A Second Life, A New Power novel Chapter 1

Demi Moone was dead.

That day, when a big truck had collided with them, she had immediately reached out to protect Michelle Leary, her mother. However, Michelle had instantly tried to protect Demi's sister, Ana Pitt.

Demi could only watch helplessly as Michelle dragged Ana out of the car before slamming the car door shut with a bang.

That also cut off her only path to survival.

The flames engulfed her in its entirety, and Demi was burned alive.

As she listened to the sounds of her flesh burning, she saw her two brothers rushing toward Ana.

Not a single person remembered her.

Afterward, for some inexplicable reason, her soul had lingered around them for seven days.

On the first day, Ana, who was overwhelmed with fear, slept for an entire day and night. The Pitt family pulled every connection they could and summoned several top medical experts, all of whom waited on standby under bright lights.

…

The scene of the major car accident was fully cleared on the second day. Michelle received a call from the police asking about the identity of the corpse found in the luxury car registered under her name.

"A corpse?"

Demi knew her two brothers and her mother finally remembered her then, for their faces turned pale simultaneously.

Demi thought she would see remorse and pain in their expressions, but after a moment of deathly silence, she heard Michelle murmur, "She was our housekeeper."

…

On the third day, Stephen Pitt, her father, rushed back from abroad. After watching the footage of the car accident, he raised his hand and slapped Michelle across the face.

"Demi protected you, yet you still shut the car door in her face! She was our biological—"

"Dad!"

"Honey!"

When Ana's well-timed sob broke the tense silence, her brothers and Michelle hurriedly cut off Stephen's words.

…

The entire family returned to the Pitt residence on the fourth day. They had spent the whole day discussing how to handle Demi's body but couldn't reach a decision.

They feared that a grand funeral would invite outside speculation, but they also felt uneasy about taking it too lightly.

Amidst the stifling atmosphere, Demi's younger brother, Alex Pitt, returned home from his studies abroad.