Three seconds

"In order to get into this school, you weren't supposed to be scared of work. The three-steps application took almost a whole year for Keely to prepare. Gaulthier had prepared it too, well, at least, he had started as early as his 15th birthday to talk about it. The essay that would change his life, he used to say with a cocky smile. Sitting besides him at the kitchen table, Keely remembed the slight frown on her face at that moment. She didn't think an essay could change life. She think people could. Little did she know how deeply both the essay, and him, could ruin hers. "