without looking at Gloria for permission first.
Meredith sat on the couch, staring at the floor. “I don’t understand. How did you save enough? You had the loans. Neither of us had a college fund. Mom said…”
“Yours wasn’t lost, Meredith,” I said. The room went airless.
“What?”
“My $42,000 was withdrawn the year I turned eighteen. Two weeks before your down continue reading …
