My sister came to the courthouse to take away the house I bought on my own. part2

My father stood up.

—Mariana, think carefully. She’s your sister. Don’t destroy the family.

That phrase pierced me with an old sadness. I had heard it all my life. When Claudia broke my things. When she asked for money and didn’t pay. When she humiliated me at gatherings. When my parents demanded I keep quiet because “family comes first.”

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