The Second Daughter

Paige has bought a three-bedroom apartment downtown with her own savings, paid in full. Her parents press her to transfer the title to them, insisting it is safer in their name, and her sister Chloe agrees. In a bathroom at the registration office, Paige watches a video Chloe posted online, in which Chloe toasts their parents and describes a childhood in which Paige was sent to the countryside, the family's money was spent on Chloe, and the family house is being quietly transferred to Chloe tomorrow. A comment from a burner account confirms it.

When Paige asks why she was sent away, her mother repeats the old excuse. Her parents do not remember her birthday, and their rush to the registration desk is only about the transfer. Paige tears up the number slip and tells them she has to work, refusing to sign. Her father accuses her boyfriend Liam of changing her mind, and her mother's coaxing turns urgent as they try to pull her back.