The Price of Being Second Best
Language: en
When my parents divorced, Mom fought for my older sister, and Dad fought for my younger brother. I was the middle child, the one nobody wanted. Everyone bet against me, but irony has a funny way of working out. After the SATs, my sister ended up at a community college, my brother dropped out, and I? I was the state's top scholar. Suddenly, it was my turn to be fought over. I shook off their hands, pulling two documents from my bag. "Kids who've been abandoned once have trust issues," I said coolly. "So, here's the deal—" "Whoever signs this will, leaving everything to me, gets to…