Chapter Twelve
Valentina
I clicked through the spreadsheet, smiling when the numbers added up to what I expected. When I went to college, I didn’t know what I wanted to do, yet I had always loved math. Something about the certainty of it soothed me.
Between being homeschooled and having parents who were religious in an earthy sort of way, kind of flaky, and ready to save the world at the same time, well, it had all added up to me not fitting into any category too easily while I was growing up. I’d spent most of my life feeling out of place, so perhaps that was why I found certainty so comforting.
Back to the numbers. Math was one area where I felt comfortable, and it came easily to me. I blew through my undergrad requirements. When my advisor suggested accounting as a major, I didn’t e
