I stared at my phone, reading the text message from my father for the third time. The audacity was breathtaking. My hands trembled as I sat at my kitchen table in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, trying to process what he was asking: $2,200 for my brother’s graduation party. Not a request—a demand.
My name is Mariana, and I’m twenty‑nine years old. I work …
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