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Changing My Fate

Changing My Fate

Short Story · Rebirth
By:  FloriCompleted
Language: English
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Campus Beauty

Tragic Love

Face Slapping

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Revenge

After being sent back in time to relive my life, I stopped standing up for the popular girl who got caught stealing. When she returned to college for classes, I dropped out. When she came to my house looking for me, I moved. I did everything I could to cut off all contact with her. Before I died in my last life, I knew she married me only for my family’s money, yet I still handed her my heart like a fool. The jewelry I gave her was “tacky.” Trying to get close to her was “annoying.” I held on to a cold, empty marriage, thinking that as long as I waited, she would eventually turn back to me. However, for more than twenty years, all I got was her indifference. I didn’t even dare touch the doorknob to her room. Then came the fire, and I risked my life to push her out the window to safety. Right before I died, I saw my wife, completely unharmed, run straight into the arms of our college valedictorian. Crying, she said she was finally free from the marriage that had made her miserable for decades. If life could start over, she said, she hoped to walk hand in hand with the person she truly loved. In that moment, my heart went dead. I let the fire swallow whatever remained of my life. When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the bar where the popular girl was working part-time and stealing money from a customer. This time, I chose to call the police.

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
The moment I hung up the phone, my college cohort’s valedictorian, Wayne Grey, suddenly grabbed my cell and slammed it onto the floor, shattering it instantly.“Are you out of your mind?” he shouted. “Calling the cops now will only make everyone think Maya really stole that customer’s wallet! She works her butt off doing part-time jobs just to lighten her mom’s financial burden. She’s already pitiful enough. How could you accuse her like this?”I frowned at him.In my previous life, I didn’t call the police. Instead, I stood up for Maya Summers and took the blame myself. In the end, the guy’s thugs only backed off after beating me black and blue. On top of that, Wayne didn’t stop any of it back then. He even covered Maya’s eyes with his hand, afraid the bloody scene would scare her.All this time, I thought he helped because we were dorm buddies and he had my back.However, I finally understand that they had been treating me like a fool from the very beginning.“Wayne,” I said cal
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Chapter 2
Maya screamed and slapped me hard across the face.“Wayne’s telling the truth! How could you hit him? I’m so disappointed in you!”Some of the younger onlookers about our age immediately stepped in and started shoving me.“Wow, look at this kid acting tough,” one of them spat. “All these people around and you still think you can bully someone?”I clenched my teeth and let them push me to the floor without saying a word. Just then, a few police officers walked in, and the crowd quickly opened a path for them.“Who called the police?”I pushed myself up and dusted off my jeans.“I did,” I said. “I saw Maya Summers steal that man’s wallet.”The moment I spoke, Wayne rushed toward the officers, practically shoving his bleeding lip at them.“Officers, I’d like to report him! He’s framing Maya on purpose!” he cried. “I spoke up for her, and he punched me! Everyone here saw it! Arrest him!”I didn’t acknowledge a word he said. Instead, I held out my shattered phone to the police.“
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Chapter 3
“I had to borrow money just to pay your tuition, and now you pull this? I swear, I could kill you!”However, Wayne still looked defiant as he pointed at me, screaming, “Yeah, I broke his phone, so what? He punched me! That makes us even!”I couldn’t help laughing. “My punch doesn’t even qualify as a minor injury. I’ll pay for your band-aids. Twenty dollars should cover it, but my phone cost three thousand dollars. You’re paying every cent.”Across the room, Maya’s mother collapsed to her knees in front of the man with the gold chain, sobbing as she asked for mercy.“Please, sir, I’m begging you not to press charges. It hasn’t been easy for her to make it into college. If she gets a criminal record, her whole future will be ruined.”Watching her cry like that… honestly, I felt a pang in my chest.Ever since freshman year, I had known how tough their situation was. Maya’s mother would secretly set up a little street stall near campus at night to make extra money for her tuition. I
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Chapter 4
Maya stood up weakly, pretending to stop the guy who threw the bag. “Don’t say that. Be careful, or he’ll call the cops again and get you arrested too. I can handle it, but Wayne got hurt because of me. I feel terrible.”She reached out with shaking fingers to touch the bruising at the corner of Wayne’s mouth. She didn’t even glance at the three bloody scratch marks she had left on my face.Then, she kept going, “A few days ago, when Dylan bought that phone, I heard him say it was a fake and that the seller refused to take it back. Now, he’s finally found a chance to make Wayne pay for a brand-new original one.”The crowd erupted instantly. They circled me, shouting that I should apologize to the two of them. Someone even threw a cup of coffee straight at my head.At that moment, the lecturer walked in and bellowed, “What’s going on here? Sit down! Class is starting!”Everyone hurried back to their seats. I remained standing, looking straight at the lecturer.“Sir, I’m not attend
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Chapter 5
