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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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she knew exactly how to make me feel like myself.

On the second day, Jordan brought her mother, Linda.

Linda took one look at me and did not ask if I was okay. Nurses do not insult you like that.

Instead, she washed her hands, checked whether the call button was within reach, and said, “You’re coming home with us after discharge.”

I blinked. “I can’t.”

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