Stealing My Spot: I Chose State Secrets

Summary

At the ceremony announcing this year's graduate fellowship, my dad, the dean of the college, steps up to announce Aldenbury University's only fully funded spot at one of the country's most prestigious graduate schools.

Everyone expects it to go to me.

I'm his son, after all. Besides, I've ranked first in my program for three consecutive years, and I already have two papers published in major scientific journals.

But when he says the name Ian Sullivan, the entire auditorium falls silent.

Ian is a student Dad has been supporting financially for years. His grades barely meet the cutoff.