The Forgotten One in the Frame

Summary

After the SAT scores are released, Mom says we should get a family portrait taken and hang it in the living room to remember the occasion.

The studio lights are already set up.

Lavinia Jenkins, the photographer and my childhood friend, cheerfully starts getting everyone into position. "Alright, let's have the parents in the middle and the kids on either side."

I move to stand beside my younger brother, Mitchell Simmons.

Suddenly, my older sister, Meredith Simmons, puts out a hand to stop me and shoves me aside. "Maxwell, scoot over a little. Mitchell's got his new suit on today.