Once, during a business dinner event, I had a little too much to drink and wasn't in the condition to drive, so Sonia volunteered to pick me up.

When she reached an intersection in the road, the light was red on our side, but she saw the arrow on OmniGo flashing green. So, to my horror, she floored the gas and shot forward confidently.

"OmniGo said that it's supposed to be a green light now. That traffic light is wrong! Only idiots would stay put!"

I was already tipsy from all the alcohol and feeling out of it. However, her words instantly woke me up.

I let out a scream of terror. Before I could stop her, however, a truck came flying toward us from the side and crashed into us.

I lost all consciousness after the massive crash.

When I woke up again, I realized that both my legs were amputated. I'd lost them forever and was now wheelchair-bound. Yet, all Sonia got was just a mild concussion and a fracture.

When the traffic police came to investigate the accident, she was still in her hospital bed and defiantly arguing her case.

"The traffic light system was off! OmniGo said that it was supposed to be a green light! I am not at fault for this!"

After being discharged from the hospital, Sonia then pretended to offer to take care of me. However, she was actually making my life worse.

Once, it was raining heavily when I was due at the hospital for a follow-up consultation. Sonia ordered an Uber for me, but she set the pickup location at a flooded intersection a third of a mile away from my home.

I thought of asking the Uber driver to pick me up at my home instead, but Sonia snatched my phone away and began acting like some supreme authority, defending her decision.

"This pickup point is the best one recommended by OmniGo! You can't change it as you like! The system has already set it as that!"

However, just as the Uber was arriving, she suddenly claimed that she had a stomachache. She returned my phone to me, telling me to leave first as she would arrive afterward.

I didn't want to miss my hospital appointment, so I had no choice but to wheel myself out to the pickup point she had set.

The roads outside had flooded, and the water was already ankle-deep. I couldn't see much ahead of me and ended up plunging headfirst into a large puddle.

Sonia arrived much later. She then turned her nose up at me when she saw me struggling in the dirty water.

"Really, Amanda? You're a grown woman. How could you still be playing in the puddles at your age? You're disgusting!

"By the way, my boyfriend just told me that he's taking me out on a date, so I'm leaving now. Get back up on your own. See ya."

With that, Sonia left without so much as a backward glance at me.

Due to the prolonged exposure to the rain and the dirty, muddy floodwaters soaking into my amputation wounds, I ended up developing a severe infection, which ultimately led to multiple organ failure.

In my final moments in the intensive care unit, my dying wish was just to see my parents again for the last time.

So, Sonia called an Uber for my parents, but she dropped them off at a point that was at least a dozen blocks away from the hospital. OmniGo had recommended it as "the best place for drop-off".

As it turned out, I never got to see my parents again before I died.

My body trembled as an overwhelming wave of hatred and resentment surged through me.

Since Sonia trusted OmniGo so much, she could jolly well live her life with the wretched app by herself, then!

"Amanda? Amanda! What are you daydreaming about?"

Sonia nudged me impatiently when she realized that I wasn't responding to her.

I glanced away from her and decided not to waste my breath on her anymore. Instead, I pulled up the transit ticket on my phone. Just as the bus doors were about to close, I quickly scanned my ticket and hopped on.

The doors swung shut right after me. That was when I finally turned around and smiled at her.

Sonia watched in shock as the bus then pulled out of the station.

I looked out of the bus window before lowering my head and sending her a text message.

"Since OmniGo said the bus is arriving in ten minutes, you can wait for it."

After that, I found myself a seat and sat down, setting my phone to silent mode.

I figured that she would also arrive late to the airport and miss the flight, just like in my past life, so I canceled her flight ticket.

Although I wanted to see her reaction in person, I believed that it was more important to protect my own life this time.

I arrived at the airport three hours earlier without Sonia's interference.

After passing through security, I sat down on a bench in front of the boarding gate, savoring my hard-earned peace.

Suddenly, an announcement began blaring across the airport terminal. "This is a missing persons' notice. Ms. Amanda Rockwell, kindly proceed to the service desk in Area A. Your family member is waiting for you there. Kindly proceed to Area A when you hear this announcement. Thank you."

The announcement kept playing again and again, but I didn't budge.

We were in a foreign city, after all. Who else could it possibly be but the only other person who had come here with me, Sonia Sanders?

Only an idiot would try to go and look for her.

Before I could board, however, two airport police hurried toward me with Sonia in tow.

Sonia's eyes were red-rimmed, and her hair was disheveled. She looked like she was on the brink of insanity.

She rushed up to me and grabbed my shoulders, leaning against me as she sobbed.

"Amanda! I finally found you!

"I thought you got kidnapped by bad guys or something! It's all your fault! Why did you refuse to believe what I said? Why did you have to get on that shady bus just now?"

Her situation immediately attracted the attention of the other passengers waiting to board the flight.

I even heard a few of them saying softly, "She's the older one, yet she was also the one who wandered off on her own. Look at how worried her younger sibling is!"

"Yeah. She looks quiet and sensible. I can't believe she's actually that inconsiderate of others."

The other passengers' whispers floated into my ears. Suddenly, I was overwhelmed by the stifling feeling I'd felt in my past life again.

However, Sonia still wasn't done acting yet.

