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.

apartment listings on her phone.

Then Mom said, “We’ve been thinking about the country house.”

I looked up from my coffee.

“What about it?”

Claire smiled before Mom even answered.

“We’re going to sell it,” Mom said. “Claire is expecting, and she deserves her own space.”

For a second, I thought she had to be joking.

“The country house is mine,” I said.

Mom continue reading …