At Thanksgiving, Mom m0cked me for still using public transport while my sister owned three cars. Dad called me “pathetic,” and everyone waited for me to react.

house had shifted.

The daughter they had treated like an embarrassment had not taken the train because she couldn’t afford a car.

I simply didn’t enjoy driving in unfamiliar cities.

The woman they thought was unsuccessful had spent the last decade turning a two-person dispatch operation into a regional aviation network.

Dad glanced toward the garage.

“So the train…”

“Was convenient.”

“And your apartment?”

“I like it.”

Vanessa stared at me.

“You could afford a mansion.”

“Probably.”

“Then why don’t you have one?”

“Because I don’t want one.”

She looked