Counting Down Her Favor Cards
Language: en
When I was little, my mother told me that I was the reason my sister was deaf in her left ear. She said I had hit her during a toddler outburst, and to make up for my unforgivable sin, my parents gave Daisy ninety-nine "Favor Cards." On my ninth birthday, when Daisy wanted mango cake, she produced a card. Mom immediately swapped out the cake I had picked for a mango one—a fruit I was severely allergic to. When Daisy was caught smoking in the high school bathroom, she pulled out another card. Mom forced me to take the fall. Word spread through the school that I was a delinquent, and for an…