The Inheritance
Family Drama · fiction

The Wrong Name on the Banner

The banner hanging across our dining room read HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY, LAUREN in crooked purple letters. My name was not Lauren. My name was Emma Bennett. My younger sister, Chloe, had ordered the decorations, and when I quietly pointed out the mistake, she laughed and said the party store must have mixed up the names. My mother, Diane, told me...

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
4
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4

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