Chapter 11

Her tears fell instantly, flowing silently down her pale cheeks. Her body swayed, looking as if she would collapse at any moment. "Ivy!" My dad, Franklin, shouted at me sharply, the veins on his forehead throbbing. "How can you speak to your sister like that! You know she's in poor health, yet you provoke her like this. Do you even act like an older sister at all!" "She's not my sister." My voice grew cold. "My mother only gave birth to me." As soon as those words left my mouth, even Grandfather's...