“You both have until Monday to leave this house before I start the legal eviction process,” I said with a calm that terrified them. My mother called me the next day to tell me I was being cruel to my fragile sister and I told her that accuracy was not the same thing as cruelty.
On the night of the reunion I put on a black silk dress and diamond earrings that I had bought for myself to celebrate a major career win. I looked in the mirror and saw a woman who was no longer willing to be a supporting character in someone else’s delusion.
Troy was waiting downstairs in his best suit and he looked at me with a mixture of desire and dread that almost made me pity him. He told me I wasn’t allowed to go and I laughed as I walked out the door to meet Preston’s car.
The reunion was held in a grand ballroom at a historic hotel where the elite of the city gathered to compare their successes. I saw Troy standing near the bar with Kelsey on his arm and she was wearing a bright emerald dress that screamed for attention.