was no copy-paste response... this time, there was radio silence. It was even worse than before. Lory had given me Mr. Rowe's phone number-which may or may not have been

lled for desperate measures

al exams and our graduatio

nd I had no other optio

op. I had never been so jittery in my life. Even though I had expansive notes on how to approach the conversation and made a reactive diagram for all the

lized I was a complete lunatic. This was if

ping it would never happen. The longer I con

typed out a short message and my thumb hovered over the send button for an awfully long time before

to talk

automatically ignore it. It also didn't give away enough information that he would block me imm

when my phone buzzed with an in

is

ntity. On the other hand, he would definitely block me if I remained cryptic and didn't give him a name. I mulled over what I should do before

ow Ta

long for a resp

have the wr

my name from the emails. It made me suspicious if he had ever

at lightning speed. I was scared to be a second late and miss the chance to carry on the

number if I reache

. When the phone buzzed again, my shoulders sagged with

lor, do I

wrote a

ut it is imperative t

more words, he ha

or this. I'm late fo

sk? What kind of a boss was he? I r

call yo

d him to call me directly. He was definitely a man of action

el

an you tell me what th

ngue felt like lead in my mouth and my limbs were cold with fright. "I... uh... I...

es up, my head felt heavy and I dropped to my knees in a humiliating manner. I rolled around on the floor as my phone slipped far away

you alright,

to stay seated on the floor than to try to get up and feel the s

e time." His demand made me straighten my spine and find the resolve I needed to talk. If I didn't say e

ccount of an error. The scholarship has been since awarded to someone else. The retraction came after I had accepted a spot at QCU and I have already spent all m

said my piece. I crossed my fingers and hop

our education?" He sou

in a fraction of a second. "Yes. I shouldn't hav

man and get him to help me. Still, I blurted out rude and disrespectful things that would offend him. That

s wrong

lence on the othe

rude. But I am in desperate need of that scholarship. It

rest of my life. Just because I didn't have a convention

unted to sixty, wondering if he

I spoke t

nication. I will contact you myself when I have deter

him to jump and tell me I would be funded too. I couldn't help b

how much this means to me. I've sent you seve

alking him. And my behavior

my breath. "I just have one last question for you," he said, causi

illow," I blurted out, t

ould call me anything he wanted as long as he gave me the scholarship. His tired

did you get this nu

. uh

ded. He left no wriggle room

y voice was soft and I wasn't sure he heard me. There was no way I would tell him w

efore hanging up. He sounded fu

rmation. Of course, I left out the part where I vaguely admitted to criminal conduct and ratted her out. If she found

lips. So what if he sounded angry? He said he would investigate the mat