"You look pathetic. Where is the beautiful rose that everyone was talking about?"
I lifted my head to see who is right in front of me. Seeing his face brought a whirlpool of emotions inside of me. Anger, shame, and sadness. To think that I loved this guy. Thinking about it now, I only fell for him because of his face.
He took everything away from me. The life of my family who loved me dearly despite everything that I had done. I don't understand why he would take my family's life when they did nothing wrong. That's the question I have been asking him, but his answer enraged me.
'You are part of that family, their blood is as vile as yours'
I still remember those exact words he said. I cried nonstop and kept telling him my family did nothing wrong, but there was no remorse in his eyes. I was the one who made the terrible deeds, so why. Why did my family have to face the consequences too? All they did was try to guide me to the right path and love me. They did nothing wrong!
Looking straight into his eyes, I said nothing. There is nothing for me to say to him.
"Drag her. It's about time for her execution." He looked irritated. Is it because he expected me to beg him for my life? I won't beg for my life anymore, there is nothing left in this world for me. If I lived for another day, I will only feel the suffering of knowing that my family is no more. I'm all alone in this world.
Upon arriving at the scaffold, I am at the center of everyone's attention. To think that back then all I wanted was for everyone to focus their attention on me, how ironic. I stared at where that man and his lover is at. He is looking at me with a cold and expressionless eye while his lover is looking at me as if she has been expecting this to happen. She wanted this to happen.
She smiled at me. A smile that only I can know what it means. To think that the innocent and precious lady that everyone's talking about is a two-faced bitch. In this kind of society, it is only natural for people to hide their true personality, but she, on the other hand, hid her true personality from everyone perfectly. Even her lover doesn't know about that.
"Any last words, Andrea De Vishante?"
Last words? I guess I could give them my one last act of being the villain in their story. "I wish you two live a miserable life and bring misfortune to those around you."
The woman beside him gaped and started to tear up. "To think that at this moment you still…" She didn't finish her sentence, part of her act I'm guessing. Her excessive crying and innocence always left me speechless. Why does no one suspect that this is all an act from her? Oh well, thinking about that right now is useless. I am about to die anyway.
"Finish this already! I don't want Isabella to hear any more of her ill words!"
With that, I closed my eyes and accepted this fate of mine. It's funny how I'm starting to regret everything that I had done in the past. If there was such a thing as a second chance in life, I would love for it to happen. I want to make it right for the sake of my family who loves me dearly and the people who I have hurt because of my selfishness.
Blackness surrounds me. Is this my afterlife? I guess I do deserve something like this, filled with blackness and nothingness.
"It's filled with nothingness because your life has returned to its blank state." A sudden voice behind me caught me by surprise.
I turned around and saw this child-like figure floating in front of me. There is something about this person that I cannot figure out.
"Blank state? What are you talking about?"
"Usually when a person dies this place would be filled with memories of the life that you had lived. Yours is in a blank state because your past has been erased from history."
"Why?" Erased from history? That can't be. I did so many things, so many bad things. Something like that shouldn't be erased. Although I don't want to be reminded of my wrongdoings, don't I deserve to be punished?
"Because as per your wish, God has given you a second chance in life. A clean blank state for you to start making memories. Good memories."
His words reminded me of what I wished for before the blade hit me. A second chance! God heard me and granted me a second chance. Why? even though I wished for it, I don't think I deserved such a thing.
"Why? Why would God grant me a second chance? God knows what I had done before this and I'm sure you do too."
"That I do not know and I am only conveying what God is granting you. No matter what I think of you, I am in no place to say a word. I am only, after all, God's servant." He looked at me and continued, "You know, you're a very special case."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Usually, when a soul comes to this place, they wait until it's the right time for them to reincarnate. Once they are reincarnated, they will lose all the memories they had in their past life and start in a black state. However, you will be reincarnated with your memories of your memories intact, and not only that, you will relive your life. Time will turn backward for you. your second chance."
With his explanation, I can only think of one question. Does God favor me? But that would be ridiculous. Why would God favor someone like me? I'm a sinful person.
All of a sudden, I started to feel dizzy. I'm starting to lose my balance. I look at God's servant and he said, "I guess it's about time. Good luck with your second chance and make the most of it." He gave me a meaningful smile and after that there is nothing.