She did not yell often.
She simply made disappointment feel like furniture in the room.
Garrett was the child they invested in.
Sienna was the child they assigned to whatever space was left.
That was how she ended up with twelve acres of dead-looking land in the Hudson Valley instead of a real graduation gift.
Garrett graduated with an MBA and received an $847,000 luxury apartment in New York City from their father.
Sienna graduated with top honors in Environmental Science and received a dusty deed across the kitchen counter.
Douglas had smiled without warmth when he handed it over.
“Take this barren dirt,” he said. “At least you can’t ruin anything important there.”
Vivien had not defended her.
