downstairs were a distant, irrelevant noise. There was no despair, no tears. The anger from di

place. I opened my email. Sitting there, unread for a week, was a mes

s swam before my eyes, a li

a place in the Stanford University Class of... for Computer Science... Early Admissio

I won national coding competitions. I developed a groundbreaking logistics app that was already getting quie

to show off, to make Caleb feel bad. They

ew lacrosse gear. I thought about the key lime pie. I thought about Cal

ed the

ge appeared. "Wel

appy smile. It was a smile of grim satisfaction.