cnu The bank said I owed $560,000 on a mortgage I never signed. Turns out, my sister used my name to buy her dream house. “Parents also support her.” At dinner, I slid the police report across the table.

The dishwasher hummed. My old ceiling fan clicked above me with the same tired rhythm it had kept for years, the soundtrack of my ordinary life. The life I had built by being careful. By saying no. By paying bills before buying anything pretty. By driving a car that coughed on winter mornings because I was saving for a down payment someday.

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