Selena looked at me in horror, then began to laugh.

“Not another plumbing problem.”

“At least this one is ours to fix,” I said.

We ate takeout sitting on the floor, surrounded by boxes labeled BOOKS, TOOLS, and WINTER CLOTHES.

Selena wrote COLLEGE 2.0 on the side of her own box, then crossed it out and wrote IMPORTANT THINGS.

She had a point.

Her future contained more than a savings balance, though that balance still mattered.

PART 21