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The story
The short version. Revenge, 30 episodes on YourChannel. A truck hits Ava Kensington on the night of her sister's engagement party, and she comes to at fifteen, unscarred, carrying the memory of a whole ruined life.
The truck hits on the night of Rosanne's engagement party, and Ava Kensington comes to standing in the same ballroom, at fifteen, with no scars. 'Wasn't I just hit? Where am I?' she whispers. 'This is when I was 15. No scars. Did I really come back?' She looks at her sister working the microphone and decides instantly: 'No one makes me cry again.' Where the old Ava would have excused herself and left, this one says the quiet part out loud — 'I'm moving out to Uncle Marcus's' — and walks out.
Then the door opens and Nathan Cross walks in — the CEO who ruined her last life. Across the table Nathan is dismissive: 'Your terms aren't worth my ink. You'll regret this, Ava.' She does not flinch: 'I'm never the one with regrets.' When a man named Dominic gets handsy with her staff her line is cold and instant: 'Dominic takes one more step, break his wrist.' By episode five the cameras are rolling, the family's old bribes are on the record, and investors announce they support Kensington Group and its CEO, Ava Kensington.
Last life, Marcus was the hardest person on her — and the only one who truly cared. This time she goes straight to him, walks into a boardroom, and asks for a job with no games attached. 'No time for games. Succeed, I want CEO.' She reads the deal everyone is cheering and calls the rot out loud: 'Revenue up 32%, cash flow down. 11 top 10 clients, at least three are shells.' Her new boss stares at the girl in a t-shirt. By the next meeting she is presenting to the whole group: revenue up 47%, record net profit.
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