My Sister Got a New Car While I Got a Bus Pass but My 18th Birthday Changed Everything

cover bent at the corner. I highlighted every page and got a five on the AP exam. Paige wore the warm-ups once and left them in her locker for three months.

My sixteenth birthday was September 14th, a Tuesday, and there was no party. No guests. I came downstairs and found an envelope leaning against the fruit bowl on the kitchen counter, not even propped continue reading …