Lesson for My Saint of a Sister
After our family went bankrupt under millions of dollars of debt, I risked my life to protect my little sister from the ruthless loan sharks.
She, however, floated above the squalor—a saint who treated money like filth.
I was beaten half to death trying to guard the last thousands of our savings. Once the money was secured, she handed every last dime to a pitiful distant uncle.
I saved us from the goons with a smashed glass bottle, shielding her all the way to the police station. Instead of thanking me, she called me barbaric, insisting I should have sat them down for a civilized conversation.
I toiled for months pulling three grueling shifts a day to settle our father’s debts, while she lou