“Lucas, can you believe it?” she exclaimed, her voice practically cracking with joy. “I’m actually going to be a lawyer!”
Her brown eyes sparkled, her cheeks flushed, and she was bouncing on her toes like a kid at Christmas.
I stood up from the couch, grinning, and pulled her into a hug. “I’m so proud of you, Soph. You worked so hard for this.”
Even then, there was a small, nagging voice at the back of my mind. The financial burden was going to be massive. She already had loans from undergrad, and law school wasn’t cheap. But in that moment, none of that mattered. This was her dream, and I wanted to support her with everything I had.
