When Carina’s parents kick her out of high school, she is forced to manage her own existence.
Years later, after achieving success in her life and with her wedding approaching, she contacts them, only for them to burst into her life, attempting to seize control of what she has worked so hard for.
“I don’t see why it can’t be the both of you,” she said, dipping a cookie into her lukewarm tea. “Why waste your time on computers? “Those machines will not make your life more comfortable.”
This was not anything new.
My parents despised the fact that I enjoyed computers, and when school ended in a few months, I planned to go college and study information technology.
“Who cares about cyber security, Carina?” my father inquired as he sat down with a pork chop.
“Saving lives, honey. That’s what success is. “Not playing on computers.”
“Cyber security is how your important details are protected, Dad,” I used to say, rolling my eyes.
“It’s how countries keep their people safe.”
“It’s not good enough,” my mother remarked from the sink.
After graduation, my parents made me leave the house.
“You’ve chosen this path,” my mother said when I bought my IT textbooks. “So you’re capable of taking care of yourself.”
“I don’t think that’s fair, Mom,” I retaliated. “You let Jade live at home for her whole degree.”
“Yeah, well, she was learning how to save lives, Carina,” she said.
Fast forward 13 years.
I’ve got a successful career, a beautiful house, and the most caring fiancé, Mark, I could have ever asked for.
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