Who is Lying?
Language: en
My parents and my brother, Finn, had once again taken Aurora on a trip—this time, to a ski resort in Aspen—and left me at home alone. Just before they left, Aurora had feigned a sigh of regret. “It’s such a shame Ivy doesn’t even know how to ski or rock climb. If I had known, I wouldn’t have picked a mountain resort.” My family immediately rushed to console her, turning to blame me for being so unadventurous. I watched them go, a bitter thought twisting in my gut: I wish she would never come back. I never imagined I would speak it into existence. There was a real avalanche in Aspen. That…