I Was Exiled to the Hallway at My Brother’s Anniversary. Six Months Earlier, I’d Bought the Building.

but to Carla’s office where I could monitor the situation privately. Through security cameras, I watched the party limp to its conclusion. People left earlier than planned. Veronica’s parents had a long, serious conversation with Ethan. My father stood alone at the bar, drinking scotch with the defeated posture of a man whose armor had cracked.

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