entertainment industry · reincarnation · mystery · revenge · acting · psychological · drama · ensemble cast · tragedy · family
Rewinding time to the precipice. I was Sarina's brother, who chose to follow her into death, only to be reborn as a one-year-old child in the gentle arms of Ai Hoshino. "What a sad, beautiful little boy," she whispered, her idol's voice softened into a lullaby. "Left all alone. Well, I'm here now. I'll take care of you." (Ai was fifteen. I was one.) One year later, in a quiet hospital room, Ai cradled her newborn twins, Aqua and Ruby, her smile both weary and radiant. "Look, you," she said, her eyes meeting mine. "Your family just got bigger. You'll have a brother and sister to grow up with." Years blurred together. I am six now. Aqua and Ruby are four. Ai is twenty, her star still climbing. Then, a knock—solid, impersonal—sounds through the front door. Ai glances up from where she's…