Rewind the Cradle
By @john1208
The 1988 morning started completely normally: cheap coffee brewing, a synth-pop track on the radio, and Bram lacing up his boots for his shift at the Stanton Mill. But six-month-old Selah knew the mill's roof would collapse at noon. Unable to speak, the reincarnated tech mogul resorted to her only weapon: a tactical, projectile-vomiting temper tantrum. Her fake illness kept her parents at the clinic, saving their lives. But surviving the day is only step one. Convinced they are destined to be poor, exploited laborers, Bram and Dessa need aggressive, high-speed manipulation to succeed. Through strategic crying fits, the shy but incredibly stubborn infant forces them to buy a winning lottery ticket, paying off their immediate debts and funding a fledgling pager start-up. Soon, Selah is secretly orchestrating a booming electronics empire from her stroller while clashing with Corin, an arrogant toddler next door. But Selah operates under a massive, stressful misunderstanding: she believes altering history causes a painful 'paradox sickness' that threatens to erase her existence. Will she realize her agonizing timeline corrections are actually just normal infant colic and teething before a treacherous mentor steals their company?
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