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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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black pants with an elastic waistband, a soft blue sweater, and shoes I could slip on without bending. My hair was pulled back. I looked pale, but standing.

That mattered to me.

The courtroom was smaller than I expected. Less grand. More beige. Rows of wooden benches, flags, fluorescent lights, the low shuffle of people who all had somewhere else they continue reading …

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