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Yet, I never felt pretty with my hair up.
“Good morning,” she said, smiling sweetly before her eyes widened and filled with excitement. “I have to tell you something.”
“What is it?” I watched her come closer and moved over to give her some space to sit.
She was ready to tell me what she was so excited about when she noticed the pillow pressed against my chest. “Why do you have Sly’s pillow?”
Of course she would recognize it. Sly had navy blue pillowcases, whereas mine were grey.
I shrugged. “I took it.”
I didn’t give her an explanation, and she luckily didn’t ask any further questions.
Her frown turned into a smile again. “Remember how I said that I want to go visit Jack? Well, I asked Dad again and he said I can go to Vancouver next weekend. I’m so excited!”
I furrowed my brows and watched her closely. “Dad said yes?”
“Isn’t it so exciting? I’ll finally meet Jack. He’s such a sweet guy, you know? He asks me how you and Sly were doing. He really cares about my family.”
“What did you answer?”
“When he asked me about you?”
I nodded.
“Well, I told him that you’re okay. Because you are okay, right?”
“Sure. Yes. I’m okay,” I told her with a tight smile.
Wavel looked at her hands with a soft expression. “There’s just something I’m unsure of.”
“What is it?”
“I’ve never travelled. Well, not by myself, anyway.”
I wanted to offer going with her, but I couldn’t be bothered leaving this house when I would have Sly to myself. “I know you can do it. You’re independent and smart. You’ll get to Vancouver safely.”
“I know. I mean…deep down I know I will make it there safely. I just can’t imagine being away from home for so long. I will miss Sly, Mom and Dad, and you.”
Last.
Always last.
Never first.
I did not matter much in this family.
I dug my fingers into Sly’s pillow, needing an outlet for my anger. Wavel didn’t hate me. She just cared about the others more. No matter how many times she said that I was important to her because I was her twin…I wasn’t her number one.
“It’ll be fine. You’ll have a great time with Jack.” I sat up and stretched, keeping the pillow on my lap. “Hey, what was all that noise last night?”
“Do you mean down in the library? Apparently, one of the guys saw a picture of us and wanted to come see us upstairs, and Dad told him he couldn’t. Then he freaked out and started shouting, so Dad called Sly downstairs to watch Dad handle the situation.”
“How do you know all that? Were you downstairs?”
“No, but Sly told me earlier at breakfast.”
Of course he did.
