Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

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The parent–teacher day came around.

Seeing my classmates with their parents, I felt a growing resentment toward Ashley. I often found myself wondering, who was the real child here, her or me?

No answers came my way.

I got the seat closest to the teacher’s podium.

Parents streamed in, and it seemed like everyone was staring at

me.

The whispers started, “Her parents are around, but why show up for one kid’s conference and skip the other’s?”

“What kind of parents play favorites like that?”

The headteacher walked in last, and the empty seat next to me didn’t escape her notice.

In my previous life, I sat there in the corner. Feeling all those eyes on me, I couldn’t take it and rushed out in a huff.

But this time, I didn’t dodge the glances. “Sorry, my folks can’t make it,” I told the teacher, who understood my situation and gave me a sympathetic nod.

After the conference, I packed it up and headed home, the same as always.

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at the school gate, I saw them. It was like my feet were glued to the

was my mom, wiping Ashley’s forehead, my dad carrying her bag, and my brother, who’d rushed over from

remember what

that they’d turn around and see me, their

there behind

never looked

shiny new car. I instinctively checked my

a pang of loss.

in the evening,

up.

so I hit my usual burger joint. That was when my dad called.

hell have you been? It’s not

sounding lost. “Grace, did I say something wrong?

watery. “I’m sorry, Grace. I didn’t mean to take your parents from you. I’m almost eighteen. I can

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going to miss you if you don’t come back. Ashley, you’re staying put, got

call was

I got home, they were all in the living room, gunning for me

me, gave it to Ashley. My mom started, “We