They framed me for a celebrity's death. My fianc provided the false evidence, and my beautiful new colleague shed crocodile tears as my life went up in flames.

After they destroyed my career, a crazed fan finished the job with a bottle of acid.

But then, I woke upback on the morning of the day it all went wrong.

This time, the trap they're setting for me is one they won't be walking away from.

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The first thing I did after I was reborn was trade my shift.

When my fianc found out, he told me I was insane.

Kelsey, the beautiful new nurse, burst into tears.

In my last life, it had gone so differently.

A patient was rushed into the ER with acute pulmonary hypertension. He wasnt just anyone; he was Liam Croft, Hollywoods golden boy, fresh off a string of award season victories. A true A-lister. Every available doctor in the emergency department was pulled into the effort to save him.

After the marathon surgery, my shift began. I spent the next twenty-four hours glued to his bedside, a constant vigil to ensure his stability. But just as I was about to clock out, he coded. A sudden, catastrophic event, and he was gone.

Thats when Kelsey made her move.

Nora has no work ethic, shed announced to our superiors, her voice trembling with faux sincerity. I know she likes to slip into the hallway to play on her phone during her shifts Her eyes filled with tears. But that was a human life. How could you be so negligent?

And Ethan, my fianc, stood right beside her. He held up his phone and played a recording of me venting after a brutal triple shift, complaining about how exhausted I was. It was his proof.

I know youre tired of this job, Nora, hed said, his voice heavy with disappointment. But that doesnt give you the right to be reckless with peoples lives.

After that, it was a landslide. Liam Crofts family and his legion of rabid fans ignored my desperate explanations, filing lawsuits and official complaints. The hospital fired me. The depression that followed was a suffocating blanket. Then came the "superfan" who showed up at my door with a bottle of industrial-strength drain cleaner.

I died in a haze of white-hot, chemical agony.

And after I died, I watched. I saw Kelsey get promoted to head nurse. I saw her marry Ethan. I saw them live a long, happy life.

Then I opened my eyes. And I was back. Back on the very day Liam Croft was wheeled into our ER, fighting for his life.

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We need him in Trauma Room 3! Stat!

Nora, what are you doing just standing there?

The familiar controlled chaos of the ER snapped me back to reality. The sea of blue scrubs, the rhythmic beep of monitors, the urgent, clipped voices of doctors and nurses. I saw him then, lying on the gurney being rushed past meLiam Croft. It was real.

I was reborn. And I was back on the day it all began.

Nora, if youre not going to help, at least get out of the way, Kelsey snapped, bumping my shoulder as she hurried to the side of our department chief, Dr. Albright, eager to make an impression.

I watched her, the rage a furnace in my chest. She was the one who had destroyed my reputation, who had set the stage for my horrifying death. This time, I vowed silently, I wont let either of you win.

Dr. Albrights brow furrowed as he glanced at the vial in Kelseys hand. Thats the wrong medication! Are you trying to kill him, Kelsey? Get out!