I smiled, already feeling my throat tighten. Mrs. Greene and I sat in her small living room, just as we used to. I told her everything about Arthur, the money, and Mae. When I finished, I reached into my bag and set an envelope on the table.
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“I never paid you back,” I said.
She frowned slightly. “You finished school. That was the deal.”
I shook my head. “You did more than that.”
She didn’t touch the envelope. Instead, Mrs. Greene looked at me and said, “You kept going. That’s what matters.”
I smiled through the tears. “Now I can help someone else keep going too.”
She studied my face for a moment, then nodded slowly, picking up the envelope.
