Family Finances, Family Lies

s of fairness, persuaded me to manage he

contributions, acting as the neutral "keeper" of our

upposed emergencies, and added my own hard-earned money to the growi

nd my brother, Leo, called demanding money I didn'

elt like a physical blow: "You

culously managed life were on the line, threate

joining the fray, and my mother, the supposed architect

-righteous fury amplified by Chloe' s cynical barbs a

ly asserting thousands should be in the account,

lavishly on her retirement, while in reality, I wa

, but from my mother' s tearful, whispered plea to validate th

illain, their ATM, or their

ep within me. "Fine. Let's talk about fair. I'll write you a check... b

y didn' t want fairness; they wanted a handout.

ymore; it was about exposing th