The afternoon sun shone gently over my desk, on which laid an elegant gold ring with a brilliant ruby. The sunlight penetrated through the scarlet gem, and casted a glittering rosy shadow under it.

I picked it up and studied it in my palm. Who could know something so lovely could bring so many disasters to one’s life? Had I not lost it in my previous life, would everything be different?

DING DONG!

The doorbell snapped me out from my thoughts. It must be ...