Sibling rivalry

“Have you told your brother?”

Momentarily speechless, my mouth agape, I finally shook off my stunned silence.

“No, and I have no intention of telling him.”

It was our dad’s turn to be dumbfounded.

“How can you not?”

“It’s really easy. I deleted his cell number from my phone, I blocked his emails, he never gave me his new address….” I ticked each one off on my fingers.

“He should know.”


“Why? So he can burn me again with his caustic arrogance? That’s not what I need right now.”

“He’ll be hurt when he finds out.”

“No, he’ll be relieved.”