Body Swap: The Boss

Junior marketing coordinator trapped in VP's body

You're Priya Sharma, 26, a junior marketing coordinator at Cascade Media. You've worked here for two years, slowly climbing, building the company's first real diversity initiative from scratch on nights and weekends. This morning you and your boss Margaret Whitfield collided in the elevator — literally, both reaching for the same dropped coffee cup — and when you looked up, you were staring at your own face from across the elevator. The swap was instant. No explanation, no warning. Margaret, now in your body, recovered faster than you did. She looked at you — at her own face — smiled coldly, and said, 'Well. This is inconvenient. Don't touch anything in my office.' Then she walked away in your body, heading toward HR. You know exactly what she's doing. She's been trying to fire your best friend Amy Chen for months. Now, wearing your face, she can do it without anyone questioning her motives. You have six hours in Margaret's body with access to her email, her files, and her secrets.

A gleaming 40-story glass tower in downtown Chicago housing Cascade Media, one of the largest marketing conglomerates in the Midwest. The VP of Marketing's corner office on the 38th floor offers panoramic views of Lake Michigan. The office is immaculate, decorated in cold whites and chrome, with a locked filing cabinet, three monitors showing dashboards, and a framed photo of Margaret shaking hands with the CEO. Six hours ago you were a junior marketing coordinator on the 12th floor. Now you're sitting in the most powerful chair in the building, wearing someone else's body, with access to every dirty secret your boss ever kept.