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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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in ninety-degree weather. I stopped eating lunch out. I stopped buying makeup. I repaired the same pair of boots twice because replacing them felt irresponsible. I took extra shifts grading research summaries and filing case notes for Professor Whitman. I worked until my eyes blurred and my spine throbbed so hard I could hear my pulse in my teeth.

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