I Paid Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars for a Family Trip, and They Planned It Without Me

“Ten.” She wrote the amount on the slip.

“I count eight in that house.”

“Gemma’s parents are coming.

And her sister Chloe, and Chloe’s husband.”

Helen set the pen down flat.

“Nobody else’s money in this?”

“It’s my Christmas present to them.”

She slid the slip into the drawer and did not reach for the next form.