Chapter 5

Only after Molina assured me repeatedly did I hang up. At ten that night, in the small group I hadn't left, messages were still coming.

Someone gossiped curiously in the group:

"Do you think Kate's having a boy or a girl?"

Bella responded fastest: "Definitely a boy. Look how pointy her belly is. Round is a girl, pointy is a boy. The old saying is never wrong."

"Boy or girl, as long as it's safe."

"Kate has such good relationships. God will definitely bless her."

As they talked, the topic gradually turned to me.

Tony sent a message: "Speaking of which, since Alice didn't take Kate today, shouldn't she make up for it somehow? Buying something to compensate isn't too much to ask, right?"

Madison replied instantly: "Exactly. The pregnant woman was about to give birth and she refused to help. Shouldn't she at least buy some bird's nest to visit her later?"

"I bet Alice never sold that car at all. It was just an excuse not to take her."

"Someone @ her and make her come out and say something."

Someone @'d me. I ignored it.

Messages kept coming.

I stared at the screen, reading word by word.

These people were the same in my past life.

Madison led the charge demanding I pay compensation. Tony egged Marcus on to sue me in court. Carter posed as an "insider" online to spread rumors.

Now, before the baby was even born, they were already arranging how I should "atone."

My phone buzzed. It was a voice message from Molina.

I played it. Her voice was very low but extremely fast:

"The baby didn't make it. The doctor said it was due to umbilical cord strangulation causing suffocation, directly related to the mother's refusal of a cesarean section."

I stared at this message for a long time.

At this time in my past life, I was kneeling in the hospital corridor kowtowing until my forehead bled, my mouth repeating "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Marcus stood beside me filming a video, the camera shoved in my face, his voice cold:

"Everyone look. This is the perpetrator's attitude."

That video went viral the next day.

In this life, I just wanted to see how they'd continue their act without me.

Early the next morning, I opened a short video platform. A topic hung prominently on the trending list.

I clicked on the first video. Marcus stood at the company entrance with a white banner with black letters behind him.

"Heartless company abuses pregnant woman—give me back my son!"

Kate's parents were collapsed on the ground crying. Seven or eight relatives stood nearby. Some held phones livestreaming, others cursed. The scene was even bigger than in my past life.

The video already had over ten thousand comments. Netizens were commenting with all kinds of opinions.

"This kind of company should be exposed!"

"Are the managers hiding too? Pay compensation!"

"The coworkers are all accomplices!"

In the livestream, Madison and Carter were trapped inside the revolving door, their faces completely pale.

Suddenly, Bella squeezed out from the crowd.

She rushed up to Marcus, her voice shrill and urgent:

"Stop making a scene! The person who killed your son isn't the company! It's Alice!

She refused to drive your wife to the hospital! If you're looking for revenge, go find her!"

Marcus froze for a moment, then cried even louder:

"Where's that bitch? Make her come out!"

"She resigned! She ran away!" Bella pointed back at the company entrance. "We're all good people! She's the only cold-blooded animal! Go find her, not us!"

Carter also shouted: "Right, right, it has nothing to do with us! Alice refused to help!"

Madison shrank in the back, nodding vigorously.

Various discussions came from the crowd.

"Is she fleeing from guilt?"

"If she'd driven the pregnant woman to the hospital right away, maybe the baby could've been saved."

"So cold-blooded. If it were me, I definitely would've taken her immediately."

I stood outside the crowd, listening to everyone's discussions and watching my coworkers' righteous indignation.

Suddenly, I smiled and said loudly:

"You want me, someone without a car, to take a pregnant woman? With my two legs?"