Chapter 147

SHITTING BRICKS Petrified with what my brother has just told me, I am unable to respond to it. I cannot even think of how to feel about it because having a girlfriend is not bad at all, but he has come here for a different purpose after convincing my parents, and he has also taken an education loan to be able to get an additional educational credential on his resume. His reason is to complete the master’s degree program, and had he at least settled in with his college stuff, his additional venture could have been acceptable to me and my family, but his college hasn’t even started for now. He doesn’t know the pressure he will face once his studies start, and I cannot see him sidelining education. I do not want to let my parents know what this guy is up to because throwing him under the bus wouldn’t only be bad for him, but also for my parents. They will start worrying about him and his studies because, obviously, a lot of money is at stake. Moving to a foreign land for further studies i