My parents decided they would sell my country house to buy my pregnant sister an apartment. Mom said she deserved her own space, and everyone acted like I had no say.

stepped back like she had been hit.

Mom began crying then, but quietly this time.

“I didn’t know you felt that way,” she whispered.

“You never asked.”

Dad grabbed his coat.

“This family is broken.”

I nodded.

“It was broken when you decided my inheritance was Claire’s baby gift.”

He opened the door, but Claire did not move right away.

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