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

months.”

Three months. The words sat oddly in my mind, as if they didn’t fit the shape of what he was saying.

“Elijah,” I said carefully, “how long have you known her?”

There was a pause, just long enough to make my stomach sink.

“Three months,” he admitted quickly. “But it’s different. I know how it sounds, but it’s different.”

Different. That word again.continue reading …