rk. He found a lawyer who worked pro bono. He started looking into subsid

ow. Maybe they saw a letter from the lawyer. M

le I was there. My mother' s face was a mask of fury. My

d, waving a piece of paper. "You'

ther boomed. "After every

ed, grabbing my arm. Her nails dug into my skin. "You're going

away, but her gr

ig man, but in that moment, he seemed to

ance," he said, his

of this!" my f

tional neglect. The financial pressure. The fact that you want to pull a gifted student out of school to fund her brother's

f shock and hate. They had never been challenged before. T

ne last look, full of venom. Then she tur

g. Mr. Harrison put a

," he said. "Yo

own small apartment, my own life. I walked out of the courthouse and f

not waste this chance. I would make Mr. Harrison's belief