The Million‑Dollar Slap

Synopsis

Right after freshman year began, I changed my profile picture. Within minutes, ninety‑nine messages flooded the freshman group chat, all of them cursing me. "Copycat! You have ten minutes to change your Facebook avatar!" "Can't you survive without copying other people?!" "Pathetic wannabe! Absolutely ridiculous!" "No matter how much you imitate, you'll never match Maya's beauty and class!" I was completely confused. Then I found out the girl my family had been sponsoring had been trash‑talking me behind my back, claiming I copied everything she did, desperate to replace her. But the truth was that she had been secretly using a burner account to buy my second‑hand bags online, so she could pretend to be some glamorous rich girl. Her admirers were heartbroken for her and started threatening to "teach me a lesson." Fine. She liked copying so much. At the freshman ceremony, I arrived in a Rolls‑Royce. Then I tossed a million dollars in cash right at her feet and said, "Here. Try copying this. Let's see if you can afford to live like me."