Before I could reach Lily, Danielle threw it toward her side of the table.
Chicken and sauce exploded everywhere. Lily screamed. Her blue dress, cardigan, arms, and neck were covered.
She fell sideways from her chair and clung to me, terrified. Chloe started crying.
But my mother did not yell at Danielle. She looked straight at me. “I told you to change Lily’s dress.”
That was the moment I finally understood. My sister’s jealousy was only half the problem.
My mother genuinely believed my four-year-old daughter had caused it simply by daring to look too much like her cousin.
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