All you have to do is sit and play with your daughter, right? You don't need to worry about money after all," Victoria suddenly said, her voice laced with venom as she sneered at Gloria, acting as if it were entirely Gloria's fault that their lives had diverged so dramatically into such different paths.
"I never said that..." Gloria replied softly, her tone measured and calm, refusing to escalate the tension.
She should have been hurt by the cutting words, of course—deeply wounded, in fact, as they always managed to sting no matter how familiar they were. But after years of enduring her big sister's endless rants and jabs, Gloria had grown numb to them. It was like being served the same bitter dish over and over again; eventually, you got used to the taste, even found it a little boring
