My Husband Came Back from the Dead

My emotions ran so high that my C-section incision tore open.

After getting my baby settled, the doctors and nurses scrambled to stitch me back up.

[Hannah, my brother is dead. We have no connection anymore. Stop calling me—my girlfriend will get angry.]

As if I wouldn't believe him, Kelvin sent a photo of himself with his girlfriend.

I couldn't understand how someone could turn so rotten overnight.

Just then, my phone pinged with a notification: "Hot post about [How to escape diaper duties?] has new replies."

The post was made the evening after my surgery. I could recognize it was Kelvin's social media account. The most upvoted suggestion advised Kelvin to send the baby to the neonatal unit.

Everything went black for a moment.

The latest reply from the original poster read: Thanks guys, I'm a free man again.

So he hadn't suddenly become terrible—he'd been terrible all along!

While paying my baby's hospital bills, I heard a familiar voice.

"Doctor, payment."

I turned to see Kelvin holding a stack of receipts.

When he spotted me, his eyes narrowed briefly before he lifted his chin defiantly.

"Hannah, are you following me?

"Perfect timing. Since we're family, help me pay these bills!"

The payment slip with the doctor's diagnosis appeared before my eyes: ...tears due to excessive force.

The patient's name was Lucy Winters, female.

"Hannah?" Kelvin called again.

He grabbed my phone and quickly paid the bill.

"How do you know my phone password?" I snatched back my phone.

Kelvin hesitated, then declared self-righteously, "My brother told me. Besides, what's yours is my brother's, so why can't I use some?"

"No! This is robbery!"

Kelvin sneered. "Robbery? Let me tell you, this is all joint property between you and my brother. As his brother, I'm just preventing you from stealing his inheritance!"

So this was Kelvin's true face.

"Kev, all done?"

Kelvin's friends approached with a young woman.

Kelvin rushed to her side, concerned. "All done. I told you to wait for me. Why did you come out so quickly?"

The woman looked pale and glared at me suspiciously. "Who's that?"

Kelvin's friend William Henderson leaned in. "Oh, that's Hannah, the jinx."

"Got her husband killed after just one year of marriage. Hey, where's your baby? Did you get it killed too?"

I slapped William across the face.

I didn't care about Kelvin being dead or alive, but cursing my baby? I'd slap him to death!

"You—!"

"What's going on here?" The on-duty doctor shouted. Taking advantage of the distraction, I slapped William again.

I shook my stinging hand. That felt good!

"You ugly hag—"

William couldn't contain himself anymore. I quickly ducked behind a payment kiosk.

"Help! Robbery! Murder!"

The doctor rushed over with security guards, and I pointed at William and Kelvin.

"Doctor, please call the police! These men are robbers and killers!"

"Hannah!"