My Brother Canceled My Birthday Invite — And Booked My Private Island

this to punish Marcus,” I said. “I’m not doing this to punish anyone.”

“Then why?” he demanded.

I looked at my ghost ledger again.

“Because I’m done,” I said simply.

When I hung up, my hand shook slightly. Not from fear.

From the strange aftershock of speaking a truth I’d swallowed for years.

The next day, the messages changed tone.

Marcus texted: Of course continue reading …