The Fake Poverty of My Rich Parents

Summary

High school was finally over. I took my poverty affidavit to the financial aid office to pre-apply for a student loan.

The clerk gave the document a cursory glance before sliding it back with a cold, dismissive sneer.

"You're so young, yet you've already learned how to play the system? Does a high-income family like yours really need a few thousand dollars?"

I thought it was a mistake until she shoved a file across the desk.

"Your parents own a twenty-million-dollar estate in the city center