[It was more of his dad's dream than his own. Not that he hated being a lawyer, or anything, but sometimes he felt like he was the man his dad wanted to be, the vigilante the city needed of him, the Matthew that his friends wanted to be around. There's very little room left amongst all that to be himself.]
I made it. Got a scholarship to Columbia. [He knows that he should be more grateful about upward mobility, opportunities and all that, but right now he just feels defeated. Battered, bruised and tired.]
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I made it. Got a scholarship to Columbia. [He knows that he should be more grateful about upward mobility, opportunities and all that, but right now he just feels defeated. Battered, bruised and tired.]
What about you? [He knows she had a harder time.]