β Scribed by Alice Darlington
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
With college graduation looming over her, itβs time for Lex Baxter to decide what she is going to do with the rest of her life, at least according to her professors, and her parents, and her bank account. The world tries to tell her that success means money. But she canβt bend herself to fill a mold she doesnβt fit in. Senior year is difficult enough with a bad case of senioritis, a best friend insisting to get the full experience of college, and a counselor attempting to teach her more than three years of professors with doctorate degrees have been able to do.
She doesnβt need a boy determined to make her believe he loves her for all her faults, but it couldnβt hurt, right? Even though theyβre the same age, Benβs an adult. He has plans. He knows things. He balances his bank account. He works out. He doesnβt get anxiety at the idea of graduation, heβs ready.
Navigating her own life proves close to impossible with the decisions that feel like the weight of the world. While life keeps telling her practicality trumps passion, sheβs anxious over her future. At twenty-two, what did she really know about life? A year when unemployment rates are high, options low, and decision making hard, she struggles to balance independence and romance, vulnerability and strength. Plagued by her indecisiveness, Lex embarks on the journey of self-discovery destined to forge her own path, ignore the rules of the world, and live a life thatβs filled with her definition of happiness. Will Ben be there after graduation, though? Or will he find a real adult.
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