My Sister Took My Passport Before My Scholarship Interview and My Parents Said It Wasn’t Meant for Me Until I Proved Them Wrong

that I felt my jaw tighten. “Accept it. You’re staying.”

I looked at her for a moment. Then I turned and walked back to my room.

I heard Madison’s laugh behind me, and my mother’s murmur of something approving, and I closed my bedroom door and sat on the floor in the debris of my search and focused on breathing. In and out. In and out. Not to calm myself continue reading …