Shattered Dreams, Renewed Power

Shattered Dreams, Renewed Power

REGINA HUTCHINSON

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I was Chloe, a high school student with Ivy League dreams, just two months shy of the SATs. Our kind housekeeper, Ms. Evans, offered me a "special calming tea" to ease my nerves. It wasn't comforting. It was a soul-swapping recipe that stole my life. I woke up trapped in the body of Brenda, Ms. Evans's resentful, academically hopeless daughter. Brenda, in my body, went to the SATs and deliberately caused a horrific scene. She tore up the test. They disqualified me. They blacklisted me. My parents, blindly trusting Ms. Evans, believed I'd had a breakdown or cheated. Their disappointment crushed me. My Ivy League dreams shattered into a million pieces. Ostracized and consumed by despair, I faded away. I simply stopped. The horror of remembering, the injustice of watching my future crumble, burned within me. Why did Ms. Evans and her daughter hate me enough to destroy me? But then, I woke up. I was back, two months before the SATs, alive again, before everything went to hell. This time, I wouldn't just prevent it. I would understand why, and then I would make them pay.

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I was Chloe, a high school student with Ivy League dreams, just two months shy of the SATs.

Our kind housekeeper, Ms. Evans, offered me a "special calming tea" to ease my nerves.

It wasn't comforting.

It was a soul-swapping recipe that stole my life.

I woke up trapped in the body of Brenda, Ms. Evans's resentful, academically hopeless daughter.

Brenda, in my body, went to the SATs and deliberately caused a horrific scene.

She tore up the test.

They disqualified me.

They blacklisted me.

My parents, blindly trusting Ms. Evans, believed I'd had a breakdown or cheated.

Their disappointment crushed me.

My Ivy League dreams shattered into a million pieces.

Ostracized and consumed by despair, I faded away.

I simply stopped.

The horror of remembering, the injustice of watching my future crumble, burned within me.

Why did Ms. Evans and her daughter hate me enough to destroy me?

But then, I woke up.

I was back, two months before the SATs, alive again, before everything went to hell.

This time, I wouldn't just prevent it.

I would understand why, and then I would make them pay.

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