oward the door, he took a step further into my apartme

chin toward my entertainment center. "But you've got this hu

r the sleek surface of my work laptop. "And this. This is the l

bought those things with my own money. From my job.

stupid? It's so obvious what happened. You took Mom's money and used it to fur

"While we're struggling to make ends meet, you're here buying gadgets. You're using m

constructed a reality in their minds where I was a villain, a greedy monster, and they we

anger. "Every penny from that account has gone to Mom's expenses

n. "Stop the talk and just give me the five thousand for the

e, repeating the same lines ove

, enunciating each word. "The balance is low. I can sho

r fake statements," Chloe

p again, her voice soft and placating. "Sarah, please. Just let him

She was asking me to validate their lies, to pay them off just to make the conflict go away. She was the one who