Rhyse’s fingers found the seam of the carpet. She’d rehearsed this moment in the mirror, in the shower, on midnight treadmill runs that let her think and run at once. Telling her sisters meant not hiding the edges of the truth. It meant letting them hold the jagged parts and, somehow, trusting they wouldn’t drop them.
Isla leaned back until she nearly rolled. “And storytelling,” she said. “People who never thought about credits will now ask why anyone could be locked out of medicine. That chatter is change.” rhyse richards sisters share everything rea fix
Rhyse swallowed. “But I didn’t tell anyone. I wanted to protect us—protect you both. I thought if I could patch the system quietly, no one would know and no one would get hurt. That was naive.” Rhyse’s fingers found the seam of the carpet
“They traced anomalies,” Rhyse said. “Shortly after, I got a notice on my account: flagged for unauthorized transfers. My access was suspended. But the transfers happened before the suspension—people got their meds. The board’s calling it fraud. If they push it to the city prosecutor, I’ll be charged.” It meant letting them hold the jagged parts
Isla exhaled. “Who’s doing that?”