The 100% Lie

The 100% Lie

Gavin

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For ten years, I lived my perfect California dream. A tech CEO husband, a brilliant son, a sprawling mansion, and a System telling me my husband' s affection was a solid 100%. This was my hard-earned reward, my permanent escape from a gray Ohio past. Then the doorbell rang and everything shattered. Standing there was Chloe Davis, Mark' s college sweetheart, looking unsettlingly like me. My shy son, Leo, ran and hugged her, crying, "Aunt Chloe!" My smile vanished. My perfect life spiraled into a nightmare. Mark abandoned me burning with fever to celebrate Chloe' s birthday with our son, then shamelessly lied about car troubles. I found his phone password wasn't our anniversary, but hers. And when Chloe deliberately triggered my severe shellfish allergy, my own husband stood by, indifferent, declaring, "Chloe is pregnant with my child." The System still glowed with 100% affection, but that number felt like a cruel, meaningless lie. Was I just a temporary placeholder, an understudy until the original returned to play my part? Had my entire perfect life been a meticulously crafted deception? When the System' s emergency protocol saved me from certain death, something inside me snapped. The truth was unbearable, but clear. I was out. Time to reclaim my real self, even if it meant leaving everything behind.

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For ten years, I lived my perfect California dream.

A tech CEO husband, a brilliant son, a sprawling mansion, and a System telling me my husband' s affection was a solid 100%.

This was my hard-earned reward, my permanent escape from a gray Ohio past.

Then the doorbell rang and everything shattered.

Standing there was Chloe Davis, Mark' s college sweetheart, looking unsettlingly like me.

My shy son, Leo, ran and hugged her, crying, "Aunt Chloe!"

My smile vanished.

My perfect life spiraled into a nightmare.

Mark abandoned me burning with fever to celebrate Chloe' s birthday with our son, then shamelessly lied about car troubles.

I found his phone password wasn't our anniversary, but hers.

And when Chloe deliberately triggered my severe shellfish allergy, my own husband stood by, indifferent, declaring, "Chloe is pregnant with my child."

The System still glowed with 100% affection, but that number felt like a cruel, meaningless lie.

Was I just a temporary placeholder, an understudy until the original returned to play my part?

Had my entire perfect life been a meticulously crafted deception?

When the System' s emergency protocol saved me from certain death, something inside me snapped.

The truth was unbearable, but clear.

I was out.

Time to reclaim my real self, even if it meant leaving everything behind.

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