When I Fainted At My Graduation, The Hospital Called My Parents

tubes taped to my arm.

Her perfectly painted mouth fell open. “Oh my God. Grace. What happened?”

“I graduated,” I said. “And then I fainted. Turns out being the ‘easy one’ is exhausting.”

“What’s all that paper on your bed?” she asked, her eyes narrowing.

“That,” I said, holding up the deed, “is the title to your house. Or, I should say, my house.”

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