Chapter 18

In truth, Lester was reborn much earlier than Margaret. In the other timeline, just as Margaret stepped off the ledge, Lester was pressing his foot to the gas pedal, anxious to see Scarlett. He never imagined that one day, he would witness the woman he loved fall to her death right before his eyes. Every time that moment replayed in his mind, it felt like the air was being ripped from his lungs. He couldn't explain what had come over him back then, but the urgency he felt to see Scarlett had been real. He had assumed Margaret would be fine. She had always listened to him, so he never doubted she would wait for him, right where he'd left her. It had been the day before their wedding. While he busied himself with planning every detail, he neglected her feelings and never once stopped to ask her how she felt about any of it. And so, he failed to notice the sadness in her eyes when she invited him to the rooftop and the look on her face when he turned away to Scarlett. He failed to