I was Sarah Miller, a junior architect, on the cusp of a life-changing promotion, meticulously crafting a future I believed was mine.
But then, like a phantom limb ache, the terrifying memory hit: my "father," David, barging into my review, screaming baseless accusations of kickbacks.
In my first life, this was only the beginning, the calculated unraveling of everything I held dear.
My entire "family"-David, my "mother" Susan, "Grandma" Carol-systematically dismantled my reputation, framing me for identity theft, driving me into mountains of phantom debt.
Their biological daughter, Jess, the "roommate" I thought was a friend, gleefully joined their schemes, twisting the knife.
I was relentlessly doxxed, blacklisted from my profession, and ultimately met a brutal, senseless end in a hit-and-run.
I died, my last conscious thought a haunting question: Why? Why did the people who raised me orchestrate such a relentless, professional campaign to destroy my life?
The sheer depth of their calculated malice went beyond mere familial dysfunction; it foreshadowed a sinister, hidden truth far more profound than I could have imagined.
But now, I'm back.
It's the very same morning, the same inescapable dread, but this time, the grim knowledge has become my power.
I remember every trap, every lie, every betrayal they planned.
They believed they had broken me irrevocably once.
They're about to discover that their carefully constructed world of deceit, built upon my stolen identity, is on the verge of spectacular collapse.
Because this time, I'm not just surviving; I'm fighting back to expose every single one of their fraudulent secrets, and to reclaim the life that was always rightfully mine.