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“Can we go before this becomes embarrassing? You probably have the wrong address.”
“Alyssa?”
I freeze at the sound of the familiar high-pitched voice. I turn to see Laura standing at the door.
How long have I been away? Why does she look so tall and pale? When did she cut her hair short?
She throws her head inside the house.
“Mom! It’s her!” she cries, before she runs to me.
I am still unable to move when she runs into my arms and envelopes me in a hug.
“Laura?”
“You’re so cruel! How could you leave us for months?” she sobs, burying her face in my chest.
“I—I don’t understand. Why are you here? Where is Mom?”
I look up to see my mother standing at the door, staring with tears in her eyes.
“Mom?”
I take Laura’s hand, and together we run to my mother. She is staring down at me with eyes full of tears.
“Mom, you’re standing,” I gasp, blinded by tears.
“Come here,” she says, pulling me in tight.
“You’re standing. You’re not hurting,” I gasp, holding her tight.
“Yes, baby,” she answers. “I am.”
My eyes don’t leave my mother as she walks around the kitchen, setting the table.
“You look like you’ve seen a ghost,” Laura, who is with me at the table, says.
I swallow. “I—I am just shocked, that’s all.”
“Don’t tease your sister,” she chides Laura gently.
Laura pouts. “She left us for so long. I’ve had no one to tease.”
“You’ve had me! That hurts,” Mama says, bringing dinner to the table.
“You don’t get my jokes.”
“Sorry, when did all this happen?” I cut in.
I look around at the house. It’s a huge space, almost as big as the rooms in the mansion. The living area has an expensive couch, a flat-screen TV, and a fireplace.
The kitchen is even more mind-blowing. The oven, the table, and the cutlery all look brand new.
“How can you afford all this?”
“Are you calling us poor?” Laura snaps, and I glare at her until she grins at me.
“It’s too early for you girls to fight. Let’s eat,” our mother says.
