After Graduation, I Took One Quiet Step to Protect My Future—It Turned Out to Matter

and I’d learned that sometimes the best defense was pretending you were too naive to see the attack coming.

“Sure,” I said, stepping back.

She walked through the house like she was appraising it, running her fingers over the furniture I’d chosen, commenting on the paint colors I’d selected. “You’ve really made this place yours,” she said. “It barely continue reading …