I Paid Off Mom’s Mortgage, Bought Groceries With My Own Money, And Even... My name’s Leo, I’m 27, and if you asked my family who I am, they’d tell you I’m the lazy one. Funny, because for the last five years I’ve been the one quietly keeping this house from slipping under—paying the mortgage, covering the “forgotten” utility bills, even fronting my younger brother’s college application fees when he “accidentally” missed the deadline. Meanwhile, at every family dinner, the chorus is the same: “Le

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The worst part wasn’t the water. It was the silence. The split-second after I hit the pool and the world snapped from chatter and music to muffled nothing, like someone had pressed mute on reality. One moment, I was on the deck at my own baby shower. The next, I was underwater, fully clothed, seven months pregnant, sinking. My yellow dress ballooned around me, turning heavy and useless. Chlorine burned my eyes. Instinct told me to swim, but my arms and legs felt sluggish, like they belonged to s