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

means desperation. Whose desperation was I funding?”

Chad’s eyes flickered away.

I could feel the shift. The moment when they realized I wasn’t lost. I wasn’t confused. I was tracking.

“Gambling?” I asked, calm. “Drugs? Loan sharks? Which one is it this time?”

My father’s face flushed. “Stop talking to your brother like he’s a criminal!”

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