“Odessa! Malcolm! There’s someone here we would like you to meet!”

I crawled out of my room and groaned. I had an assignment due and all these interruptions were totally unacceptable.

As soon as we arrived in the living room Mom introduced the girl who was standing between her and Dad, “Meet Genesis, you new sister!”

My jaw dropped! New sister?

“Yesssss!” Malcolm squealed, like the annoying ten year old that he is, “An upgrade to Odessa. I shall call her Odessa 3.0.”

“Oh and Odessa,” Mom looked at me, “We are going to need your room to put Genesis in. You will be moved to the attic.”

As I looked out of the attic window and watched my family hop into the car, with Genesis, acting like the sister of Chucky, Malcolm overly annoying and my parents acting as though I didn't exist unless they wanted me to fetch something for them, I couldn’t help but feel relieved that they were going out and I would finally have some peace and quiet.

“I miss Grandma,” I thought as I dragged myself out of bed to attend to the long list of chores that Mom left for me to complete.

A few days after Grandma’s funeral, her lawyer called and asked to speak with me and my parents. While he was here he told us that I was the sole heir to Grandma’s estate.

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