Let The Golden Girl Burn Alone
Language: en
I only found out after I died that I was the sacrificial pawn in a "Golden Girl" novel—the scorned side character whose miserable end paved the way for the protagonist's glorious ascent. My death, apparently, jolted my neglectful, son-obsessed parents into valuing a daughter. It taught my arrogant younger brother compassion—which he then lavished upon the heroine. It made my cold childhood crush regret his callousness—which he then compensated the heroine for. And the heroine, Phoebe, basking in the glow of all this undeserved affection, magnanimously forgave them on my behalf. “She’d want…