"I texted you, but you never replied. I also called you, but you never answered. I had no choice but to get the airport police to help me locate you! How could you be so reckless, Amanda?"

Sonia was pinning the blame entirely on me. She blamed me for not trusting OmniGo, for getting on the "shady bus", for making her worried, and for causing trouble for her.

Obviously, the airport police next to her also bought her pitiful act completely. He frowned at me and said, "Miss, you should communicate properly with your sister when you're out together.

"You shouldn't just run off by yourself, even if you're just throwing a tantrum. Look at how worried you made your sister! It's so dangerous for you both!"

I looked coldly at Sonia and drew my arm away.

"We are not siblings, Officer."

The airport policeman paused for a moment. Then, he waved his hand dismissively and replied, "I know. Your sister has already explained things to us. But cousins are still family, are they not? You should both just talk things out."

Then, seeing that we had both reunited, the airport policemen decided their job was done and turned to leave.

Seeing that the policemen were leaving, Sonia's expression changed to a smug one as she leaned closer to me and asked, "So, Amanda, this is our boarding gate, right? What's the boarding time?"

I looked at her calmly and said, "I've already canceled your flight."

The smile on Sonia's face froze at once. I thought I even saw her lips twitching in disbelief.

"What did you say?"

I added casually, "I'm also surprised that you managed to get through security without a boarding pass. Did the airport police bring you in?

"Oh, but they seem to be leaving already," I said, jutting my chin in their direction.

"If you don't go out with them now, purchase another flight ticket, and get through security, I'm afraid you won't be going home today after all."

Sonia's aggrieved expression vanished at once as rage took over, turning her face red.

"Amanda Rockwell! How dare you treat me like this?"

I couldn't be bothered with her and just said, "If you don't go after them now, they're really going to leave soon."

Sonia looked at me, then at the disappearing airport police. She started to panic.

She stomped her feet on the ground in anger before turning around and running after them, calling out, "Wait for me!"

The resentment that had been building in my chest since my previous life finally seemed to ease somewhat as I watched Sonia's disheveled figure chasing after the two airport police.

The boarding announcement soon came on, and I grabbed my bag and headed toward the gate without looking back.

I felt incredibly refreshed after shaking Sonia off my tail.

Thankfully, I didn't live with her, so I should be able to avoid her as much as possible. However, that was only theoretical. The reason was that we both worked in the same company.

Things only turned out this way because I made a stupid decision that I regretted immensely in my past life.

Due to some personal reasons, I didn't start looking for a job as soon as I graduated from college. Instead, I decided to take a gap year.

By the time I settled down at my current company after working there for two years, Sonia had graduated from college as well.

Back then, our relationship still wasn't as strained. After all, she was the only female cousin I had, and we would always band together and hang out during family gatherings at Thanksgiving or Christmas.

When Sonia heard about my company, she asked if I knew of any departments that were hiring. She then submitted her resume and applied for a job there.

There was nothing I could do now to reverse the decision I'd made in the past.

The next day after getting back home, Sonia didn't send me any more text messages as she used to in the past, as I expected. I was very satisfied with the momentary peace of mind and wished that she would just continue ignoring me and leaving me alone like this.

On the first day back at work, our manager, Perry Miller, called everyone in my project team into the conference room for a meeting.

"Our client for the Southland Amusement Park project, Mr. Vincent Lafelle, doesn't seem very keen on collaborating with us," he said gravely.

"I asked around and learned that he is a huge mountain-hiking enthusiast. So, I've already contacted him and arranged for our team to go on a mountain-hiking expedition with him this weekend. We'll be hiking Emerald Peaks."

Perry then looked around the office and said seriously, "We must prepare meticulously for this upcoming activity. Failure is not an option!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Sonia stood up from her chair like an overzealous student and said, "Mr. Miller! You can leave all the preparation work to me! I guarantee that everything will be executed flawlessly!"

She stood with her chest puffed out, her voice loud and bright, attracting everyone's attention to her.

Lexi Jackson, who was sitting next to me, nudged my arm and asked quietly, "Amanda, I remember you posting about hiking up Emerald Peaks in the past, didn't you?"

Then, she raised her hand and said, "Mr. Miller! I think that Amanda should be put in charge of this expedition instead. It would be safer, because she's more familiar with the route there!"

I felt my heart drop in my stomach. This was bad.

As expected, Sonia's face darkened at once as she looked at me with a resentful glare. She then began berating me in public.

"You want to put her in charge? Mr. Miller, don't let her fool you! Did you know that she couldn't even properly plan a trip I went with her two days ago? It was all because of me and my OmniGo that we didn't end up getting hopelessly lost!

"She even got annoyed with me in the end! She left me alone at the bus station, bought her own ticket herself, and came back first!

"How could you let an irresponsible person like her take charge of such an important project? What if she loses the client in the middle of the mountains?"

She expertly twisted the tale and pointed all fingers at me, painting my actions as reckless and irresponsible.

My colleagues began looking at me in a negative light.

Even Perry frowned at that.

I figured that trying to explain myself to a room full of people who didn't know any context would only make me sound like a joke.

Seeing that I was keeping quiet, Perry believed Sonia's explanation and waved his hand dismissively at us.

"Alright. That's settled, then. Sonia will be put in charge of things.

"And you, Amanda. You should learn from Sonia and be more responsible in the future."