The College Con

Lucy thought she knew everything about the boy she’d loved since high school. After years together, college, an engagement, and plans for a picture-perfect wedding, their future seemed all but certain, but little things had started to feel off. Strange explanations, inconsistent paychecks, missing details, and lies that seemed too small to matter left Lucy constantly wondering what she was missing. As the financial pressure mounts and her femmetuition gets harder to ignore, one question becomes impossible to shake: how well can you really know someone you’ve spent nearly a decade loving?

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