SANDY’S POV.The screen of my phone lit up with a new message, and I stared at the words until they blurred together beneath the pressure building inside my skull.I’m so sorry, Sandy. The topic is way too complex, and three days wasn’t enough time. I can’t finish it. I’m transferring your money back right now.For a second, I simply stood there frozen in the center of my bedroom while disbelief gave way to a violent surge of rage.Then I screamed.The sound tore out of my throat sharply as I hurled the phone across the room. It slammed directly into the vanity mirror above my dresser, cracking the glass in a jagged line before falling hard against the polished floorboards.“Useless,” I snapped, pacing furiously at the foot of my bed while heat crawled violently through my chest. “Absolutely useless.”It was Friday afternoon.Professor Green’s deadline was less than three hours away, and I had absolutely nothing prepared.When he first assigned the research project three days ago, I h
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