nder mountains of debt. It was the lowest point of my
rt, a plan. Instead, my mother coldly declared, "Ethan, we're done. We can't be associated with this failu
clawed my way back, sleeping in a storage unit, eating instant noodles, taking every coding job I could find. My second c
bout how proud they were, then immediately shifted, claiming they had fallen on hard time
simple and final. Her voice turned venomous, "After everything we've
their forged medical reports and my father's convenient recovery. "I owe you nothing," I said. "You made your choice five years