activity. Suitcases were packed, Jessie preening in fro

by city and put her on a plane, armed with m

were loading the c

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. Because you're about to commit fraud, identity theft, and

aled

d like to report a

rple with rage. "How dare you!"

. "Stay away f

windows, drawn by the commotion. This w

ting at me. "She' s jealous! She' s t

er face crumpling into a mask of mate

to hear. "She' s not well. She' s always been so jealous of her sister'

atically. "She' s trying to

itally altered pictures of "me" at wild parties. "This is what she' s real

onlookers. Some looked at me with suspi

t to arrive, as if on cue.

een Sarah' s behavior. She' s been acting erratically for months. These photos.

as turning against me. I saw

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time, I w

alm and steady. "Are you done

car pulled up to the curb

her face a thunderc

ds Karen, a stack of photo

voice was like a whip crac

ped. The triumpha

hard. Then she threw the photographs at her. They scattered across

you can steal my husb

ering before the eyes of our neighbors. The public s