"Aren’t you on summer break? Besides, your brother told you to take care of me. If you don’t drive me, I’ll tell Mom and Randal that you’re bullying me on purpose."
My mother had always been the model of favoritism, treating Randal like royalty while leaving me in the shadows. No matter what happened, she would invariably side with him first.
When Juniper got pregnant, her family instantly became my mother’s new “protected ones.”
If Juniper had ever whispered a complaint about me, I would have braced myself for a tempest of punishment and scorn.
In the past, I would have been scared and obedient.
But at that moment, I had coldly retorted, "Juniper, if I had told them you insisted on going to the gym, do you think they would have let me take you?"
Juniper's face had instantly darkened.
She pointed a finger at me and said, "What’s your deal today? Are you trying to make me gain weight just because you see how well your mom and brother treat me? Is this your way of getting back at me?"
I didn't say a word. I swiftly grabbed my things and turned to head out.
Juniper was at her family’s home with her parents to look after her. Why should I be her free labor?
I was done putting up with it.