My Sister Was Given $100,000 By Our Parents

smiling in a white dress. Behind her, the sea looked unreal.

“I hated this photo,” she said.

“Why?”

“Because right before it was taken, Mom told me to suck in my stomach and look grateful. I remember thinking, Harper would have told her to shut up.”

I smiled despite myself.

“I probably would have thought it, not said it.”

“No,” Brielle said. “You would continue reading …