My Parents Doubled My Rent So My Unemployed Sister Could Move In, So I Moved Out and Took Everything

Not one apology.

I scrolled until I found Lydia’s final message:

Everyone’s asking why we weren’t there. This is humiliating. You’ve made us look terrible. How could you be so selfish?

Selfish.

The word landed like a familiar slap.

I started blocking numbers.

My mother. Blocked.
My father. Blocked.
Lydia. Blocked.
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