“My Sister Asked Me to ‘Chip In’ $1 for Her Party, but Weeks Later I Discovered She’d Taken My Entire College Fund. My Mother Defended Her, and When Graduation Came, Not One of Them Showed Up — Until I Learned the Terrifying Truth About Where My Money Went.”
1. The Request
It started with a text from my sister, Lily.
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“Hey! I’m planning a big birthday party next weekend. Could you send me $1 to be part of it? Just symbolic!”
I laughed. $1 was nothing. She was turning 21, and I thought it was cute that she was asking for “symbolic” contributions from family.
So I sent her a dollar.
“Happy early birthday,” I wrote.
She replied with heart emojis.
If only I’d known that single dollar would be the last thing I’d ever willingly give her.
2. The Plan
Lily had always been the favorite — bright, beautiful, loud. The kind of person who walked into a room and everyone turned to look.
I, on the other hand, was the quiet one — Emily, the “responsible” sister. The one who saved every penny for college, worked two part-time jobs, and stayed out of trouble.
When our father died, I was fifteen and Lily was seventeen. Mom fell apart, and Lily became her shadow….The full story is in the comments!