I stared at the screen for a few seconds after she hung up.

We’re your family!”

“You used it without permission,” I replied. “That’s fraud.”

Her breathing sharpened. “Don’t be dramatic. You’re not going to blow this up.”

“It’s not drama,” I said. “It’s a boundary.”

“Are you reporting your own family?”

I thought about every time I was called selfish for saving. Cold for refusing to fund Chloe’s next “reinvention.continue reading …