My Brother Threw My Life Onto the Curb and Celebrated. The Next Morning, His Boss Called Me With a Question That Changed Everything.

decided nothing I did would ever count.

“This isn’t punishment, sweetheart,” Mom said. “Dylan has momentum right now. He’s meeting important people. He needs a proper workspace.”

“I work from that room.”

“You can work anywhere,” Chloe muttered.

That was when I realized my drafting table was gone.

I turned toward the hallway and spotted its metal legs beneath a blanket near the front door.

One corner was badly scraped.

I had spent hundreds of nights at that table working while everyone else slept.

Now it sat by the entrance