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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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can.”

“I have a dorm.”

“With stairs, a shared bathroom, and a roommate who has classes.”

“Jordan is my roommate.”

“And she has classes,” Linda said. “Our guest room is ready.”

I looked at Jordan.

She shrugged. “I told her you’d argue. She said good, that means your brain works.”

I wanted to protest. I wanted to say I was not a burden, except that sentence continue reading …

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