She Framed Me Before College,So I Rewrote My Future and MarriageChapter 1

The day before the college entrance exam, I watched the school heartthrob slip an elopement letter into my childhood friend's desk.

She went on to become valedictorian. He threw himself into the river.

Years later, she and I graduated from Harborbridge University together. Our families pushed us toward marriage, and we went along with it.

On our wedding day, she straightened my tie with her own hands.

Then she shoved me into a private room with a dozen hired thugs.

She ignored my screams for help. Just stood outside the door, staring at his photograph.

"His parents died right before the exam. He was falling apart."

"If you hadn't taken that letter, I could have saved him."

"If you hadn't meddled, he wouldn't have died alone in that river."

Ten hours later, every finger broken, limbs twisted at wrong angles, I dragged myself to the tenth-floor window and jumped.

When I opened my eyes again, I was watching Myron Mason slide that elopement letter into Christina Sullivan's desk.

I picked up my backpack and walked away.

This time, I was running my own race.

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Christina came bursting into the classroom, out of breath.