A Letter From My Future Self Warned Me They'd Steal My Life

I opened my college acceptance letter, and a second letter, with no postmark, slid out.

"Sophie, Amy Dickerson is going to steal your college spot. Give it to her."

"Don't trust David Fox. He's in on it with her. You have to give it up, or you and your father are both finished."

Two short lines, and cold sweat ran down my whole body.

I'm Sophie Bradford. Amy and I were sent down to the countryside in the same batch of youth.

We both lived at the house of the village head, Thaddeus Fox. David is his son.

I gripped the acceptance letter and sank into thought.