I stood by the window, coldly watching Madelyn toss the teddy bear into the trash like it was garbage.
I took out my phone and called my brother. "It's done. There's one more thing. You need to go see Mom right now," I said.
In two weeks, it will be the day of Mom's car accident in my previous life.
Since I've been reborn, I don't want Mom to die in a car accident like she did in the last life.
Lately, Madelyn had been in a daze, as if she was possessed. She kept mumbling that a ghost was haunting her.
I thoughtfully took her to a fortune teller on the street, hoping she would recover soon.
The fortune teller frowned and shook his head. "Have you been doing too many bad things lately? You need to accumulate good deeds!" he said.
I got anxious and quickly gave the fortune teller a few hundred dollars. "Sir, do you have a way to break the curse?" I asked.
The fortune teller said that Madelyn needed to accumulate more yin virtue and refrain from harming others.
Madelyn insisted she had never done anything bad. But when she saw a beggar on the street, she gave him a few hundred dollars.
I laughed. "Didn't you say you didn't believe in this stuff?" I asked.
Madelyn looked uncomfortable but stubbornly replied, "I just felt sorry for them. I'm beautiful and kind-hearted, don't you get it?" she said.
I coldly laughed inside. Someone like Madelyn dared to call herself kind-hearted.
But in the past few days, Madelyn had turned into a kindness person. She gave each beggar a tip of at least five hundred dollars.
But Madelyn couldn't stay peaceful for even two days before she started causing trouble again.
In three days, it would be the day of Mom's car accident. I told my brother to stay by Mom's side at all times and not let her go to the market that day.
Mom listened to me and my brother. She didn't go to the market for several days.
But something unexpected still happened that day. Madelyn went to my house to find Mom without telling me.
Mom thought there was no food at home, so she took Madelyn along to the market.
The car accident still happened. By the time my brother called me, Mom was already in the hospital.
My heart skipped a beat. I didn't even hear the rest of what my brother was saying. "Don't say anything else. I'm coming to the hospital now!" I said.
It turned out that Mom's car accident was inevitable. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't change it.