A planned family vacation turned sour when one sibling, Stella, interrupted the trip with her work commitments, leading to missed sightseeing opportunities. On the day of a special tour, Stella canceled, citing fatigue after a meeting. Later, the narrator discovered that Stella and their mother had secretly taken the tour without her after she returned a mobility aid, which left her feeling shocked and betrayed. This incident continues to affect the narrator's relationship with her mother and sister during family gatherings.
I arranged in advance for a special, once-in-a-lifetime type of tour of the city that would accommodate my mother's mobility aid.
Stella's meeting dragged on, and then she was 'too tired' to go on the tour.
Weeks after we returned from the trip, after a couple of glasses of wine, my mom revealed that on the day that I returned the mobility aid, she and Stella took a tour.
She and Stella agreed to keep it a secret from me 'because I would have gotten mad anyway' if they had told me.
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