Jenny Lonsway Facebook ad: “My Fiancé Bet on My Tears, So I Left”

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Before Thanksgiving dinner, Bella announced she wanted to do something fun with my hair. I had barely settled into the chair when I heard a sharp *snip* from behind me. A thick lock of my hair—the hair I’d spent seven years growing out—was lopped off, right at the scalp. Bella froze for a beat, then collapsed onto the couch, laughing so hard she could barely breathe. “Oh my God, I totally butchered it. Sis, you look like you just flunked basic training.” Mom saw the hair on the floor and started laughing, too. “It’s not so bad, really. You wear it down all the time anyway. It never looks that neat. At least now you can skip a trip to the salon.” I clenched my fists so hard my throat ached. Dad was already waving it off, annoyed. “It’s just hair. It’ll grow back. Why do you think Bella always messes with you? It’s because you’re such an easy target.” My eyes burned. I turned to look at my fiancé, Archer. He was staring down at his phone. “Two hundred bucks. Pay up.” When he caught me looking, he held up his screen to show me the Venmo request. “Bella bet you’d cry in under a minute. I bet on three. You really know how to make me lose money.” The room erupted in laughter again. I stood there, rooted to the spot. When I was sixteen, Bella stuck a piece of paper on the back of my prom dress that said KICK ME. I became the joke of my entire grade. When I was twenty-one, she hid my car keys and made me miss the most important interview of my life. Every time I got upset, they’d all laugh and ask why I couldn’t take a joke. And in that moment, it finally clicked. In this family, I was never the one they protected. I was just the one they used to entertain Bella. This time, I wasn’t going to play my part. … Once Bella finally caught her breath, she picked up a lock of my hair from the floor and dangled it under her chin like a beard. “Mom, look. Do I look like Abraham Lincoln?” Mom laughed so hard she nearly dropped the bowl of cranberry sauce. “Throw that away. It’s disgusting.” Bella pulled out her phone and snapped a series of pictures of me. I raised a hand to cover my face. “Don’t.” “Too late.” She was already editing the photos, still giggling. “Thanksgiving special edition. I’ve even got the caption—my sister goes from Rapunzel to G.I. Jane in one snip.” I reached for her phone. Archer stepped in front of her, pulling her behind him. “What are you doing? It’s not like it’s an unflattering picture.” A second later, a notification popped up in the family iMessage group. Bella had sent the photo of me, eyes red, my hair hacked short on one side and still long on the other. A flood of laughing emojis poured in. An aunt sent the one with the hand covering its mouth. A cousin asked if this was some edgy new trend. Mom even replied. “Bella got a little scissor-happy and messed up her sister’s hair.” Three laughing-crying emojis followed. I stared at the screen, my palms going cold and slick. “Delete it......

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My Fiancé Bet on My Tears, So I Left