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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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about your parents?”

“They’re broke.”

Dr. Patel was quiet for a long moment.

Then she said, “Let me talk to billing. Let me see what can be done.”

Three days later, my mother called.

Her voice was bright, almost festive.

“Good news,” she said. “We found a way.”

I sat up too quickly in my dorm bed and gasped when my back seized.

“What?”

“Your surgery. February continue reading …

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