MaryahLu

"Why do the main character's parents often get the short end of the stick?"
That is what Mila asked while looking up at the sky. She was grumbling toward whoever sent her inside the novel she read before she died.
She becomes the mother of the main character, whose parents are both dead. Mila's character was merely a tool for the MC's character development.
It's a simple, fix-all solution. The author wanted to make the audience instantly sympathetic towards the main character, and the best thing he did was to have the MC's parents die.

After she avoided her death in the original plot, death flags kept coming for her. 

Will the original plot not end if she's not dead?

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proofreader: Aserehtam

Main character's parents must die

Mila thanked the store owner again for lending his phone. She then asked him to let her continue to stand in front of his store while she waited for Greyson which the store owner didn't mind.

Greyson took a while to come, which caused her to stare at her reflection in the glass window once again.

"You look so unfamiliar yet familiar." She said to herself.

She keeps staring at the modern lady wearing office attire. A white blouse under a light brown coat and a short skirt that highlights her skinny body.

Mila stared closely at her reflection as she checked on the details of her body.

Ethel has thick, naturally curly hair that hangs a little bit below her shoulders. It's dark brown with a few caramel-colored highlights. It's the opposite for Mila, who had long black wavy hair.

Ethel has a wide, round face with a pointed chin.

Mila or Ethel?