Given the Chance: If given a second chance, would you take it? by E Wall

Author:E Wall [Wall, E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

AGE 18

Despite everything that’s been thrown my way the last few years, I somehow managed to secure a scholarship to my dream school. When the envelope showed up one morning, I couldn’t do anything but stare at it. In the top left corner, the familiar Columbia University logo held my attention for longer than I care to admit. I wanted to sit in limbo for just a little longer and hold onto the hope that I got in. I knew if I opened that letter and saw a rejection, I would crumble.

I distracted myself most of the day, finding anything to keep me busy, including cleaning the entire kitchen top to bottom. The look on my mom’s face when she got home was worth it, though. Made me realize I should be doing more around here to help her out. After the shock of a clean kitchen wore off, she looked at me sitting at the kitchen table staring down at the unopened letter.

“Eden? Honey, are you going to open it?” she asked as she took a seat across from me.

I take a deep breath and look at my mom, “I’m scared. What if I didn’t get accepted?”

She reaches her hands across the table and takes mine in hers. “Eden, you are so talented, and regardless of the contents of that letter, your dad and I are so proud of you. You’ve overcome plenty of adversity in the last few years. Not getting accepted to this school will not define you.” She squeezes my hand in a gesture to look at her. When I do, she continues. “You can do it, Edie-Pie.” I smile at her using my dad’s nickname for me and pick up the envelope. It’s a small piece of paper, and it might as well weigh a thousand pounds.

With trembling hands, I rip open the envelope and slide the folded sheet out. One last deep breath, and I unfold it to reveal the trajectory for my future. The words are clear as day, but I can’t bring myself to process their meaning. My mom is waiting anxiously across the table from me with an expectant look. After a few seconds I lift my tear-filled eyes to look at her.““I…I got in.” A tear slips free, landing on my acceptance letter, and my mom leaps to her feet in excitement.

“Oh Eden! I knew you could do it, honey. We are celebrating big tonight!” She gives me a tight hug before bustling out of the room to make reservations at my favorite restaurant. I can’t believe I got in. The future I’ve always envisioned is becoming a reality, and as happy as I am, I can’t help but wish Noah were here to celebrate with me.

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