I knew I could never enter my sister’s world. She was daring and reckless. She slept naked, while I wore pajamas over underpants and undershirts. She scooped out avocados with two fingers and plunged the meat into her mouth. Without hesitation, Ollie would dive off a cliff into a reservoir, jump on a horse and canter into the woods. Ollie was that girl. First in, last out. What no one yet understood was that Ollie had no brakes.

