In Love With My Father's Enemy

lia, I know I have promised to sponsor you

ensive for me, I don't think I can afford it, and

ghtly, eyes brimming with tears,

tried everything-I truly have-but I just can't afford your dream school. It's too expensive,

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that I can't give you that. I feel like I've failed you... Like I've let you down. I wanted

strokes Ame

own if it could make a difference. But we just don't have

pulling Amelia in

day, I promise, this pain will turn into strength. Just don't give up, okay?

ars, looking her mother in the eye - her

pain, and I feel it too. But

s together, trying

e the best professors are. It's where the labs and resources will actually give me a chance

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anned the scholarships. I've been working on grants. I'm willing to work p

s are sh

e one thing I can't walk away from without losing a piece of myself. If I let this go... I'm

d her mother'

ing it. You believed in me before I believed in myself. Please... believe in me now,

ks, whispering

ust for me... but for us. Because this dr

ront of her mother, pl

e. He always said I was meant for greatness. Remember? He used to joke that he'

s on her lips, ev

verything. He never let life's weight crush his hope. You were his world. I was his dream. And th

ts out a sob, clutch

ing

face... just so we could eat dinner with light and laughter. He used to kiss your f

ngth... his silly stories... the way he looked at me

olding each other

iled thro

me. Not for money. But because he believed I could be more. An

sniffed, gently

ay not have his toolbox to sell... but I have

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