always a secret.
Chloe had asthma as a kid. Mild, managed with an inhaler by age ten. But Patricia never updated the narrative. Chloe was delicate. Chloe needed extra support. Chloe got the bigger bedroom, the later curfew, the car at sixteen. I got a library card and the understanding that I could take care of myself.
So I did. Scholarships. Columbia.continue reading …