The Wedding He Kept Delaying Was Never Coming

My boyfriend came home from a business trip abroad with a whole haul of gifts and local specialties for my little sister.

Daniela Sullivan ran over to pick through them, thrilled.

I stayed where I was and didn't move. My mother looked at me.

"Aren't you going to see what Irvin Sanchez brought you?"

I shook my head. I didn't need to look to know.

All those gifts, every kind you could think of, and never once anything for me.

They chattered away, happy together, while I sat there like an outsider who'd wandered in by mistake.

Then, easy as anything, Irvin slipped Daniela a bank card.