I Paid My Sister’s Rent for a Year Until I Heard What She Really Thought of Me

when I heard them.

“I still can’t believe Emily’s been paying your rent,” Travis said. “Almost a year. That’s wild.”

Melissa laughed. Not an embarrassed laugh. An amused one.

“She’s too clueless to realize we’re using her,” she said.

The pitcher nearly slipped out of my hands.

My mother’s voice followed, softer. “Melissa, don’t say it like that.”

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