Wow, she just read my mind. I don’t answer. “Was it someone important to you? A teacher—someone in a position of authority?” she asks. I hesitate, but decide that Georgina just might understand, even if it’s hard to imagine anyone ever criticizing her. “My favorite professor,” I admit. “He was sort of my mentor all through college.” “So you quit, just like that, because someone told you you should.” “I didn’t quit,” I say. “I just . . . pivoted.” “You quit.” Georgina turns her iPad back on, as if to dismiss me. “You’ll never be happy if you listen to what everyone else says about you, Kelsey.
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