A few days later, Mom showed up outside my office building."Elisa, you knew, didn't you?"I paused while stirring my coffee. "Knew what?""Don't play dumb. You figured out a long time ago that your exam scores and job were swapped with Poppy’s. I underestimated you."I did not respond. She continued talking on her own."You're ruthless. You deliberately found James to trick us."I remained silent.She changed tactics. "But Elisa, here's what you don't know. Even though each host of the system only gets three swaps, the system passes on when the host dies."If you push us too far, I'd rather die and let Poppy inherit the system. Then, she can keep swapping with you for the rest of your life. You'll never escape us."I smiled."You really think I don't know anything? The inheritance is random. If you die, the system might end up with me instead."After she left in anger, my relaxed expression returned to how I truly felt inside. I was not as calm as I had looked. I had overlo
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