The Spare Daughter
703 Views · Ongoing · Joy Brown
My husband, Callum, had threatened me with divorce more times than I could count, always to guilt me into sacrificing myself for my sister, Sloane.
My parents did their part, too. Give Sloane the good stuff, they'd say, or get cut out of the will.
In the past, I would have cried and made a scene.
But the hundredth time Callum waved divorce in my face and ordered me to test drugs for my sister, I said yes.
I even went out of my way to be kind to Sloane. Everyone said I'd finally grown up.
None of them knew I was dying, or that none of it mattered to me anymore.
My parents did their part, too. Give Sloane the good stuff, they'd say, or get cut out of the will.
In the past, I would have cried and made a scene.
But the hundredth time Callum waved divorce in my face and ordered me to test drugs for my sister, I said yes.
I even went out of my way to be kind to Sloane. Everyone said I'd finally grown up.
None of them knew I was dying, or that none of it mattered to me anymore.
















































