Disowned on My Birthday_At my birthday party, Mom and Dad finally revealed the gift they'd prepared for me—a DNA test results packet. It stated, in no uncertain terms, that we weren't related. Mom offered a cold, practiced smile. "Brina, since you aren't actually our biological daughter, you're going to have to pay us back for the cost of raising you these last seventeen years." Dad scoffed, shaking his head. "No wonder you look nothing like me. You've been a leech on our family for years. Starting today, you're a servant in this house. I'll pay you 100 bucks a month to work off your debt—no food, no lodging included." I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene. I just nodded calmly. I wasn't surprised. I had overheard them the night before. Standing outside their bedroom door, I'd listened to my sister, Margery Curtis, holding Mom and Dad's hands and whining. "Mom, Dad, for my birthday wish... I want to be your only daughter. I want your undivided love. Just let Brina be the servant for a year, okay?" Dad had looked at her with pure adoration. "Alright. Whatever you want." Mom had chimed in, beaming. "For this year, we belong only to you, Maggie." Leaning against the hallway wall, I felt my eyes sting. They seemed to have conveniently forgotten that Margery and I were twins. It was my birthday, too. Well, my birthday wish was to leave this family

Disowned on My Birthday

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At my birthday party, Mom and Dad finally revealed the gift they'd prepared for me—a DNA test results packet. It stated, in no uncertain terms, that we weren't related. Mom offered a cold, practiced smile. "Brina, since you aren't actually our biological daughter, you're going to have to pay us back for the cost of raising you these last seventeen years." Dad scoffed, shaking his head. "No wonder you look nothing like me. You've been a leech on our family for years. Starting today, you're a servant in this house. I'll pay you 100 bucks a month to work off your debt—no food, no lodging included." I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene. I just nodded calmly. I wasn't surprised. I had overheard them the night before. Standing outside their bedroom door, I'd listened to my sister, Margery Curtis, holding Mom and Dad's hands and whining. "Mom, Dad, for my birthday wish... I want to be your only daughter. I want your undivided love. Just let Brina be the servant for a year, okay?" Dad had looked at her with pure adoration. "Alright. Whatever you want." Mom had chimed in, beaming. "For this year, we belong only to you, Maggie." Leaning against the hallway wall, I felt my eyes sting. They seemed to have conveniently forgotten that Margery and I were twins. It was my birthday, too. Well, my birthday wish was to leave this family—not just for a year, but forever.

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At my birthday party, Mom and Dad finally revealed the gift they'd prepared for me—a DNA test results packet.

It stated, in no uncertain terms, that we weren't related.

Mom offered a cold, practiced smile. "Brina, since you aren't actually our biological daughter, you're going to have to pay us back for the cost of raising you these last seventeen years."

Dad scoffed, shaking his head. "No wonder you look nothing like me. You've been a leech on our family for years. Starting today, you're a servant in this house. I'll pay you 100 bucks a month to work off your debt—no food, no lodging included."

I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene. I just nodded calmly.

I wasn't surprised. I had overheard them the night before. Standing outside their bedroom door, I'd listened to my sister, Margery Curtis, holding Mom and Dad's hands and whining. "Mom, Dad, for my birthday wish... I want to be your only daughter. I want your undivided love. Just let Brina be the servant for a year, okay

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