My parents forbade me from celebrating my 18th birthday because my sister didn’t feel special enough. So I moved out that night. A year later, their golden girl saw how successful I’d become, and her jealous meltdown shattered the family.

or not trying hard enough.”

“Then you have your answer.”

Something changed between us after that.

We started meeting for coffee weekly. I helped her with time management and studying strategies.

She slowly pulled her grades up.

We didn’t talk much about our parents or the past, which suited me fine.

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