deferring an opportunity, they were planning to mil

call, not to my father, but to Mr

it' s Ethan Miller. I need to make some adjustmen

hear from you.

pendent with their upcoming college applications. They

father had set up significant resources for

lementary academic resources. No more elite SAT re-take coaching, no more funding for those expensive college appli

parents were quite clear ab

ery determined to stand on their own t

er. They wanted indepe

t Northwood Prep's graduating class knew. "Chloe and Maya, Princeton-bou

ffled. Confuse

h a text from Alex,

rd they're all over Jake. You dodged a bu

. Let's just say they're

pushed out of the way of a speeding car, only to reali

one with Jake, their grades starting to slip just a fraction – enough for me to notice. When I' d gently v

tand him, Ethan,"

nt. He gets us

nor run-ins with the law back in their old town – and waved away an