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over the summer?
I can spare two or three weeks.
I shake my head furiously.
This is not aboutthem.
I want to do this
on my own.
Well,
Mom sighs.
If that’s what you choose
we’re not funding a gap year for you.
That means after you graduate this spring
we won’t be paying for your
car payments
or your car insurance
and you’ll need to get
your own cell phone plan.
All your expenses for the year
food, clothing
suppliesgas, whatever
need to be covered by you, and you alone.
We won’t have any money to give you
as an allowance.
Mom—
I didn’t expect you to cover everything
but my car payments?
You told me Chloe
was a gift!
I hate how meek I sound
but I honestly hadn’t even thought
about my car and phone bill
