Life Stories - Page 16

“My sister destroyed my relationship because she couldn’t have her one true love, and I made her watch him fall for me instead. Mia, my younger sister, has been using the same excuse since she turned 21 – she can’t have her true love, so she thinks she has the right to destroy everyone else’s.”
That “one true love” was some guy named Ethan she met at a college party four years ago. They hooked up once. He never called. And somehow, that...

I came home earlier than expected from my business trip without telling anyone, hoping to surprise Miguel. However, when I reached our street, several cars were parked outside, the garden was filled with blue and pink balloons, and a banner read, “Welcome our little miracle.”
I parked a block away and walked, a cold knot forming in my stomach. The front door was slightly ajar, music and laughter spilling out into the evening...

On the family trip, they gave me the worst room without realizing I owned the hotel…
The annual family reunion. It was a tradition my mother insisted on, a weekend that, for me, always meant navigating a minefield of constant comparisons and cutting remarks....