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Mommy, I\u2019m hungry,\u201d Tyler whimpered from his car seat.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJust thirty more minutes, baby. Then we\u2019ll be at Grandma\u2019s house, and she\u2019ll have all that yummy food ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emma stirred awake, rubbing her eyes. \u201cWill Aunt Jessica be nice this time?\u201d<\/p>\n

The question hit me harder than it should have. My daughter, at seven, had already learned to expect cruelty from my younger sister.\u00a0Jessica<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0was twenty-eight, married to a wealthy investment banker named\u00a0<\/span>Derek<\/span><\/strong>, and never let me forget that she\u2019d \u201cmade something of herself\u201d while I was just a dental hygienist raising two kids alone after my ex-husband decided fatherhood wasn\u2019t his calling.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mommy, I\u2019m hungry,\u201d Tyler whimpered from his car seat. \u201cJust thirty more minutes, baby. Then we\u2019ll be at Grandma\u2019s house, and she\u2019ll have all that yummy food ready.\u201d Emma stirred awake, rubbing her eyes. \u201cWill Aunt Jessica be nice this time?\u201d The question hit me harder than it should have. My daughter, at seven, had…<\/p>\n

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