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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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stomach drop, call somebody.”

“Thank you,” I said.

She squeezed my hand. “Your grandmother picked good people.”

I did not trust myself to answer.

Jordan drove me to her parents’ house instead of the dorm. The guest room was upstairs, which made me panic until I saw that Robert had installed a temporary handrail and Linda had arranged everything so I would continue reading …

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