LOGINThe day I got fired, I received a trial pass from an AI cosmetic clinic. It required neither surgery nor recovery time, yet it could deliver a flawless celebrity face overnight. But there was a catch. The face only lasted seven days after the complimentary trial. To keep it, I signed a contract to become the actress' body double, trading my time, identity, and freedom for another week of beauty. As the years passed, I kept paying the price to maintain a face that wasn't mine until one day, I realized I no longer wanted to live in someone else's shadow.
View MoreBut I didn't regret it.At least during those years of wearing borrowed faces, I truly lived.I'd walked the red carpet.I'd held trophies in my hands.I'd been loved by millions.That love had belonged to Winter.It had belonged to Sabrina.But the one who experienced it was me—my body, soul, and memories.For a little while, I'd stood in the light, even if it had never been mine.When the sentencing ended, the bailiffs escorted me out of the courtroom.As I passed the gallery, my mother suddenly stood up and called my name."Mabel!"I stopped.But I didn't turn around."Mabel, I'll be here waiting when you come home."Her voice trembled like a spider's thread swaying in the wind.I gave a small nod and kept walking.Prison life was simpler than I'd imagined.Every morning began at six.Work.Meals.Sleep.No phone.No mirrors.No roles left to play.Little by little, I grew accustomed to my real face—its ordinariness, its flaws, the fact that it would never change.Sometimes I dreame
"How ironic," I said. "I went to such lengths to trade one face for another, only to be undone by the one part of me that had always been real."…Daniel rose from his chair and walked to the window. It was set high in the wall, revealing nothing but the same dull patch of gray sky I'd seen when I first arrived."One last question," he said. "Why tell us all this? You could've stayed silent. You could've waited for a lawyer. You could've tried to beat the charges. Someone as smart as you knows the more you confess, the worse it gets."I looked at his back."Because I'm tired," I said. "I've been acting for three years, and I'm exhausted.""I've been Winter. I've been Sabrina. I've even pretended to be myself. Every face I wore was rented. Every life I lived belonged to someone else. “I've had everything... and I've lost everything. Now I just want to be Mabel Shaw again.""Even if that means spending the rest of your life in prison?""Even then," I said. "At least that would be the re
I hung up and stared at the mirror.Sabrina's face stared back at me.She looked exhausted, pale, with dark circles beneath her eyes that even makeup couldn't hide.The tiny beauty mark was still there, but it no longer completed the face.Now it looked like a tear that had dried into a stain.I only seventy-two hours left.I started borrowing money.I called friends, my manager, and investors I'd worked with before.But everyone avoided me like the plague.Sabrina's name had become toxic. Anyone associated with her risked being dragged down too.On the sixtieth hour, I received one final phone call.It was from the police."Miss Shaw?" the officer said. "We've discovered a body at an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city. Preliminary identification suggests it's Winter Lambert. “Your number was the last one in her call records, and we'd like you to come in for questioning."I looked at the mirror and suddenly laughed.So, it wasn't Sabrina's scandal that destroyed me.It was
"Two million dollars," I said. "I know. I have the money."Winter's savings, combined with everything I'd earned working in her place, were just enough.The procedure was far more complicated than the last one.This time, I wasn't just changing my appearance.I was completely discarding Winter's facial structure and rebuilding it to match Sabrina's bone structure.I spent six hours inside the machine.It felt as though someone was demolishing the house beneath my skin and constructing an entirely new one in its place.When I woke up, Sabrina was staring back at me from the mirror.She looked more mature and commanding than Winter.A tiny beauty mark rested beneath the corner of her eye, the perfect finishing touch to an already striking face.I raised my hand.The woman in the mirror did the same.I smiled.She smiled back.This time, there was no confusion and fear, only excitement.I inherited Sabrina's life.It was even more glamorous than Winter's.She was at the height of her car


















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