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.
“I wasn’t hurt, and nobody else was hurt,” she said quickly, words tumbling over each other, “but I blew a 0.09 and they took me to jail, and Mom and Dad had to come get me, and they’re so disappointed, and I don’t know what to do.”
