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Have you ever heard of a life review? It refers to the phenomenon where a person's memories of their entire life flash before their eyes just before they die. But I began to experience those memories not in death, but in a recurring nightmare that repeated day after day while I was very much alive. Fine... I won't deny it. It's true that I loathed Eun Mok-seo. I found it pathetic how he was adopted into our family and acted like my older brother just because he resembled my biological brother who died long ago. It was sickening how he excelled at everything—academics, instruments, you name it—and soaked up all our parents' affection. Still, I didn't hate him enough to kill him. It was a mistake. No, it was an accident. He was the one who followed me to the rooftop when I went up to get some air, and as usual, I didn't hide my disgust and insulted him. Even when I cursed and hit him, he just tried to soothe me, which made him even more pathetic in my eyes. So I only meant to threaten him... I really didn't know he would actually fall to his death by my hand. Fortunately, my parents were on my side. They cared for him, but I was their biological child. They covered it up as an accidental death. It was a stroke of luck that the old building had no CCTV on the roof, the stairs, or even the hallways. No, it was only luck for my parents. I was so terrified by the fact that I had killed someone that I stayed holed up in my room, trembling. ...Damn it, seriously. My whole body shook. I couldn't even sleep properly because he would appear in my dreams. It would have been better if he had shown up angry, asking why I killed him or tormenting me; then maybe the guilt would have felt earned. But even in my dreams, he spent the whole time worrying about me. That was what was so fucking infuriating. I couldn't fall asleep without alcohol. As soon as I woke up from a blackout, I'd put a cigarette in my mouth. Smoking on an empty stomach wrecked my insides, and my body was falling apart day by day. Hey, you must be feeling pretty vindicated. If ghosts really exist, that's what I wanted to say to him. You must be so satisfied seeing the guy who treated you worse than a bug on the street—let alone a brother—ruined like this... I was lost in those thoughts, drunk as usual, when I drifted off. "Are you awake?" ......What? I thought I was seeing things. Because right there in front of me... was Eun Mok-seo, the man I had pushed off a roof to his death, looking down at me. What? Why is he here? My head wouldn't stop spinning. It made sense since I'd been drinking all day, but... damn it, is my brain this far gone? To the point where I'm seeing dead people? As I stood there speechless, Eun Mok-seo looked at me with worried eyes. "Are you okay?" ...Okay? Am I okay? Are you really asking that because you don't know? Only then did I face reality. This bastard had finally come back to me as a vengeful spirit.