“I’m not spending the last years of my twenties raising someone else’s kids,” she continued. “A different arrangement would be better for everyone. When the interview happens, you need to say you want to go. Do you understand?”

A small voice answered.

It was Maya.

Ezoic

Soft and shaky.

“But we want to stay with James,” she whispered. “He’s the best brother in the world.”

I pressed my hand against the wall to steady myself.

Ezoic

“You don’t get to decide that,” Jenna said, impatient now. “Go do your homework. And stop with the tears.”

I heard a quick set of footsteps.

Then the girls ran upstairs.

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