Stop Pretending, You Fake Heiress

Synopsis

Juliet Garrett, the family's long-lost heiress, always pretended to be all pure and noble, dragging the whole family into her misery just because she wanted to. We had a luxury car to take us to school, but she refused to ride in it. Instead, she made my brother, Dexter Garrett, and me go with her on an old tricycle. Of course, the tricycle flipped over, and Dexter and I ended up with broken arms, all to keep her safe. When we arrived at school, Juliet tossed the gourmet meal our nanny brought and whipped out her own hamburger and pickles. She dragged all of us into her whole frugal act. Dexter was a dance major, but he got so hungry that he straight-up passed out in the studio. When we went to our parents to complain, they just gave us that helpless look. " Oh, Juliet's had it rough. Just try to bear with her, okay?" "Plus, being thrifty is actually a virtue," they added. But then, at the family reunion party, she swapped out all the booze for orange juice and honey water and replaced the fancy desserts with chips and cupcakes. She walked onto the stage in a dress so faded that it looked like it'd been through a hundred washes. That was the last straw for our parents. "Throw that shabby dress away. Who are you trying to make feel sorry for you?" Dexter and I clung to each other, bawling our eyes out. "Finally, Mom and Dad see the light."