THE SECOND CHANCE

Episode Four

DEATH AND A SECOND CHANCE

Alicia's Pov

"So you are the scapegoat that the Stephan family chose." I heard the man say, and I became more afraid.

"I am sorry sir, but I don't understand what you are talking about sir, my master only told me to deliver the briefcase to you. I don't know anything about what you are talking about sir." I said in fear.

"Wow, well, I guess your master never told you that Stephen was always a bastard," the strange man said.

"Please sir, just let me go, I promise I will not tell anyone anything because I sincerely have no idea what is going on." I pleaded with the man.

I had always known that though the Stephen family had a financial company where they gave out loans to desperate people with ridiculously high interest rates, I knew that they were into something much deeper and that the financial company was just a camouflage used to hide their true source of income.

"Well, we will see about that. Now walk towards the river and if you try anything funny like shouting or running away, I will blow your pretty brains off." The man threatened as he gestured towards the river.

I was at a loss about what was happening, everything just seemed strange, and I had no idea what exactly was going on. It was now I understood the wicked grin on the faces of the Stephen family when I was leaving for this errand.

I obeyed the strange man and I walked quietly towards the river. When we got to the edge of the river, the strange man told me to kneel down and I did. He gave me the briefcase and told me to open it, which I did and, to my surprise, I found out that it was filled with pieces of paper.

"What?!" The man exclaimed and c*****g the gun, he put it on my head.

"Where is it?" He asked me angrily.

"Where is what sir?" I asked him fearfully.

"Don't you dare play a game on me girl, where is my money?!" The strange man shouted.

"I don't know sir, I was never told what was in the briefcase, this is the first time I've been opening it since I was given it." I explained that I was already crying.

"You all must think that I am a joke or something right, know you are dead meat if I don't see my money." The strange man said as he took out his phone and dialed a number and put the phone on the loudspeaker, so I could hear whoever he was calling.

"Hello Mr. Jack, trust you are calling to let me know that the package has been delivered to you." I heard the voice of my master, Mr. Stephan over the phone.

"Do I look like a joke to you and your family?" Mr. Jack asked.

"I do not understand what you mean, Mr. Jack." Mr. Stephan said, feigning ignorance.

"Where the hell is my money you bastard?!" Mr. Jack shouted.

"Wow, calm down Mr. Jack, your money is in the briefcase my slave Omega is bringing to you. I thought she must have gotten there by now. Let me call my driver to ask about their whereabouts." Mr. Stephan said.

"Oh, please, stop the act! Your slave is here with me with a briefcase full of torn papers. Are you seriously playing with me?" Mr. Jack asked.

"Wow, that is a surprise, the briefcase was filled with money and I can send you evidence of it." Mr. Stephan said.

"Alright, I will be waiting." Mr. Jack said and hung up.

A few seconds later, Mr. Jack's phone beeped and he checked it. It was a video sent from Mr. Stephan and Mr. Jack brought it close to me, so we could both watch the video together.

He played the video and we saw Mr. Stephan put the money into the suitcase and gave it to me. I was surprised, there must have been a mistake somewhere. I never opened the briefcase. Someone must have switched the briefcase I was being framed for. Indeed, I was a scapegoat.

Mr. Stephan called back and asked Mr. Jack if he had seen the video and asked Mr. Jack to hold me responsible and do whatever he pleased to do with me.

"Please sir, I am being framed. I did not change the briefcase." I pleaded, crying.

"I guess you will have to tell your employer that when you meet him in your next life and I will be coming for him too." Mr. Jack said and shot me in the back of my head.

I fell downward from the cliff where I was kneeling down towards the water. I saw my life leaving me and Mr. Jack's face suddenly became clearer, and his face was the last one I saw as I closed my eyes with tears streaming down my face and thinking about how my life suddenly ended in the most unfair way, as my back landed on the water.

I woke up suddenly to see myself in a strange body. The body was actually smaller than my original body and I instantly stood up. I rushed to the mirror and was shocked to see myself carrying the face of Mistress Chloe.

"Chloe, come downstairs now, your father is about to leave for work." I heard the voice of Madam Beatrice and I became afraid.

I looked at the calendar on the mirror table and was shocked to see the date: April 4th, 2021. I was framed and killed on April 4th, 2022.

I was confused. Does it mean that I was given a second chance by the moon goddess to come back to life and in the body of the favorite child of the family that murdered me?

In my confusion, I ran out of the room and walked downstairs. It was the house of the Stephans, my killer! I slowly came downstairs, and I met the complete Stephan family with all sitting down and laughing.

I looked at all of them and remembered how they had caused my death. It seemed the moon goddess had given me a second chance at life and this time, I will make sure they all feel my wrath!