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I wanted to run after Nora.

I also wanted to read that number again.

I put the lid back on before I did either.

I could lose my job.

***

That night, I entered the amount into my loan calculator.

The balance vanished.

I sat looking at the zero, imagining taking my parents out to dinner without checking what I'd have left afterward.

Then I closed the laptop. I needed to refuse while I could still make myself do it.

The balance vanished.

The next morning, I called the lawyer and said I wanted to refuse the inheritance.

"Are you certain?"

I looked at the loan reminder on my laptop.

Saying no meant years more of those payments, but my dream job was at risk now, and I needed to save it.

"Yes," I said. "Send me what I need to sign."

"Are you certain?"

I called Nora before leaving for work.