I was twenty-eight, and for the past ten years, my life had revolved around one person—my sister, Maya. She was six when our parents died, and I was eighteen.
I didn’t think twice. I stayed, I worked, and I raised her.
When Maya was younger, she used to follow me everywhere.
My life had revolved around one person.
At night, she would stand in the doorway, clutching her blanket.
“Don’t turn the light off.”
“I won’t,” I always said.
