Chapter 4

"Without your admission ticket, let's see how you're going to take the SATs test," my mom sneered.

They confiscated my backpack and forced me into my bedroom, locking the door behind me.

I pounded on the door, desperate. "Mom, Dad, please let me out!"

But all I could hear outside was my parents, fawning over Evelyn.

"Evelyn, you're upset. Come on, we'll take you to the movies," my mom said.

I slowly sank to the floor, slumping against the doorframe.

As if in a daze, I felt like I was eight years old again, lost and helpless.

Three hours later,…