The Test of Betrayal
On the day of the SAT exam, my girlfriend, Shirley Jackson, gave me a gift for good luck. It was a brand-new pair of glasses.
"May all your predictions come true. Once you get into Alpheno College, we'll get engaged!"
Carrying her blessings and expectations with me, I opened the test paper.
To my surprise, I really did guess the questions correctly.
But when the scores came out, my teacher informed me that all my results had been invalidated.
No matter how much I tried to explain, the school insisted that I, the top student in the grade, had copied answers from Ian Seinfeld, the worst student in my class.
Callisto College turned me into a cautionary tale. Every other college blacklisted me. I was cyberbullied by everyone online.
In the end, I broke down and took my own life.
When I opened my eyes again, I'd returned to the moment Shirley put those glasses on for me.
While looking at her gentle expression, I suddenly heard her inner thoughts.
'As long as Ian can see Keith's answer sheet through the camera, he'll definitely get into Alpheno College. Ian and I can finally be together in public then.'