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***Mom served me cold leftovers while my sister watched with a smug smile. \u201cScraps are good enough for you,\u201d Mom said. I quietly stood to leave, refusing to argue. Then the groom walked in, took one look at me, and stopped cold. \u201cBoss?\u201d he whispered. \u201cYou\u2019re her sister?\u201d Suddenly, nobody was smiling.***<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By the time I arrived at the Marlowe House in Charleston, the wedding reception had already spread from the ballroom onto the terrace.<\/p>\n

White roses wrapped around the railings, a jazz trio played beneath strings of warm lights, and nearly two hundred guests were drinking champagne my mother had once insisted she could never afford for my college graduation.<\/p>\n

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I had almost skipped the wedding altogether.<\/p>\n

My younger sister, Madison Cole, had sent my invitation six weeks late with a handwritten note:<\/p>\n

***\u201cTry not to make this about you.\u201d***<\/p>\n

That was Madison.<\/p>\n

Even when I said nothing, somehow I was still accused of taking up too much space.<\/p>\n

Mom spotted me near the seating chart and sighed like I was an unexpected expense.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou came.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou invited me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnically, Madison did.\u201d<\/p>\n

She led me past the beautifully set dinner tables toward a narrow service alcove beside the kitchen.<\/p>\n

Then she placed a foil-covered plate in front of me.<\/p>\n

Underneath were cold slices of roast chicken, stiff mashed potatoes, and wilted asparagus.<\/p>\n

I stared at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cMom, everyone else is eating dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

She folded her arms.<\/p>\n

\u201cScraps are good enough for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madison appeared behind her wearing a satin reception dress and holding a champagne flute.<\/p>\n

Her smile sharpened when she saw my plate.<\/p>\n

\u201cPathetic. As always.\u201d<\/p>\n

For years, I had swallowed comments like that because defending myself only gave them something else to criticize.<\/p>\n

To them, I was the daughter who moved away, missed birthdays, refused family loans, and worked some vague corporate job in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

They had never seriously asked what I did.<\/p>\n

I pushed back my chair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course you are,\u201d Madison said. \u201cYou always run when people stop pretending you\u2019re important.\u201d<\/p>\n

I had taken two steps when a man in a black tuxedo entered the alcove.<\/p>\n

Ethan Barrett.<\/p>\n

The groom.<\/p>\n

He stopped so suddenly that the server behind him nearly walked into him.<\/p>\n

His face went blank.<\/p>\n

Then pale.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoss?\u201d<\/p>\n

Madison laughed uncertainly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ethan looked from me to the plate, then toward my mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoss? You\u2019re her sister?\u201d<\/p>\n

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