“You need to learn your priorities,” she said. Her “lesson” nearly cost me my career.
Thankfully, my university allowed me to retake the exam.
I passed and eventually graduated with honors. But I also decided Lydia needed to understand what it felt like to have her time sabotaged. Before her flight home, I quietly reset all the clocks in the house.
She ended up rushing to the airport in the middle of the night — hours before her actual departure.
After that, Lydia never interfered with my studies again. I realized something important too: some people don’t change through conversations, but through consequences.
And sometimes, the best way to stand up for yourself is to quietly show them how it feels.
