“And you won’t need a new tutor next semester. You’re passing, you’re fine. And if you need help, you’ll ask me. So we don’t even need to worry about that being a factor in January, and I can just tutor privately.” She uses we so casually my chest tightens, making it hard to speak. “Ro?” “The guys in my program are just”—she shakes her head with an eye roll—“just terrible. A horrid work environment that I was already worried about. Besides, I feel much more confident that Dr. Khabra’s entire curriculum is better suited to what I want. And—” I cut her off. “You’re doing this for me?” She stops,
...more
