I rolled my eyes. “Nutjob.”

I turned to leave, but Avery chased after me, refusing to give up.

“I was tricked and used by Lilith in my past life! I was a victim too! You can hate me, but you can’t shut me out completely!”

“I’ve already paid for my mistakes! I was humiliated at the party, disowned by my parents, locked up in a psychiatric hospital by my brothers! I lost my friends, my career, my money! Isn’t that enough?!”

I turned into a public bathroom marked “Under Maintenance”. Avery followed, red-eyed, cornering me.

“What else do you want from me?! Do you really want me dead?!”

I stared...