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Emily Warren, the girl who sat in front of me in homeroom, was about to get kicked out. She couldn't afford the tuition, and our teacher had given her an ultimatum. So I did something. Without a word to her, I raided the account my parents had been building for ten years. It was my entire college fund, exactly $40,000, but I handed it over to cover her tuition. On graduation day, she was just gone. All she left was a note on my desk, which promised she would pay me back. Thirteen years went by. I was three months unemployed, drowning in debt. Two hundred resumes later, I finally landed a single interview at Stellar Holdings. The conference room door swung open, and a woman strode in like she owned the building. She wore a high-end designer suit that probably cost more than a car. My palms were instantly slick with sweat. It was Emily. She gave my resume a clinical scan, but then she paused, her gaze lifting from the page. Turning to the hiring director beside her, she said calmly, "I'll be handling this interview personally."