He Chose His Step Mother, I Chose His Uncle
I abruptly turn on my heel and duck into a brightly lit seaside gift shop, pretending to deeply inspect a display of cheap, tacky shell keychains just as they pass by the large glass window.
And then, I hear it.
Through the open door of the shop, Sydney laughs. It is a loud, uninhibited, musical sound that pierces through my chest. She has never laughed with me that way. Not once. In all the years we spent together, her smiles were always guarded, always calculated or politely reserved.
But with him? She laughs like she’s entirely safe.
A dark, toxic impulse flares up inside my brain. I want to pull out my phone, step out of the shop, and follow them. I want to snap a picture of the pristine
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