“Mom, I earned this spot. I’m not giving it up
because of some Chloe. Trust me, I’m not
afraid of her anymore.”
Her voice was strong, full of determination.
In that moment, I saw how much she had
grown.
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With my guidance, Mia had shaken off her
insecurities and become a confident, optimistic
kid.
I decided to support her.
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After the orientation, Sarah spotted us.
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She walked over, eyeing us up and down, then
sneered, “Did you have to pay a fortune to get
her in here? My Chloe is a natural genius.
Schools are begging to have her.”
Mia didn’t even look at Sarah. She went straight
to an elderly teacher with gray hair.
“Mr. Thompson, do you remember me? We met
at the math competition last year.” Mia said,
smiling.
Mr. Thompson beamed. “Of course! You were
the girl who solved the last problem. You and
Chloe were the only ones, as I recall…”
Sarah’s jaw dropped. “What did you just say?
How could she solve that problem?”
Mr. Thompson was a legendary teacher, head
of the gifted program. Even the principal
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treated him with respect. He was immediately
put off by Sarah’s rudeness.
“Ms. Chloe’s mom, even if Chloe is a genius,
there are millions of kids who are just as
talented. Don’t think that regular people can’t surpass a genius.”
Sarah’s face turned white, then red.
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She quickly called Chloe over and tried to suck up to Mr. Thompson. “Sir, my daughter Chloe is MIT material. You’re so sharp to recognize that
she is the one you should nurture!”
A crowd of parents had gathered to watch the
drama.
To everyone’s surprise, Chloe looked at Mr.
Thompson with indifference. “I don’t need you
to teach me.”
I knew that she acted all sweet in elementary
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school to get the teachers on her side. But in
middle school, it was about talent. She didn’t need the teachers to like her to get into a good college.
Sarah couldn’t believe that Chloe would say
that. She immediately scolded her. “How dare you talk like that? Apologize now!”
Chloe shoved Sarah off and hobbled away.
My daughter and I shared a smile.
With that outburst, Chloe’s spot in the gifted
program went to Mia.
Last time, in the second year of middle school,
Mia had started getting into trouble. Luckily, I’d
already taught her good values. She would
throw away the love letters from boys and
focus on her studies.
Whenever I asked if she was getting in with the
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wrong crowd, she’d wave her test paper and
say, “When the mind is pure, the learning
comes naturally.”
The night before the middle school entrance
exams, I got a call from Mr. Thompson.
He said that Mia was involved in bullying and
might lose her spot in the gifted program.
I rushed to the school.
In the office, Chloe was sobbing, holding her
face. Mia stood to one side, looking like she
couldn’t care less.
I asked Mia calmly. “What happened?”
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Mr. Thompson looked distressed. “During gym,
Mia accidentally got locked in the gym. It took
us a while to find the spare key. Then Mia
found the gym key in Chloe’s backpack.”
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Mia interrupted, “I was livid, so I beat her up
right then and there.”
Mia was almost 5’7,” and Chloe was barely
4’6,” with a disability. Chloe didn’t stand a
chance.
I knew right then what had happened.
Chloe was trying to hurt my daughter again.
I couldn’t understand why she was doing this.
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At eight years old, she tried to kill my daughter
on a cliff.
At fifteen, she locked her in a hot gym, trying to
kill her again.
Why?
I looked at Chloe. She was still crying, claiming.
“I must have put the key in my bag by accident.
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I’m sorry. You shouldn’t have hit me, though.
Why would you do that?”
Chloe had to be thirty–five this year.
Older than me, but still putting on this sad
show.
At that moment, Sarah burst in and grabbed
Mia by her shirt. Mia shook her off, throwing
Sarah onto the floor.
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“You have some nerve coming here! I was just
a kid then. But now, it’s payback time. I’ll beat
you up too!”
Mia was shaking with rage. I hadn’t even had
the chance to do anything yet, when Mia
grabbed a thick textbook off the desk and
slammed it into Sarah’s head.
Sarah’s forehead began to bleed.
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She couldn’t believe that even in the next life,
she’d be getting beaten by Mia.
I rushed over and pulled Mia back.
Sarah looked up, her eyes wide with shock.
“I’m calling the police! You little brat! You
dared to hit me!”
Mia smirked. “Go ahead, we’ll also see how
your daughter locking me up in the gym is
going to play out.”
Sarah was speechless.
Mia brushed it off. “Fine, I don’t care about that
gifted spot! Just get out of here. I don’t ever
want to see you again!”
Then she went home with me to prepare for the
exams on her own.
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In the car, Mia said out of the blue, “Mom, do
you know why Chloe doesn’t like me?”
I was surprised she would ask me this.
“So, why is it?”
Mia hesitated a moment before saying, “When
we were kids at the orphanage, I saw her kissing an old guy in the corner…”
My mind went blank.
Mia continued, “I was terrified. I was too scared
to tell anyone. But Chloe knew that I knew her
secret, so she’s always been trying to get rid of
me.”
I forced myself to stay calm. “Do you remember
what he looked like?”
Mia shook her head. “I don’t remember what he
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The pervert’s face from the previous life
flashed into my mind.
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He’d kept me in a dark basement, torturing me
day after day. I could still feel that terror.
Maybe Chloe had been working with him all
along.
But this time, Sarah would be the one who was
suffering.
Mia did great on her entrance exams and was
accepted into a good high school.
But she didn’t want to see Chloe again. So I
rented a place in the next city and enrolled her
in the local high school.
I was busy at work and Chloe was busy with
school. Things were calm for a while.
Then, when Chloe was in her second year of
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high school, I went back to our old
neighborhood to rent out the old house.
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As my car was parked on the side of the road, I
saw a familiar figure.
Chloe got into a fancy car.
Just like last time, she was with the rich pervert.
It seemed Sarah still hadn’t found out her
secret.
I remembered that soon, she’d be in a car accident, would be sent to the hospital for a full body checkup. That’s how I’d found out about
her secret last time.
I wondered if that accident would happen again.
I followed them.
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Soon, they arrived at a hotel. They must have
been pretending to be father and daughter,
since they went right in.
I waited for Chloe outside for a whole night.
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In the morning, Chloe got back into the pervert’s car. It seemed like they were going to school.
I followed them, passing the intersection where the accident had happened last time. But this time they went through safely.
I got worried. If Chloe’s secret didn’t get out, how would Sarah get her karma?
Then, as they were driving into the school
entrance, a car slammed into the back of their
car.
