4: 4
Unbelievable. She didn't just steal my identity, she took over my room too.
All those guest rooms, and she had to sleep in my bed.
Wonderful. Just wonderful.
There's only so much a person can stand.
So I spent a few hours clearing my room out.
As for Joy's things, I packed every last one and dumped them in the guest room farthest from mine.
I thought I was being pretty generous, honestly.
I didn't throw her luggage out the front door, so she was getting off easy.
Once I was done, I lay down on my freshly made bed and slept for a while.
Half-asleep, I heard a shrill scream.
No question about it. Joy was back.
I watched her without a flicker of expression, savoring that instant of panic and confusion on her face.
A moment later, once she'd recovered, she started demanding answers at the top of her voice.
"Bailey?! What are you doing in my house, sleeping in my bed? Wait, where are my things?"
Right on the heels of Joy's shrieking came Laurence.
"You?! What are you doing in Joy's house? This is breaking and entering, do you understand that?"
"Oh, I get it now. Did you go digging into me? Bailey, we're over. All these years, I never imagined you still hadn't moved on. I'm a son-in-law of the Farley family now. We're worlds apart, don't you know that?"
Hilarious. I hadn't said a word yet, and the two of them had already decided I was some outsider who'd broken in.
I couldn't be bothered to explain much, but just to knock this Laurence off his self-absorbed high horse and cure that baffling sense of superiority, I fired back:
"Laurence, the smartest decision I ever made in my life was leaving you. And this family doesn't want you here, so go back to wherever you crawled in from."
Laurence flushed with fury, the finger he jabbed at me trembling.
"Who do you think you are?! This is Joy's house, and I'm Joy's boyfriend, her future husband! What right does an outsider like you have to throw me out?"
"Right? Let me tell you exactly what right she has. Bailey is my own sister, and your so-called girlfriend is a charity case we sponsored. You two are the outsiders here!"
When Joy heard my brother say that, her eyes rolled back like she couldn't take it, and she fainted dead away.
