I Worked All Night—Then Came Home To Find My Family Had “Decided”

stood behind her, arms crossed. Allison shifted beside me.

I repeated myself slower. “Where is Kora?”

My mother’s smile was tight and bright. “We voted.”

I stared at her, certain I’d misheard. “We what?”

She lifted her chin. “We voted. You don’t get a say.”

The world went quiet except my own heartbeat thudding in my ears.

“You voted about what?”

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