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cnu-When I woke up from spinal surgery, I expected to see my parents waiting beside my hospital bed with flowers and tears, but instead a trust attorney stood at the foot of the bed and said, “Celestine, your parents transferred $31,247.83 out of your grandmother’s educational trust while you were under anesthesia” — and when he showed me the text my mother sent at 9:39 a.m., the seven words were colder than the operating room: “Do it now while she can’t check.”

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discount if you brought your own cup, which vending machine got restocked on Wednesdays, which library chairs were soft enough to tolerate when my back was flaring, and which study rooms had outlets that actually worked.

My back had always been part of the story, though I tried for years not to let it become the headline. I was born with scoliosis, continue reading …

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