Cynthia Dion: 

"You guys are leaving already?" she asked with a little sad pout.

"Yeah! I’ve chosen to take her out for dinner," he said, gazing at me with a grin that falsely suggested he was madly in love with me. I couldn’t help but return his grin because I didn’t want to make him furious by not doing so. It was like going back to the same hell-hole.

"Okay, that’s good news," she said cheerfully, believing that her sister was living the life of ...