After my sister's fiance lied, accused me of hitting on him, my sister texted stay away from us...

After my sister's fiance lied, accused me of hitting on him, my sister texted stay away from us. Even our parents took her side. She is right. You have ruined our lives. So I replied, done and quietly removed myself as their house. Lone guarantor Now their dream home is gone. He cornered me in the hallway after Sunday dinner.....,

 Smiling too wide, leaning too close. Voice stripping, sweet rot. You know, if you ever get tired of being alone, you could try someone like me. I recoiled, laughed, thought it was a joke, but then he grabbed my wrist. I'm serious. My name is Ava, and from wherever you're watching this, stay with me because have you ever had your entire family turn on you in one breath over a lie, so filthy, you could barely even defend yourself?

The next morning my sister texted, he told me everything. Stay away from us. I froze. What? Everything I called no answer. I called again, nothing. My parents jumped in an hour later. Group text. We're disappointed in you. Ava, let your sister have her happiness. Like I was some predator. Like I tried to rip her perfect wedding out from under her like I was disposable.

I started to type back to scream the truth, to break down every disgusting word he'd whispered to me. But then I stopped, deleted the draft and sent one word instead. Done. Because if they could believe a stranger over me, if they could erase my loyalty in a single moment, then I could erase my support just as easily.

I checked the loan paperwork that night. My sister and her fiance's dream home was only possible because I co-signed because my credit was spotless, because they begged me to help them qualify, saying I was part of this family forever. Funny how forever has an expiration date. I called the bank first thing Monday, removed myself as guarantor.

Quiet legal, no announcement. And two weeks later, their loan collapsed. The house deal fell through. No dream wedding backdrop. No perfect Instagram brag. I didn't gloat, didn't text back, didn't warn them. I just watched their cardboard moving boxes pile up on the curb like a gravestone to their own cruelty, because if I was going to be cast as the villain, I'd play it, but on my terms, they found out on a rainy Thursday.

My sister showed up at my apartment mascara, streaked pounding on the door like the world was ending. I opened it, calm, steady. She didn't even say, hello. Did you do this? The bank says the guarantor pulled out. We lost the house. Ava, I studied her hair, frizzy eyes, wild rings, spinning on her trembling finger.

No, I said carefully. You lost the house. Her jaw dropped. How could you be so heartless? You know, we can't qualify without you. You promised to stand by me. I almost laughed like you stood by me. I asked when your fiance lied about what I supposedly did. She blinked, stuttering. He told me you. I cut her off....,
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