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My Parents Announced My Promotion Bonus Was Theirs - My CFO Disagreed

My Parents Announced My Promotion Bonus Was Theirs - My CFO Disagreed I knew something was wrong the moment I walked into the ballroom. My sister Vanessa's engagement party was being held at the Riverside Hotel, a venue that cost minimum fifteen thousand dollars to book. The room sparkled with crystal chandeliers and white roses—hundreds of them, probably three thousand dollars' worth of flowers alone.Vanessa had been engaged for six weeks. She didn't have a job. Her fiancé, Derek, worked in sales at a car dealership and drove a leased BMW he couldn't actually afford.But somehow, they were throwing a party that looked like it cost forty thousand dollars.I signed the guest book and scanned the room. Forty people, maybe more. I recognized my parents' friends, Vanessa's college roommates, Derek's family. The bar was open, the appetizers were endless, and a string quartet played in the corner.My mother spotted me immediately."Natalie!" She rushed over, her smile too bright, too eager. "You look lovely. Come, come—Vanessa wants to see you."She linked her arm through mine with a grip that felt more like a capture than affection, steering me toward the front of the room where Vanessa stood in a white cocktail dress that probably cost more than my monthly car payment.