Unwelcome Guests

Calista and I walk downstairs side by side, while an emptiness settles heavily in my chest.

My footsteps echo across the polished marble in perfect rhythm with hers, and for a moment I can't help thinking how different my life might have been if one of my siblings had ever walked beside me like this.

Once, I wished I had what she has with Soren. That quiet understanding, that trust that doesn't ne