it in both directions.

"Scream now, bitch! Smash my door again, I dare you! Let's see how tough you are now!"

Jaclyn, pinned beneath me, could only shriek hysterically.

"Vivian, you're an animal! This is insane! I'm calling the cops!"

Her piercing screams drew the neighbors out.

They scrambled to pull us apart and called building management.

I glared at Jaclyn, still seething.

By my calculations, I'd only been reborn for about an hour.

That meant just an hour ago, I had been killed by this lunatic right in front of me! How was I supposed to stay calm?

But after pulling me away, everyone started blaming me.

"Vivian, you were in the wrong to begin with, and now you're getting physical? You think it's okay to pick on a single mother?"

"I never realized we had such a cruel neighbor on this floor!"

"I've already called building management! If you keep this attitude, we'll call the police and let them handle it!"