The Girl Who Wouldn't Leave

On his deathbed, Liam Walker's last breath was a bitter sigh of regret.

Forty years married to Sophia, a union devoid of love, left him yearning for a different path.

Then, blackness. A gasp.

He woke up, a 17-year-old again, posters of forgotten bands on his wall. A second chance! He swore to himself: No Sophia.

But fate had other plans. Sophia Hayes, the architect of his past misery, suddenly transferred to his school, pursuing him with an unnerving intensity.

Her strange kindness, unsettling smiles, and persistent presence felt like a cruel game.