After graduation, our paths diverged sharply. Charlotte moved to the city to pursue a modeling career that everyone assumed would be legendary. I left town to reinvent myself, fueled by the confidence she had planted in me.
I lost the weight, threw myself into my studies, and eventually built a software company that exceeded my wildest dreams.
Two decades passed in a blur of boardrooms and growth. I had become a man of means, living in a house that felt too large for one person. Yet I never forgot the
