"It's nothing, I just wanted to—"
"I'm busy."
"Oh. Well, I'll let you get back to it."
Evelyn Grant hung up, her lips pursed as she stared at the now-dark screen of her phone.
'The thing I feared most was that Julian Sterling was behind this.'
'If he's the one sponsoring it, then I'm indebted to him!'
'A debt I have no way of repaying.'
'Julian Sterling is the type of person who never does anything without a motive. If he did this, he must be lying in wait for me somewhere down the line.'
'The main problem now is...'
'How am I supposed to tell my brother there are strings attached to this sponsorship?'
'Once Alex finds out, will it affect his focus on his studies?'
'I have to think all this through carefully! One wrong move could ruin Alex's entire future!'
'He's studied so hard for more than a decade. Wasn't it all for this moment, for college?'
Evelyn Grant mulled it over in the hospital room for a long time before finally dialing Julian Sterling's number.
