Chapter 20

Eden was supposed to visit the University of South California (USC) in a week to meet with the counselor and decide which course she’ll be pursuing, as said in the letter. Bennett had apparently pulled some strings and found her a seat in the college before the new session started. Eden was thankful but not very pleased because she should have been the one to decide which college she wants to go to. She texted this concern to Bennett, saying she wants to choose a college on her own.

Bennett replied, ‘You can’t find a better college in the whole of Los Angeles, this is where I graduated from, believe me, it’s the best.

Eden texted back, Wait how old are you?

Bennett: Twenty-four, why?

Eden: You’re a lot older than me.

Bennett: Um, ok.

Eden: But that’s not the point. What if I wanted to apply to Harvard or Yale?

Bennett: Yeah, you can’t leave the city for that long while we’re married.

Eden: Right. What about UCLA?

Bennett: Even I don’t have sources there. You can apply there but they