Hi my name's Mark.
I'm fifteen years old and I used to be really into tennis. In fact, until today,
I went to a Tennis Academy. I'll be 16 tomorrow and in schools all over Eurasia
when you reach 16, you have a routine genetic screening test. However, my printout
was blank and I found out that my dad had selected me behind my mum's back before
I was born. I know that he was trying to protect me from Friedreich's ataxia,
the disorder my Auntie Annie had, but he also selected me to be a boy and to
be good at sports.
I used to think I was good at tennis but now I think that it was just another thing my dad paid for. He made me into what he wanted. He told me I had a gift, but actually it has nothing to do with me. I don't know who I am anymore. I just need to get away and have some time to think...