Three Days Before Our Trip My Mom Took My Card and Said We Were Not Going

of it an hour ago.”

For three full seconds, no one moved.

Patricia blinked first. “What did you say?”

Elena took the card back and slipped it into her pocket. “I said I canceled everything.”

Monica laughed, too quickly. “Stop it.”

But Elena had never looked less like someone bluffing. She walked to the dining table, picked up her phone, unlocked it, and continue reading …