Rebirth: A Sister's Betrayal

ly was curating her new online persona. She started posting on Inst

tyled, with a caption like: "Embracing the single mom life

spent an hour calming him down), with a caption that read: "Being a mom is the hardest and most rewa

t her college friends, leaving strings of fire and he

relatives, people from our hometown, and

rents are the on

gy' ? More like selfish

, he looked like a zombie. Maybe help

calling her out for her hypocrisy. Emily, of course, ignored

omments, the angry DMs from our cousins, the posts from local gossip gro

. My parents were both asleep on the couch, utterly exhauste

d to talk," I sai

at me, groggy

now," my f

held out my phone. "

tched the color drain from their faces. My mother' s hand went to her mouth, her eye

hispered, her voice trembling. The shame was a physica

rrected gently. "And they' re blaming

oom, yawning. "What' s all the noi

in Emily' s face. "Is this what you' re doing? Telling the whole world you' re s

that? It' s just haters. They' re jealous of

f her response left

d tactics. Her face crumpled, and huge crocodile tears began to

ow it would cause so much trouble! I was just trying to be strong! I' ll

against the floor, a move she' d p

it w

aby," she said, pulling Emily into a hug. "It' s okay

s face. The fight went out of him. "Jus

of disappointment in my stomach. I had underestimated the d

start, but I needed something more direct, somethi

who Emily really was. And I