Chapter 165: Slim (5)
University tuition in the United States was expensive. According to statistics, more than half of students needed student loans to pay for college after enrolling.
Gracie came from an ordinary family, and she was clearly one of those burdened with heavy student debt.
“She used to have a part-time job. The money she used to buy the weight-loss pills was saved from that job. But after joining the cheerleading team, she had to quit because of training, and over time she simply couldn’t afford the powder pills anymore.”
“Didn’t she see the news?”
Some time ago, rival weight-loss drug companies—likely unhappy about SSU taking over their market share—had invested heavily in smear campaigns. Negative reports flooded the news everywhere.
At that time, even people who didn’t care about it at all were constantly exposed to related headlines. Everly couldn’t imagine how a college student who lived on her phone could have missed all of that.
Misha sighed.
“Gracie did see those news reports. She knew that not taking the powder pills on schedule could lead to serious consequences. But she didn’t have the money, and she was too embarrassed to ask anyone else.”
“The scholarship results from her college only came out last week. She’s expected to receive a $3,000 scholarship, and the payout would come a bit later. So she thought she could just delay it—put it off as long as possible, and only figure something out when she really couldn’t endure it anymore.”