Chapter 1

My roommate said her period had started and asked if I had a spare tampon.

I didn’t lend her one.

Instead, I stood right up in the middle of the lecture hall and shouted to the entire class:

"Hey, Mindy’s on her period and needs a tampon! Does anyone have one she can borrow?"

In my previous life, I had been kind. I rummaged through my bag and handed her one.

How was I to know that three days later, she would test positive for HIV and face expulsion?

Choking back tears, she had told everyone:

"I only borrowed one tampon from Chloe. The plastic wrapping was already torn open, but I didn’t think much of it at the time..."

"I don't know if she did it on purpose, but now I’m infected. My life is completely ruined."

Dean Vance didn’t even listen to my explanation. He suspended me on the spot and called the police, accusing me of intentionally transmitting an infectious disease.

Not only did I lose my degree and my study abroad fellowship.

I was doxed and relentlessly cyberbullied on Instagram and TikTok, making it impossible to live a normal life.

In the end, I jumped from a highway bridge, ending my own life.

Only after my death did I find out that Mindy had been infected long before that day.

She had been sleeping with multiple guys at the same time. Fearing expulsion once her test results leaked, she used me as a scapegoat.

She also wanted to get me kicked out of school so she could steal my slot for the prestigious study abroad fellowship.

In this life, I rejected you in front of the entire class. Let’s see how you’re going to pin your disease on me this time.