"We're both your daughters." Tears stung my eyes. "How can you be this biased?"
My vision blurred. It wasn't just the money.
Lily's future matters, but my life is worthless?
What hurt most was the betrayal of Grandma's wishes. Before she passed, she'd said the house would go to Lily, but the land was meant for me. They'd sold my inheritance without a second thought to fund Lily's life.
The phone was snatched away. My father's voice boomed through like thunder.
"Savannah Cox! You dare talk to your elders like this? Did all that education rot your brain?"
"We spent money on your sister because she's been obedient since she was a child! We did it willingly!" He was roaring now. "And look at you—not even married, and you're already calculating your parents' assets? Ungrateful wretch!"
He didn't let me respond.
"I'm telling you now: it's our money. We give it to whoever we please. You, Savannah Cox, don't get a say. Not one bit!"
Arguments lose their meaning when the bond is already severed.
I didn't think I could be this calm. My voice remained steady, devoid of the tremors wrecking my insides.