A Call from Twelve Years Ahead

"A Call from Twelve Years Ahead" is a serial novel published on SkyStory. 1 chapters in total. Right before graduation, just hours before I was scheduled t…

SkyStory 1 chapters English 12 Sep 2026

Right before graduation, just hours before I was scheduled to sign on as the first employee at my boyfriend’s startup, I received a phone call from myself—twelve years in the future. I gripped the phone, my voice breathless with eager anticipation. "Tell me—did he make it? Did Austin actually build his empire?" The woman on the other end gave a soft, hollow laugh. "He made it. Took the company public at thirty-two. By thirty-five, his net worth crossed the ten-billion-dollar mark." My heart soared. A giddy rush of pride flooded my chest. "And me? Am I running the tech division alongside him? Am I an industry titan too?" A suffocating silence stretched across the line. "You have two boys," she said quietly, every word dropping like lead. "And at the company, your primary responsibilities are... ordering team lunches, processing expense reports, filing onboarding paperwork, and formatting weekly spreadsheets." The breath caught in my throat. The room seemed to tilt. Her voice sharpened, speeding up with urgent intensity. "Listen to me very carefully. You have to take a different path. Do not go into that office to be his errand girl. Take the software engineering offer from the Big Tech firm—the one sitting on your desk right now." "In three years, their VP of Engineering will be ousted in a kickback scandal. If you put in the work, that seat will open up for you—a total compensation package north of five million dollars." "When that first vesting cliff hits and you clear your package, don't buy a luxury car. Go down to the historic Northport waterfront and buy two pre-construction condo units. In two years, the city will rezone the entire district for the new enterprise trade corridor. The buyout and equity compensation will give you all the seed capital you need to launch your own company—completely debt-free." My mind spun. "Launch a company doing what?" "AI," she answered without hesitation.

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