y sister invited me on an all-expenses-paid birthday trip, then demanded $1,400 because I’d “enjoyed the resort more than she had.” I almost paid her just to avoid a fight. Then I saw what was actually on our hotel bill.
On the last morning of our vacation, my sister slid a piece of paper across the breakfast table.
“You owe me $1,400,” Gabriella said, taking another sip of coffee.
I looked at the number, then at her. “What?”
“$1,400.”
“I heard you. I just don’t understand why you’re saying it.”
“For the trip.”
“$1,400.”
I laughed. Gabriella didn’t.
I should’ve trusted my gut when she first offered me this vacation as a birthday gift. Being that nice was definitely not my sister’s style. But I’d hoped she’d changed.
Two weeks before my 27th birthday, Gabriella had called me out of nowhere.
“Pack for warm weather,” she said.
“Why?”
Being that nice was definitely not my sister’s style.
“I’m taking you away for your birthday.”
My sister was only a year older than me, but we’d never been particularly close. We were too different and could turn almost anything into an argument.
So when she told me she’d booked us a week at a five-star resort, I immediately asked, “How much is this going to cost me?”
“Nothing. It’s my gift.”
“Gabby.”
“How much is this going to cost me?”
“I’m serious. Happy birthday.”
And all week, she’d acted like she meant it.
When I offered to pay for breakfast, she refused. When I pulled out my card for drinks, she waved it away.
“Stop it. You’re my guest,” she kept saying.
Despite a few stupid arguments, we’d actually had fun. For once, I thought Gabriella was genuinely trying to get closer to me.
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