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The Devastating AnnouncementI approached, forcing a smile to my face. \u201cGood morning,\u201d I called out cheerfully. \u201cEveryone ready for paradise?\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyler and Emma glanced up at me but didn\u2019t run over like they usually did. Tyler gave me a quick, tight smile. Emma clutched the handle of her suitcase.
\nJessica turned toward me, her expression oddly flat. Not excited. Not warm. Cold.<\/p>\n

\u201cMargaret, there\u2019s been a change of plans,\u201d she said.I stopped, my hand still wrapped around the suitcase handle, fingers suddenly numb. \u201cA change of plans?\u201d I repeated. I heard my own voice from far away, like it was coming through a hospital intercom.<\/p>\n

Jessica sighed as if I were already inconveniencing her. \u201cWe gave your ticket to my mother,\u201d she said, tilting her head toward Linda. \u201cThe kids love her more and she deserves a vacation. You understand, right?\u201d
\nFor a heartbeat, I thought I must have misheard her. Maybe it was the noise. Maybe it was the flight announcements echoing off the high ceiling. Maybe she\u2019d said something about the rental car, the room type, anything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou what?\u201d I asked.Jessica\u2019s tone stayed casual, almost bored, like she was rearranging dinner reservations and not rewriting a forty-seven-thousand-dollar family trip I had planned down to the last snorkel fin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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