I pulled Lily’s hand away, and said with a smile.
“Lily, you’re in a normal public school. How can you have 5k in materials fees? Should I call your teacher to confirm? Lying isn’t something good kids do.”
My words made everyone’s faces change.
I made a move to grab my phone. Lily got scared and tried to snatch it.
My brother finally spoke up. “Okay, no need for that. You don’t have to bother her teacher. Lily, go to your room, you’re grounded!”
Lily bit her lip and wiped her tears, making her way back to her room, glaring at me before she went.
I knew that Lily was a snake, but her look still hurt.
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Claire didn’t get the money she wanted. She was pissed, and her chopsticks were almost
poking a hole in the bottom of her bowl.
After a while, just as I was finishing up, she started again.
“Sarah, you’re just living here, it’s not right…
my sister’s also a single lady, but she pays rent when she lives here, so you…”
Claire didn’t finish, but I got the picture.
My mom and brother also looked at me. They clearly sided with Claire.
It made me want to laugh.
This house was bought completely with my money, and the deed had my name on it.
My brother didn’t have his own place when he got married, and I was kind enough to let him
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And now they were trying to ask me for rent?
“Well, you did lend this house to my brother.
Since you lent it, the house belongs to my
brother for that time period. So, you should pay
him rent, that’s just normal!”
Claire was being very righteous, as if she was
speaking the obvious truth.
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“If you don’t want to pay rent, fine, since you
can stay here for free, then so can my sister! She’ll be moving in tomorrow!”
Claire’s words shocked me.
I raised an eyebrow, looking at her smug face
and chuckled. “Okay.”
This was gonna be interesting.
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Emily moved in fast. The next morning, she was
already in our spare bedroom.
When I got home from work, I saw Lily snuggled
up to Emily. She snuggled even closer when she
saw me.
“Auntie Emily, you’re my favorite person! I’m gonna take really good care of you, and if
anyone hurts you, I’ll never forgive them!”
Emily beamed. “Lily, you’re so sweet and well- behaved. I love you, too!”
This seemed like it was deliberately meant for
- me.
I rolled my eyes.
I walked to my bedroom but was stopped by Lily.
Lily looked up at me, pouting, “Auntie, your
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1001 is Digger man the guest room, an IL S nicer! You’ve been here for so long, so why
don’t you swap rooms with Emily? It’s her turn
now.”
