me?”
“Because you have been working so hard.”
“This is why I’m working.”
She covered her face.
“I thought I could ask for more time. I thought if I just kept taking extra shifts, maybe—”
Her voice failed.
I sat beside her.
For a moment, neither of us spoke.
The dry cleaner below hummed through the floor.
“This scholarship,” I said slowly. “It has a living stipend.continue reading …