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A spark of worry hit me. “What about Grandma and Grandpa? Or Aunt Talia? Did they give you anything?”
“They gave me money,” she whispered, her voice quieter.
I smiled warmly. “That’s awesome, Mina! What’ll you buy?”
Her face fell, and she fiddled nervously with her blanket. “It’s gone.”
“What do you mean?” I asked, leaning closer, heart racing.
Her voice dropped low. “Lenna took it. She said I had too many gifts. She used it for groceries because Christmas dinner cost a lot.”
My stomach twisted. “All of it?”
She nodded, tears in her eyes. “I had three hundred dollars, but Lenna said I wouldn’t spend it right.”
I stared, anger rising. My sweet sister. Three hundred dollars. Stolen.
