A Gooder Place (Part 6)

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It didn’t take long for Tahani to get sick of being Eleanor and her trashy Arizona life. Of course, despite having Eleanor’s lower class resources, Tahani still possessed her own knowledge of upper crust culture, allowing her to sneak into fancy gatherings easily. A few times Tahani found herself at one of her sister’s gatherings, feeling even more insignificant and belittled than before. However, with Eleanor’s body, she also felt a little bit of comfortable detachment that almost felt...nice. She was able to pt all these feelings aside for her true mission; what she hoped was to find Eleanor with her body at one of these events, and she figured Los Angeles was her best bet.

A Gooder Place (Part 5)

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Tahani also found herself back on Earth, and she was quite surprised to find herself not at a fancy gala or a museum opening, but int the parking lot of some low brow grocery store. Even worse was that she seemed to be wearing -- ew -- sweatpants. As she stood up from the ground, she caught her reflection in the mirror of a car and was instantly horrified. She was in Eleanor’s body! She felt like she could have a heart attack and die all over again. Then again, she had to think of the positives. Someone like Eleanor likely couldn’t make much of an impact on the world. Surely, living a good life would be easy as someone who was so insignificant and worthless.

A Gooder Place (Part 4)

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With Tahani’s life, every day was a party. Eleanor would hobnob with celebrities and drink expensive champagne. It was hard to her imagine having a thing to complain about. But her nights felt just as lonely and empty as her own life. Then she thought about her own life. If she was Tahani, was Tahani stuck as her? Eleanor began to feel bad about being so self-absorbed. She knows she has always been very self-absorbed, but for once she was actually feeling bad about it. She realized what she needed to do to be a better person, to live a better life. She needed to reach out and find her own body.

A Gooder Place (Part 3)

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After leaving the bathroom, Eleanor was greeted by Tahani’s personal assistant, requesting if she needed anything. Eleanor realized this would be pretty convenient to help with any details she might not know about Tahani and told the assistant she just wanted to go home.

Eleanor was amazed by Tahani’s estate. Her wardrobe was filled with so many dresses that probably each cost more than all the cars Eleanor had ever owned. Part of her was excited to live this lifestyle, but another part felt the large estate was vast, cold, and lonely. She couldn’t help but feel parallels with her own life, even if this was all so dramatic different than what she was used to in terms of material possessions.

A Gooder Place (Part 2)

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Eleanor saw a now familiar flash of light, and she soon opened her eyes back on Earth, but for the first time she remembered everything. As a result, she expected to return to the moment of her death. But instead of being in a parking lot, she was at a crowded party. Eleanor was confused, and she soon found a bathroom that seemed to be bigger than many of the houses she’d ever been in back in Arizona. Then she caught a glimpse of her reflection. She wasn’t back in Arizona because the judge didn’t put her back in her own body -- she was in Tahani’s body instead!

A sense of awe and confusion ran through Eleanor. Tahani was a rich and attractive socialite, and now that life was hers! Being good had to be easy with a life like this, right? Surely, whatever hangups Tahani had, Eleanor wouldn’t fall victim to, would she?