always sense my emotions as soon as I wake up. She casually chats with the guest, whom I consider a traitor, while my anger starts to surface. Just as I'm feeling the anger, I receive a me

My father didn't say anything about her, and he knows me well enough to understand that every word he utt

r house has a large living room and an integrated kitchen, with

enjoying my nervousness. My father enters throu

, but it's strange. She doesn't seem jealous or possessive. I look at my sister, who shrugs, understanding my unspo

da. Amanda, meet my el

prettier in person than in the pictures," she says with a smile, seeming sincere. Usually

udgmental look. Amanda laughs and responds, "Arthur said he didn't say anything about me,

to make us out to be," I assure her. However, when it comes to her abilit

ou were younger. You look so alike and yet so

er?" I inquire, lo

retends not

biological sis

't like to talk about it. Since Brindha arrived, he has treated her as his

mbarrassment. Can we just pretend I didn

king on thin ice. I just wanted to know if he did it on p

no difference between us, and sometimes he forgets that it might be strange to other people. We are distant cousins; my grandmother and Velitha

a story like that. Don't you miss

e. I have four older sisters, and if I went back, I w

we'll go back ther

itha moves in with her mother, and I go ba

u say you like it

from, when we turn twenty, we start college, and we have

ut something lighter!

nervous and afraid, however mu

the fire has risen higher t

scue the meat before it b

es by smoothly as we c