After Her Rise, She Shone Brightly

Shawn and I had been feuding openly and covertly for six years.

He forced my mother to fall from a building and become paralyzed and I leaked secrets, which bankrupted him.

Everyone thought we would torture each other for the rest of our lives.

When we met again, he had made a comeback and answered reporters’ questions with ease.

“Back then, a few of us classmates said, ‘Find someone you love by 18, get married by 25 and have a child before 28. Shawn, how far along are you?’”

“I’m almost engaged.”

“Then you’re the fastest among us here!”