Chapter 11

"You got into NIDE! You have everything you wanted, so why do you still have to destroy us?" Eric yelled.I shoved Eric's hand away and stepped back, keeping the doorframe between us."You changed my college applications, humiliated me in front of the entire class at the graduation party, posted videos and turned the internet against me, and now you're standing at my door asking me to lie for you."Every single step was a choice you made yourselves."The look in Eric's eyes grew even more unhinged. He pointed at me and screamed, "It's your fault! It's all your fault!"Why are you always ranked first? Why do my parents always tell me I should be more like you?"Why does Macey always have to be second when she's just as good as you? Why!"I looked at him. "Because I work harder than you. It's that simple."Then, I turned to Macey and said, "We were friends for 18 years. It was you who destroyed the friendship. Not me."I stepped back and started to close the door.Eric was stil

Chapter 12

At the very bottom of the suitcase, I found an old military uniform.Dad had brought it home when he left the service. The insignia on the shoulders had faded, and one of the buttons at the collar was missing. Mom had sewn on a replacement with small and neat stitches.I folded the uniform carefully and tucked it beneath my pillow.When I lay down to test it out, the pillow sat just a little higher than usual.My phone lit up again. The class group chat was full of people sharing photos of their college dorms.Someone posted the view from their room at Kingsley University. It was a wall of windows overlooking trees and distant campus buildings.Someone else shared a photo from their dorm at Whitmore University, with the old library visible beyond the window.Another posted a picture of the lawn outside Eastbrook University's main academic building, bathed in the warm light of the setting sun.I got up and took a picture of the trackfield outside my window.Under the night sky,

Chapter 13

At some point, Dad had come up behind me. He reached over and took the tran from my hands, pushing his reading glasses higher on his nose.He stared at it for a long time.Then he turned it over to check if anything was printed on the back, flipped it over again, and read it from the beginning.Finally, he took off his glasses and wiped them. He folded the tran carefully, walked into the master bedroom, opened the top drawer, and placed it all the way in the back.That drawer held every important exam document I'd ever had since elementary school.I stood at the doorway and watched him gently close the drawer.At dinner, the three of us sat around the table, cutlery clinking quietly against our plates.Halfway through the meal, Mom suddenly said, "Macey's family moved away."My hand didn't stop."Kim came to say goodbye last month. She said Macey took another year to apply to college and got into an ordinary state university, but it's out of state."Mom hesitated, twirling he

All Chapters of Fate Saved Me From Sabotage : Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13