My sister was pregnant with my boyfriend’s baby. My boyfriend of eight years. And my family was giving me thirty days to get out.
Even more ridiculous, I was the one who’d thrown the baby shower that exposed it all.
She’d told me the father had run off ages ago.
I’d had a moment of weakness and handled everything, from the catering to the decorations. I even set up the livestream for her.
I never imagined the ultrasound photo splashed across the big screen at the end would be captioned “Baby Cole.”
Cole was my boyfriend’s last name.
A moment later, Evan stepped out of the crowd, wrapped his arm around my sister, Sloane, and kissed her in front of everyone.
She didn’t pull away. If anything, she smiled and leaned into him.
Cheers and applause erupted around us, as if they’d all been waiting for this.
I was the only one who didn’t know my boyfriend was the father of my sister’s child.
And the only one who didn’t know they’d already divvied up my apartment.
Someone shoved a piece of paper into my hand.
I had thirty days to move out of the downstairs unit I’d lived in for years so they could make room for the baby.
But I’d paid every utility bill, every repair, for that place.
Now my sister had my boyfriend and my home.
I’d always been the one to pay, to work, to clean up after everyone. And now I was the one getting kicked out.
My family raised their glasses, toasting the new life ahead of them.
In a room full of applause, not a single person spoke up for me.
So this party wasn’t a surprise after all.
It was a coordinated ambush to drive me out.
They were waiting for me to cry, to beg, to stay behind and clean up their mess like I always did.
But all I did was tighten my grip on that piece of paper.
I wasn’t going to fight over a man, and I wasn’t going to fight over a house.
I was just going to stop giving this family everything.
They thought they were just forcing out an extra daughter.
What they didn’t realize was just how long this family could survive without me.
Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 12 Trent refused to make an appointment. For five straight days, he loitered outside my company from morning to night. On the first day he showed up with limp convenience-store flowers. On the second he began firing thousand-word confessions at the company’s public inbox. By
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 11 The next day, Trent went to the address listed in the article and found Second Door. He’d barely stepped into the lobby before the receptionist stopped him. “Sir, do you have an appointment?” “No. I’m here to see Thea.” He tightened his grip on
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 10 Trent went everywhere he thought I might have gone. My old company. The coffee shops I used to frequent. The homes of my college friends. He even tracked down relatives on my mother’s side I hadn’t spoken to in years. No one knew where
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 09 Regina stared at Trent for several seconds, as if she couldn’t process what she’d just heard. “You can’t do this without her?” Then she laughed, a sharp, unsteady sound. “Weren’t you sick of her? You said she meddled too much, that she was boring,
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 08 Trent didn’t answer. Regina seemed to read the guilt on his face and stepped closer, one pace at a time. “Did you forget?” she demanded. “You said Thea’s whole life was bills, budgets, and schedules. If you wanted dinner, you had to book it
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 07 Marlene stared at the tax notice and suddenly remembered how it had always gone. For all these years, all she’d had to do was drop a letter in front of me. “The insurance is about to expire. Deal with it.” “The plumber’s coming on
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 06 Trent tossed his phone onto the coffee table, his throat dry. “She changed her number. My emails are bouncing. All her accounts are gone. I can’t reach her.” Marlene, still keeping up a brave front, gave a dismissive laugh. “Where could she have gone?
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 05 The day after I left, Regina moved into my old apartment. She packed everything I hadn’t taken into cardboard boxes, then wandered around holding up paint swatches, insisting the couch, the bed frame, and the dining table all had to go so the whole
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 04 Late that night I dragged my suitcase back to the apartment. All I wanted was to grab the rest of my documents and clothes. The moment I opened the door, my father blocked the entryway. He had a property tax delinquency notice in his
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Kicked Out For My Sister’s Baby I Returned Rich Chapter 03 I hauled my suitcase out of the neighborhood and down the hill to the park by the river. The wind rolling off the water made my eyes sting. I sat on a bench, suitcase at my side. Before long, I heard hurried footsteps coming
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