Chapter 5

I moved into the dorms and threw myself completely into my studies. Education really could change a person's fate—sometimes even their entire place in the world. And I knew this was the only chance I had left to grab onto.

There was a national physics competition in November. If I took first place, I'd earn an early-admission guarantee to a top university.

Previously, Rachel not only stole my spot in the AP honors track, but when she saw I still managed to get into a good school under a different name—and I was just a step away from a top…