Three Wishes
“Katie and Leo had pulled in, and we waited for them to cross the dark parking lot.When Dad wasn’t watching, Leo took my hand in his as if to say everything would be fine. Unfortunately, Dad didn’t stay distracted for long, and my hand was swinging solo seconds later.They put us all in separate rooms. Leo, Katie, and me. The questioning took hours, and I felt like all the moisture had been sucked out of my body by the time they finished. At least I had my father. Leo and Katie didn’t have anybod...y.The U.N.I.V.E.R.S.E. official, a bureaucrat in a blue oxford and tie, wasn’t hostile towards me. He wasn’t exactly nice either.First he asked me to tell my story in my own words. Everything I said was recorded into a machine in the sparse, white room. Then he asked question after question with a neutral tone. Three coughing fits and a box of Kleenexes later, I thought we were finishing up.I should have known things were taking a turn for the worse when the man started shifting uncomfortably in his chair and clearing his throat a lot.“I apologize for the sensitive nature of the next questions,”MoreLess
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