The Year I Stopped Paying for Their Love
For three years straight, my father had taken the whole family on a Christmas trip.
This year, even my newly-engaged fiancé tagged along. Everyone except me.
"Chloe, Legal's swamped at year-end. You'd better stay and work—keep an eye on the house for us while you're at it. We won't book a ticket or hotel for you."
My father's excuse sounded perfectly reasonable. Beside him, my mother and sister were already chatting about the snow-capped Alps, not a flicker of doubt that anything was off.
And my fiancé, Jack, was helping them load luggage, grinning as he said he'd be the perfect German translator for the trip.
For three years, they'd always found a reason to leave me behind. And for three ye