The Black Sheep Has Arrived — Episode 4

Careful. Apologetic. Hazel, I got so excited when I heard you were coming home, my hand slipped. Please don't be upset, okay? I really do worry about you out there in New York on your own.

I already talked to Julian about finding you something at his firm. But they have standards, you know? Bachelor's degree minimum. With your background, maybe a receptionist role or admin Don't take it the wrong way.

What right does she have to take it the wrong way? She's the one who dropped the When my colleagues ask about her SET scores, I can barely bring myself to say them out loud. Ten years ago, on the day college decisions came in the mail, Serena got I got one rejection letter and a waitlist notice from the local community college.

My parents booked a two-week trip through Europe with Serena and Elliot. They handed me $50, said it was for two weeks of groceries. They didn't even pretend to feel bad about it. It wouldn't be fair to the kids who worked hard if we took the underperformer along.

I wanted to say that a family shouldn't rank its children by a report card, but I remembered the coffee mug that had split the skin above my eyebrow the year I swallowed it, just like I swallowed the fact that I'd won gold at the USAMO, and that MIT had already offered me early admission with a full presidential

I never told them. A knock at the door. Emma, my assistant, stood in the doorway, her voice careful and respectful. Dr. Whitmore, Dr. Langley called personally this time.

He's asking if you could spare 30 minutes for Mr. Ashford. Ashford Industries had already sunk half a billion dollars into their BCI program.