That made sense.
She’d kept Donna’s secret until Donna humiliated her in front of an entire ballroom.
Don’t miss
I hugged her. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Even the microphone?”
“Especially the microphone.”
She’d kept Donna’s secret.
***
Donna’s reckoning came three days later.
Our parents asked all three sisters to come over.
Donna arrived furious. “You called Eric? You went through your transfers?”
“Yes.”
“You had no right.”
Donna’s reckoning came three days later.
“No right to check where my own money went?”
“I was struggling!”
Dad placed a stack of printed transfers on the table. “Then explain these.”
My older sister went pale.
Claire leaned forward. “You told me Mom and Dad had cut you off.”
No right to check where my own money went?
Mom stared at her. “You told us your sisters couldn’t help.”
“I was embarrassed.”
“So you lied to all of us,” I said.
Donna threw up her hands. “Fine! I lied! What was I supposed to do?”
“Tell us the truth.”
You told us your sisters couldn’t help.
And that was when she stopped making excuses.
She pointed at my stomach. “You have everything!”
“WHAT?!?!?”
“You have Adam. You have that huge house. You have your business. You have Mia. Now you have another baby coming.”
I stared at her. “And?”
She stopped making excuses.
“And I have nothing!”
“You have two jobs, Donna.”
“And I’m tired of working two jobs just to watch every dollar! I wanted a husband who could take care of me. Is that so terrible?”
“And when that didn’t happen?”
I’m tired of working two jobs.
Her face hardened. “You all had houses, husbands, families. I figured helping me was the least you could do.”
I stared at her. “So instead of living within your means, you made us pay for the life you thought you deserved?”
My oldest sister looked away.
Claire said softly, “Donna…”
I figured helping me was the least you could do.
“No! She gets everything. I work two jobs. I come home alone. Every man I meet disappoints me. Meanwhile, Emily gets to play perfect family.”
My anger disappeared.