The microphone screeched with a sharp, piercing noise. Right after that, the entire auditorium fell completely silent.Maya was the first to snap out of it. She rushed toward me like she’d lost her mind, trying to snatch the microphone out of my hand.“You’re talking nonsense!” she shrieked. “Everyone, look! He’s the one who messed up, and now he’s upset about it and trying to slander me!”Wayne finally came back to his senses and yelled toward the crowd, “Don’t believe a word he says! I’ve been valedictorian for three years. I’ve always treated everyone well. How could I possibly do the things he’s accusing me of?”Without saying another word, Maya swung her hand, aiming to slap me. This time, though, I didn’t let her. I grabbed her wrist mid-air and flicked it aside. She staggered from the force and fell straight into Wayne’s arms.“Maya,” I said, voice ringing through the hall, “you have no right to hit me.”Her tears fell instantly, as if on cue.“Dylan,” she whimpered, “I’m
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Chapter 6
Not long after, she walked out of the room with some blond punk’s arm wrapped around her waist. They were making out as they stumbled forward, and his hand slid straight down the collar of her shirt, groping her for a long while. Then, he suddenly shoved her against the wall, clearly trying to go at it with her right there in public.Maya’s cheeks were flushed, looking like she was enjoying every second of it. She eventually pulled him along and dragged him into the bathroom.About fifteen minutes later, the two of them came out, one after the other. Maya hadn’t even pulled her skirt down properly, and her skin was exposed. The blond guy simply laughed and stuffed a fat wad of cash into her neckline.As soon as the video ended, the entire auditorium erupted. Even the male collegemates who had defended her earlier clenched their fists and quietly returned to their seats.Maya’s legs gave out, and she collapsed to the floor, looking up at me with desperate, pleading eyes.“Please… n
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Chapter 7
This time, though, I finally caught a clue. I suddenly remembered that when Maya went on her “business trip,” I’d seen a photo Wayne posted on social media, and he happened to be in the same city as her.When I connected that with everything else that had happened, the truth became obvious. If she’d gone to a proper hospital for an abortion, there was no way she would’ve ended up with surgical tools that weren’t sterilized properly. So it must’ve been at some cheap clinic or even an illegal one.She was twenty-one then—a junior in college. In my previous life, it was around this same time that Maya was sick for several days, and when I tried to visit her, she refused to let me come over.In fact, right before she fell sick, she’d even asked to borrow money from me. Back then, I was fighting with my parents, and they had frozen my card, so I didn’t lend her anything. Hence, chances were, Wayne didn’t have money either, which meant he took her to the cheapest back-alley clinic he coul
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Chapter 8
“I… I didn’t think that the two of them would really go that far.”I took over, continuing firmly, “That’s why you, Wayne, deliberately got close to me and constantly whispered in my ear about how hard things were for Maya. You even created opportunities for us to spend more time together.“But that’s not all. You went and studied psychology on your own, constantly hinting in my ear that I was in love with Maya—that I loved her so much I couldn’t help myself… and I fell right into your trap! Even though Maya kept teasing me, playing hot and cold, never once saying she liked me, I still willingly gave everything for her! You two are horrible!”The crowd erupted into murmurs of shock.Maya’s face went an even darker shade of green.“No! Don’t listen to him! That list is fake. I never took his things!”Just then, a broken, choked voice came from the audience. “I can prove it… That list is real because I wrote every single entry!”With tears streaming down her face, Maya’s mother st
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Chapter 9
“You two really are a perfect match, aren’t you?”Just thinking about how, in my previous life, all the money I gave Maya for more than twenty years ended up in Wayne’s pockets… made my blood boil. I wanted to tear him apart right then and there. However, I held myself back because what I was about to show them hurt even more.With one tap of my finger, the screen lit up with the video where they were selling my dog.“You think I went to that remote place without preparing anything? I had a hidden camera on me the whole time.”The moment the students below the stage saw the part, chaos broke out. A lot of the girls burst into tears on the spot.“What did the dog ever do wrong? Why would you hurt a dog? Wayne, you’re disgusting!”This time, every cup of coffee and water bottle was thrown straight at him.In the middle of the chaos, a middle‑aged man suddenly rushed onto the stage. He grabbed Wayne by the collar and began punching him over and over.“You useless bastard! How did
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Chapter 10
I frowned, giving her a suspicious look.“What did I do to make you think that?” I asked.“My mom’s told me. You told the police you weren’t going to make me pay back that money. If that’s not love, then what is? I really do recognize that I was wrong, and for that, I’m truly sorry. Let’s move forward. You go to college, and I’ll stay home and take care of you… as your devoted partner. How about that?”I shot her a disdainful look.“Maya, I’m not going after that money because I feel sorry for your mom and Wayne’s dad. They’re both good parents, and they shouldn’t have to carry such a heavy burden because of your mistakes. But make no mistake, I will still hold you legally accountable.“Another reason I’m letting this go is that I don’t want to be tied to you in any way. Even if I force you to repay me, you can’t afford it, and then I’ll have to stay involved. I’d rather just walk away.“Maya, the only one you can blame is yourself. Accept the consequences and stop fantasizing. N
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