Dismissed For Lacking A Degree, I Let My Life Speak For Itself – The Archivist

but didn’t protest.

“Tomorrow,” my mother continued, “you’ll go to the lawyer’s office. You’ll say you did it. You’ll accept whatever deal they recommend. We have a wedding to plan.”

The dirt comment rang in my ears like a bell.

I straightened slowly.

“About that,” I said.

“About what?”

“Tomorrow. I’m not going to the lawyer’s office.”

My father laughed. continue reading …