Because I hadn’t signed anything. Not that loan. Not that co-signature. Not a single document authorizing Richard to use my name as if my identity were a pen forgotten on the kitchen table. I re-read the last page three times, then four, then five. My name was there, perfectly written: Sophia Martinez Ortega. The signature attempted to mimic mine, but there was something rigid in the stroke, a clumsiness that was far too calculated. It wasn’t my signature. It was a dirty version of me. First, I felt cold. Then, a sort of ringing in my ears. And then, something...
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