The Family That Favored My Sister No Longer Needs Me

At the party celebrating my sister's and my college admissions. Mom and Dad had prepared surprise gift boxes for both of us. My sister opened hers. An eighty-thousand-dollar spread of Apple gadgets. She threw her arms around Mom and Dad, sobbing so hard she could barely catch her breath. My box was about the same size as hers. Mom smiled and nodded toward me. "You two sisters are one and the same. Go on, open yours too!"