Chapter 1 The day the Great Freeze hit , my so - called best friend showed up at my door with her little boy . Five people crammed into my tiny apartment . Supplies were gone within days . And to save a few bags of food , my husband shoved me off the damn rooftop . But my mind didn't vanish when my body hit the ground . I saw everything . I saw them trading my little girl to Old Man Miller next door - for nothing more than a box of instant ramen . I saw the truth : my " best friend " and my husband had been betraying me all along . Even her kid ... wasn't some absent man's son . He was David's . Lucky for me , I got a second chance . I woke up three days before the Freeze . And this time , I'll make damn sure none of them lays a finger on my daughter .. " Mommy ! Mommy , please ! " Lily's voice cracked as she cried . Her little fingers , already cracked and bleeding from the cold , clawed at the wooden doorframe . Her face was ghost - white from hunger . And the man who should've been her protector - her father - just stood there , holding Brittany's boy, watching her suffer like some kind of monster . David . My husband . And Brittany . My best friend for over a decade . Both of them stared hungrily at the steaming box of ramen noodles Old Man Miller held out . Brittany sneered down at my child . " She's all yours . Do whatever you want with her . " Miller's lips twisted into a filthy grin as he dragged Lily away . I screamed inside , powerless , watching my baby girl fall into the hands of a predator , The pain carved through me like knives twisting in my chest . Her tiny body shook , her hand jerking weakly before Miller snapped her arm out of its socket . Her scream nearly broke me in half . I wanted to throw myself at him , tear him apart - but I couldn't . Chapter 1 I couldn't face the blood , the horror , the sound of my baby begging . From the other room came the shrill sound of laughter . I turned and saw them - David , Brittany , and her son - huddled on the couch , sharing the ramen like it was some five - star feast . " Baby , you're not mad I gave Lily away , right ? " Brittany giggled , leaning on David , her eyes curved in delight as she slurped steaming noodles . " Mad ? About her ? " David chuckled , sliding a hand around her waist . " That kid was never as important as you two . " They smiled , they celebrated . They were happy . And I could only cry blood inside . David - you were never a real husband . You were never a father . Brittany - my parents took you in when you had nothing , when you were dirt poor . And you paid me back by crawling into my husband's bed and having his son . All those years I pitied you , thought you were struggling as a single mom - were you laughing at me the whole damn time ? Lily's cries faded into the night , but the sound never left me . Piece by piece , I felt my soul being torn apart . But I wasn't ready to die . I couldn't accept it . I couldn't accept them living off the blood of me and my little girl . I couldn't accept evil walking free while Lily died in agony . So when the voice asked me if I wanted to go back ... I said yes without hesitation . Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!