All Chapters of They Gave Our Home to My Sister, I Left: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

My sister, Jocelyn Weber, went into the kitchen, saw the plain dinner plates in the cabinet, and made a face."Solid colors are so boring. What terrible taste. These have to go."She held out her phone to Garrett, showing him a photo."Garrett, I like plates with patterns like these. Aren't they so much prettier than those plain things?"Garrett ruffled her hair indulgently."Then we'll change them. You always have great taste."I stopped typing for a moment.I watched him tell the workers to throw out every plate in the cabinet.What a joke.When the renovation started, he'd told me this would be my home and I could decorate it however I wanted.I did it all myself, from the paint on the walls to the drains.I'd even made the plates he'd just ordered them to throw away. I'd shaped each one by hand on the wheel at a pottery studio, then painted it myself.Garrett had looked at the blisters on my hands as if seeing them hurt him.He'd promised to take good care of the plates I'd made an

My parents were waiting at the restaurant entrance. When Jocelyn got out of the car, they went over to hug her, smiling.But when they saw me, their smiles froze."What are you doing here?"Realizing how that sounded, they quickly backtracked. "What we mean is, where did you disappear to this afternoon? We looked everywhere for you."They didn't sound convinced themselves, and I didn't call them on it.When we were little, my sister took my doll, and my parents told me not to make a fuss.I ran out angry. By the time I came back, they'd finished dinner.My mother brought me a plate of leftovers and called me selfish. She said I'd worried everyone and they'd spent ages out looking for me.I didn't say anything. I forced down the leftovers despite the lump in my throat.I'd been crouching by the front door the whole time. All they'd had to do was open it to see me.That was the day I accepted that my parents didn't love me.At the table, Jocelyn took the seat in the middle.I was about t

Garrett's POVIn the pet clothing store, Garrett trailed after Jocelyn, pushing the cart.He kept checking his phone, growing irritated.Three hours had passed since he'd sent that message.And somehow Evelyn still hadn't answered him.In five years, that had never once happened.Even at their worst, when they weren't speaking, she'd replied within seconds whenever he texted first.Jocelyn was browsing the racks ahead of him and didn't notice anything was wrong.She held up two puppy coats in different colors. "Garrett, which looks better, blue or white?"Normally, seeing her struggle to choose, he'd have said, "Take both," without thinking twice. Now his mind was elsewhere.When he didn't respond, Jocelyn called his name again, puzzled. "Garrett?"Garrett snapped out of it and put his phone in his pocket.He glanced at the two coats she was holding.Then he looked at the rack and spotted a pink one.He pointed to it without thinking."Get the pink one. Evelyn likes pink."Jocelyn's ey

Evelyn’s POVA week later, Harold quietly watched me pick out books in a bookstore."Harold, do you think I'm buying too many of these?"I turned to him and saw the love in his eyes.My heart started pounding, and my face grew hot."Why do you keep staring at me?""Because you're beautiful."Harold pulled me into his arms."Evelyn, this feels like a dream. I thought I'd never get to be with you. Thank you for giving me a chance."I hugged him back."Thank you for waiting so long for me."Harold and I had met through a college club. After that, we'd entered competition after competition on the same team.During competitions, we trusted each other more than anyone else. Outside of them, we were friends who could talk about anything.Garrett had taken time off to attend my graduation.He proposed to me during the ceremony.Everyone smiled and wished us well. Only Harold's smile looked forced.At the party that night, he told me why."Evelyn, you're remarkable. I fell in love with you befo