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On my tenth year with Stellan Vance, he cheated on me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With the little sister I raised with my own hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second I caught them kissing, I slapped him across the face-then my sister Leah shoved me down the stairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As I tumbled down, step after step, all I felt was\u2026 inevitability.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everyone in my life eventually gets stolen by Leah.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leah is my father\u2019s illegitimate daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she was thirteen, my mom had a psychotic break and killed my dad and his mistress.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just like that, twenty-year-old me became Leah\u2019s only legal guardian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was swamped with work, so I had to bring her to the office with me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The kid was bubbly, outgoing-like a little ray of sunshine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My friends, my coworkers-they all went from resenting her to adoring her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour sister\u2019s way more likable than you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I heard that more times than I could count.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And now, apparently, my boyfriend felt the same way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I woke up in the hospital, Stellan was sitting by my bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat kiss was an accident,\u201d he said. \u201cIt won\u2019t happen again\u2026 And about Leah-she\u2019s still your sister. She\u2019s just a kid. Don\u2019t hold it against her, okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I looked down and laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re telling me this because you\u2019re scared I\u2019ll kick her out, aren\u2019t you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He froze. Then he grabbed my hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cElla, I know you\u2019re still upset. It\u2019s okay. I\u2019ll stay with you until you calm down.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I pulled my hand away and turned my back to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Behind me, he let out this long sigh-like I was some bratty child throwing a fit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His phone rang. I heard Leah\u2019s voice, crystal clear:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStellan, I\u2019m so scared being home alone. Can you come back and stay with me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He murmured something soothing, then said to me, \u201cEmergency at work. I\u2019ll be right back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t even wait for me to answer before rushing out the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He never came back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I lay there staring at a hospital pamphlet on the nightstand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve always been decisive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once something\u2019s dirty, I never touch it again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So I was done-with Stellan Vance, with ten years of my life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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