She Called Me a Nobody,Now I Own the Deal That Destroyed Her

My girlfriend was a medical genius.

I barely scraped into a third-rate college.

Our friends said I wasn't good enough for her. She cut them off on the spot:

"Matthew Gilbert is my salvation. You don't get to judge."

But no matter how hard I tried, graduation seemed impossible.

So I asked Louisa Pruitt to add my name to one of her papers.

Without hesitation, she put my name before hers.

But when I hugged her, thrilled, I heard her whisper in my ear:

"Academic arm candy."

After that, she made less and less time for me.