He Sacrificed My Dreams for His Favorite Girl

Synopsis

Three minutes before my defense, I found that all the presentations I had built were gone, replaced by pages of garbage characters and a selfie of Sophie Myers. My childhood friend of twenty years sent a message. Charlie Evans: [Olivia, Sophie's depression is flaring up. Let her have the grad school spot this time. You're strong, and you'll get other chances.] To clear a path for the girl he loved, he was willing to burn down my future with his own hands. I looked at the man in the audience who was waiting for me to fall apart, and I pulled the projector cable out without any expression on my face. He wanted to force me out, and that was never going to happen. The defense did not need slides that day, and my life did not need any more garbage.