something smaller,” I replied calmly. “Which is true. She doesn’t want me there. Remember?”
“You’re twisting things,” he snapped. “She just wanted less chaos.”
“Then she got exactly what she asked for,” I said. “Less people, less chaos, less me.”
His jaw tightened.
“You’re taking this too far, Olivia. This is family. You can’t just sabotage Christmas.”
“Funny,” I said, “because she had no problem sabotaging my future the day she signed away my college fund.”
For once, he had no quick comeback.
He stared at me.
“You don’t understand
