“Emily told me her family knew how much she was struggling with her appearance,” he explained. “She said you’d discussed the decision and supported her through the risks. That’s what I meant when I called your family’s decision brave.”
Emily avoided my gaze.
After he departed, I questioned her about the deposit.
“My savings.”
“Your college savings?”
She nodded. She’d spent nearly all her living-expense savings on the deposit and financed the remainder.
The total approached $24,000.
“So you blew your college savings, and want me to foot the bill for the rest?”
She nodded again.
I’d spent years helping Emily afford college, and now she’d endangered her education to alter her appearance.
“Why didn’t you ask me first?”
“Because you would’ve said no.”
“I would’ve asked why.”
“That’s the same thing.”
“No, Emily. It isn’t.”
She faced the wall.
