Chapter 3: An Inherited Disease

After 9 years, Vestra was admitted to her uncle's hospital and later on found out that she had the symptoms of the Adult-onset Huntington's disease. Ves began to experience depression and she gets irritated easily. Months have passed and her condition really weakens her entire body.

She was then forced to contend with trouble walking, swallowing, and speaking.

"Am i going to die like this? Although I'm 35 still I'm too young, I'm afraid Satan would slam the hell's door if I get inside and I know heaven isn't ready for me to be a newcomer." Ves whimpered.

"I am the only one who put the company into its state now. I'm the best in my field. What will happen to my employees if their admirable Ceo dies? There's no one on this whole goddamn planet that can keep up with my abilities. It is hard to find someone who's better than me. No one can ever reach my level." Ves bragged while having trouble speaking.

"You know what? You're weird!" Her secretary said as she heard her boss crazily talking to herself.

"It takes one to know one" Ves quickly responded.

"Can I ask you one thing Tara"

"Sure, go ahead Madam"

"W-why did I end up like this?" the boss asked her secretary with an exhausted voice.

"Wait, why on earth would you ask me that? And what's with your voice? You're not in heaven Sis, calm that shit down. Tara advised jokingly to keep Vestra from being sad.

"Madam, Everything happens for a reason."

After a few seconds, Ves fell asleep and finally took a rest after all the anxiety and sadness.

She heard a noise coming from the water bottle on her table.

"Drip"

"One"

"Two…"

She looked all around her and noticed the water bottle that's been dropped by her hands.

She shook her head and slapped her face.

With tears and being attached to the hospital bed, she began to realize how her life has been so meaningless not having someone special beside her. She still finds it difficult to fall in love knowing she had many suitors.

Her body began to shiver as it reacted to the prescribed drug. Her body is not going to endure her medicine. She already felt her consciousness slipping away. Little by little her eyes are shutting.

"Madam? Are you okay?"

"Madam??"

"I guess this is my limit Tara" the boss responded.

"No"

"Doctor my boss needs you, please"

"Doctor, please"

"Let me die tonight" Ves mumbled as darkness slowly welcomed her.

She felt her heart and brain stop as the drug circulated through her veins.

"But as I welcomed the darkness I caught a glimpse of Tara and Raylana around me crying."

The wind is so cold, it's mixing in my skin and I feel like I'm about to fly. I looked around and I was floating on the ground. The people along me are mourning for my death."

Ves glazed at Tara and Raylana. Her loved one's beautiful faces were ruined by tears pouring down their cheeks. Tara was kneeling on the floor as if she were begging for her life to be spared.

But it's too late. Her boss suffered enough pain. She has suffered enough stress. She can't bear to live anymore.

..

Vestra Dela Cruz was reincarnated and was sent into the body of a teenage boy. "Who are you? Ves was talking to a face in front of her phone screen.

"What?!!! How come I look like a man? God, you've got to be joking with me!! And a mere teenager? NO FREAKING WAY." Ves opposed as she double-checked what she saw on the screen and ran quickly into the mirror of the boy's room.

"Shit, I rebirth into a thin towering teen fuckface! Oh please God, this is worse than being chased in my past nightmares." Talin's face turned into a complete mess.

Later on…

"Ta-linnnnnnnn" Talin's brother Gayo screamed.

"W-what is it?"Talin responded.

"Get down shithead, do you wanna get a headache this early morning? No? Then come down and eat breakfast" Gayo added.

"O-kay I'm going downstairs" Talin shouted.

Goyo heard his brother's footsteps hurriedly coming in his direction.

"Mom, Talin is here let's eat breakfast"

The family starts eating breakfast while Ves is still in shock due to her rebirth. She took a glimpse at his brother and mom's faces. Talin's mom is a single mother and you can take in the sight that she's still in her 30's, while Talin's brother has a dark brown hair, just like Vestra's late father Mr. Dela Cruz, Talin and Gayo almost looked the same, except for the fact that Talin didn't have skincare and would always gain acne every day.

His mom prepared three coffees, a creamy latte for her, a cappuccino for Gayo, and an iced mocha for Talin. In the center of the table was a basket full of bread and on its side is an ancient peanut butter.

"Mom, can I excuse myself for a bit? I left my phone in my room." Talin asked his mom

"Sure thing honey, be quick you haven't finished your coffee yet" Mrs. Cuevas responded

Talin went upstairs and immediately ran to the location of his phone. It is still the 10th of April in 2022, the same day Ves had died and the interval of time is just an hour. He watched the time carefully before sighing as he massaged his temples. Ves looked at the body of the boy and proceeded to inspect every inch of it. After inspecting she sat down on the boy's bed. Giving another sign she couldn't believe what she had seen. Her rebirth didn't sank in at the first and the second glance but Ves, later on, decided to just act nonchalantly whenever she's in front of the boy's family.

Oh right Tal how's your part-time job plans?." Mrs. Cuevas asked as she saw Talin in their hallway on his way to look for something to eat.

"Me?, oh yea right, hehe right I- I am working on it mom, I'll start completing the requirements now after I get something to eat," Talin responded.

"And I heard you mumbling in your sleep son"

Mrs. Cuevas added.

"Was I talking in my sleep?" Talin asked.

"You even cried while sleeping. Maybe you had a really bad nightmare." Mrs. Cuevas answered and proceeded to pat Talin's head.