Not instead.

She said ‘sometimes.'”

I turned around and looked at her.

“You didn’t tell me.”

“I asked her why and she said no reason and changed the subject, and I made a decision, and I have thought about that decision every day since three o’clock this afternoon.” My sister’s voice was completely level and her eyes were not.

“I decided that if I brought it to you and I was wrong, I’d be the sister who tried to blow up her brother’s engagement.