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My parents secretly planned to sell the luxury apartment I inherited to pay for my sister’s debts. “We’ll change the locks while she’s in Paris. She’ll get over it,” Dad sneered. They always treated me like a disposable ATM for their golden child. I didn’t get angry. I pretended to fly to Paris. At 11 AM, my phone buzzed. Watching my sister and a locksmith break down my door, I didn’t cry. I simply made a phone call that could send them to prison.

The locksmith’s van looked ordinary enough. White paint, a faded blue logo, a severe dent near the back left tire—the kind of vehicle nobody in Back Bay would notice for…
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