My Parents Took Our Maldives Honeymoon at My Wedding and Gave It to My Sister—They Had No Idea Why the Tickets Could Never Be Hers
The more I handled, the less anyone believed I deserved.
Valeria learned the inverse lesson.
Struggle brings rescue.
Mistake brings money.
Distress brings attention.
Why would she stop?
None of that absolved her at twenty-seven.
But it explained why a canceled vacation felt to her like abandonment.