The Lie of Us by Cali Melle EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Cali Melle
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WINTER
Present
I stood outside of my childhood home and stared blankly at the massive
front door. Never in a million years did I anticipate coming back to
Orchid City. To the very place I had tried so hard to stay away from.
When I left for college and moved to Vermont, I had every intention of
leaving this place and the memories tied to it behind.
Every year when the holidays rolled around, I had an excuse that I
couldn’t come back home for them. My parents and sister made it a habit to
come see me in Vermont instead.
It had been over six years since I had been here.
“Winter, what are you doing?” my sister, Sutton, asked me from where
she was standing. She was just beside the door with her dark hair pulled up
into a messy bun on the top of her head. “We can’t just stand out here all
day.”
My lips parted slightly, but only a harsh breath escaped me. I inhaled
deeply and pushed my shoulders back as I followed her up the steps onto
the front porch that wrapped around the entirety of the house. Sutton was
sliding her key into the lock and I was burrowing every memory of this
place back in my head.
Our parents had both retired last year and they made the decision to
spend the next few years traveling. Instead of selling their seven-thousandsquare-foot mansion that was nestled on a six-acre property, they wanted to
pass it on to my sister and I. Sutton already had her own home and that
meant I was the only one left to keep up with the estate.
I had no desire to take on such a task, but given everything our parents
had done for us in life, saying no was not an option. I didn’t want to leave
the life I was building in Vermont. It wasn’t much, but it was a life of my
own and that was what I wanted. I wanted autonomy and to not be relying
on my family’s money.
While in Vermont, I was working as a junior editor for a publishing
house until I completed my master’s degree in English literature. They had
a position waiting for me as soon as I finished. My graduation ceremony
was two weeks ago. The weight of the piece of paper sitting in the trunk of
my car that stated my credentials was crushing.
I had no choice but to turn down their offer.
Sutton snapped her fingers as she stood inside the doorway. “Winter.”
She looked like she was growing impatient with every passing second
that I was simply standing here. She had a charity event she needed to
attend at the country club tonight and there was no reason for her to even be
here. Since she lived in beautiful Orchid City, my parents left the keys for
her to give to me.
I supposed she just wanted to get a small taste of nostalgia before
resuming her normal life. There was nothing bittersweet about being here
and everything devastating about it.
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