When I woke up one day, I realized that I could hear everyone’s inner voice. That was so strange for me—I had no idea what was happening. I went to the living room to have breakfast and saw that my mom was thinking about buying me a new phone, and I was like, “Are you kidding me?” But she didn’t know about my unbelievable new experience, so she asked me, “What is happening?” I just said, “Nothing,” to her with huge excitement.
When I got to school and went near my best friend, I realized she was thinking, “Why did she come? I was having fun.” I couldn’t even understand what was happening. I was about to cry, so I ran to the toilets, and in a few minutes, I started crying, “How could she do that to me???”
After a while, I wiped my tears and looked at myself in the mirror. “Okay, I need to calm down,” I told myself. I took a deep breath and decided to test this weird ability. I walked past a group of students and focused on their faces. Suddenly, I could hear one boy thinking about his math exam and another girl worrying about her outfit. It was overwhelming, but also kind of interesting. Maybe this wasn’t a curse—maybe it was a gift. I just had to learn how to control it.