I shook my head, struggling to comprehend it all. How could missing a single phone call set off such a devastating chain of events?

Inside Sarah's womb, Mia sobbed helplessly. "Mommy felt a sharp pain in her chest and needed help right away. In her desperation, she could only call you. I had begged you endlessly, but you didn't answer.

"With no one else to turn to, Mommy asked Daddy for help. But in his panic, he made a critical mistake during surgery. Following the patient's death, Daddy was killed by their grieving relatives. It's all because of you, Grandma!"

I shook my head. "It's not my fault. I've tried so hard to do things differently, yet no matter what I change, it always ends the same."

Sarah clung to my arm, and her nails cut deep into my skin. "I hate you! I wish you weren't my mother! Why don't you just die?"

Tears welled up in her eyes as she turned and fled. I stood there, swallowed by confusion.

I had tried everything I could to put a stop to the disasters that had plagued my past life. Yet now, it felt as if every one of my efforts had been turned into some cruel joke.

In that instant, fragments of my past life surged back, replaying themselves before my very eyes.

It felt as though a pair of invisible hands was dragging my entire family toward the same abyss once more.

Watching Sarah's figure disappear into the distance, I felt compelled to chase after her and beg for forgiveness.

However, once again, Mia's voice cut through the moment. "Grandma, you're so annoying! Why can't you just leave Mommy alone? She hates you right now. If you keep bothering her, she might actually kill herself."

Fear froze me in place. I didn't know what to do.

If I listened to Mia, would Sarah suffer the same fate she did in my past life?

Nonetheless, it was exactly because I had ignored Mia's warning back then that I missed Sarah's call. As a result, Jeremy met a tragic end, and the same disaster struck again.

Even as my mind wavered, my legs moved on their own. I followed closely behind Sarah, terrified she might do something reckless again.

As soon as Sarah sensed me behind her, she spun on her heels. Her eyes burned with hatred as she glared at me.

"How long are you going to keep following me? You're disgusting. Even if I were heading straight toward my own doom, would you still insist on tagging along?"

Startled, I looked up. We were at the very lakeside where she had once ended her life.

I lunged forward, desperate to stop her, but in the blink of an eye, Sarah had already plunged into the water.

Her hands thrashed violently across the surface, and her face had turned crimson from holding her breath.

At the same time, Mia's harsh words echoed relentlessly in my mind. "Grandma, what are you waiting for? After killing all of us, how do you even have the nerve to stay alive? Someone like you doesn't deserve to live!"

Her words hit me like a spell, and I found myself slowly climbing over the lake's railing.

But just as I was about to jump, a bitter laugh escaped me. "Damn. Did you really think you could fool me that easily?"

Everything in this life seemed to be unfolding exactly as before. Yet after being reborn and witnessing Sarah's suicide with my own eyes, I finally understood the real problem. I also realized why Mia's voice had always been able to reach me.

Nothing in life was bound by destiny. For the first time, it felt as though I had found a way to save everyone.