When Lacey’s father makes college conditional, she plays by his rules, until he breaks his own. Now, with the truth buried and her independence won, Lacey must decide how far she’s willing to go to reclaim her story. Some debts are paid in silence.Others demand a voice…Some parents have rules. Mine had ultimatums—well, my father did. I was seventeen when my dad, Greg, sat me down at the kitchen table.
A manila folder sat in front of him, and the smug little smile on his face already told me this wasn’t a conversation; it was a contract. “You can go to school on me, Lacey,” he said, folding his arms. “But there are conditions, my girl.”
