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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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right now.” Mom said, “Maybe next semester.”

The next semester did not come for my pain.

In February 2025, I asked for help with physical therapy. One hundred eighty dollars per session, eight sessions. A total of $1,440. Mom winced as if I had asked for a yacht. “That’s not in the budget.”

In June 2025, after three nights of sleeping less than two hours continue reading …

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