The Monster They Made

Summary

At the welcome-home dinner, my parents’ adopted daughter, Chloe, leaned in and whispered in my ear.

“The Ainsworths have room for one daughter. You’re just some trash they scraped off the street.”

I thought she had a point.

So I turned and walked into the intersection, right into the stream of oncoming headlights.

My new family completely lost their minds. They dragged me back to the curb, a chaotic mess of pleading and shouting.

My brother, Ethan, his face a mask of fury, warned me never to upset his sister like that again.