Chapter 53 The Truth About The Scholarship

• Maddison's POV
• With every page turned, a part of who she was had melted away to falling dust. The scrapper…the fighter girl that had gotten past each problem of her life through the pure power of her will, wasn't real. This story she'd been telling herself; the story of her win, of her pride, was all a lie. It was not some hard road she had fought to climb, it was a smooth road built by her silent, hidden helper.
• The only thing her throat could squeeze out was a hopeless, low moan, and deep down she knew she had to make a stop at that moment, shut the folder, leave the room, and pretend she'd never laid eyes on something of that sort.