The Sip That Stole My Life

All it took was a single sip of my new roommate's welcome milkshake on the first day of college for everything to spiral out of control.

My mom suddenly decided to transfer the one million she'd originally set aside for my living expenses to her instead. My brother even planned to give her the luxury car that had been intended as my go-to college gift.

I was so blindsided by their irrational actions that I rushed to stop them, only to be scolded in return for not knowing how to treat a classmate with kindness.